The 400 pin limited version (up to 6 layers i think) is called PCAD Tango but it's the same software.
--- Brad Velander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew, > You completely skip the ACCEL product, not the > company but the product. Accel may have at one time > been Tango but at version 15 it wasn't. Version 15 > was approx. late 1999 - early 2000 and I was using > ACCEL at that time, there was no Tango. But it would > seem that they were still using the Tango name in > the file structure, I never noticed at the time. At > version 15 there was ACCEL and PCAD, no Tango. > ACCEL existed until just after Altium bought > ACCEL/PCAD and then all ACCEL users were upgraded to > PCAD or migrated to another package. I believe > versions 15 was the last versions of ACCEL. > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander > Senior PCB Designer > Northern Airborne Technology > #14 - 1925 Kirschner Road, > Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7. > tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225 > fax (250) 762-3374 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PEDA] PCAD to Protel 2004 > > > No offense, but it does not tell you that. > > It tells you that > > A) the company is Accel > B) the product is Tango > > Tango is the parent application to PCAD. When Accel > bought Omation and > gutted the company and product, they made a new > amalgam, using the > technology they got from Omation's Windows product > to bolster their > crappy Tango application into the new, improved (and > still crappy) PCAD. > (As an aside...in fact, it's still just as crappy as > it ever was. I know > because I am stuck using it at my place of work...) > > In any case, Tango is not PCAD, it is Tango. That > they (Tango and PCAD) > were originally produced by the same company is not > tantamount to > content equality, much as it would be silly to call > Protel Autotrax > "P99SE"... > > The true irony is that PCAD and its parent code are > now the sole > property of the one and only... Altium. > > aj > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
