Well, see, I know that it is Protel because: a. I bought the software from the original Australian company, and
b. When it opens, it says: Protel-PCB Layout System V3.03 Protel Systems Pty Ltd (c) 1986,1987 Distributed by HST Technology Pty Ltd I opened up three files with my handy-dandy text editor and these are the first few lines: PCB #1 (each file chosen at random, by the way) 616 20 3055 278 4425 1 137 0 20 3055 276 4325 2 137 0 20 3055 276 4225 3 137 0 PCB #2 1544 20 4030 514 3750 3 137 0 20 4210 514 3750 1 137 0 20 4120 514 3750 2 137 0 PCB #3 809 20 5865 514 4535 3 137 0 20 6015 514 4535 2 137 0 20 5940 514 4460 1 137 0 11 5940 125 4535 12 135 0 30 5810 5810 4560 4590 135 0 Further on down, they each get into component specs, for example: D4 LED-V Small LED 6435 5690 6705 5825 81 15 6470 5725 Regards Yvet --- Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the files are older than Autotrax and don't load > into Autotrax, > something is wrong. Before Autotrax, in the > beginning, when the world > was new, was Easytrax, also called Tango Series I in > the U.S. > Autotrax would have recognized an Easytrax file > (though there might > be a special load process, I was not an Autotrax > user, except for the > demo version, which I used to develop a Tango Series > II - Autotrax > converter (in both directions). > > But version 3? Version 3 would be later. Just before > Protel 98. > > So when you open the files with a text editor, what > do you see at the top? > > Is it a binary file or an ASCII text file? Early > versions *only* came > as ASCII text files. > > In short, what makes you think that these are Protel > files? > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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]
