Hi Bob, I have something interesting in front of me - a "key card" for Protel. But, I also have no access to a 5.25" drive any more, and I certainly don't have a machine with an XT expansion slot for the card. I think it was XT, wasn't that the short one compared to the longer AT one? Who remembers, soooooo long ago :)
My 5.25" discs are for Protel 2.0, developed by Protel Systems, distributed by HST Industries, in 1986. I have the discs to suit the powerhouse NEC APC III that I was using at the time. This kit is mint - I wonder what I can get for it on eBay :) I have another old Red Box (like the 2.0 version) but this one is 3.12 dated about 1987. I notice in the "Release Notes" they mention: (10) The new external protection device "SENTINAL" will now work on LPT2 as well as LPT1. Perhaps the card you can't find was actually an early dongle. I can't find a card or dongle for this version... Sorry about the nostalgia - I couldn't help it. Thanks, Scott. ______________________________ Scott May Ph 07 3892 5610 Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 13:49:57 +1000 From: Robert Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [PEDA] Converting Very Old Protel V3 PCB Files I have located the box containing my original Protel disks and manual. Unfortunately, I no longer have a computer with a 5.25 disk drive installed and anyway, I have no idea where the "key card" required to run the PCB editor is. The requirements for this program, Protel PCB Edit V3.12 are: IBM-PC/XT/AT computer or compatable. (There is a note that the program uses integer arithmetic, so there is no advantage in installing an 8087/80287 Numeric Coprocessor.) MS-DOS or PC-DOS, version 2.0 or greater. One Unoccupied Half-card Slot (for the Key Card) 2 Disk Drives - one floppy and one either floppy or hard disk. 256K (or greater) RAM CGA or EGA graphics card Colour Monitor Microsoft Mouse ************************************************************************ The information in this e-mail together with any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you are asked to inform the sender as quickly as possible and delete this message and any copies of this message from your computer and/or your computer system network. ************************************************************************ ____________________________________________________________ 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]
