Scott, The dongle I had was a board with a chip on it and room for several others in case you wanted to use other software employing the same system, I presume. The chip, I believe, may have been a fusible link PLD or some sort of PROM.
May Scott wrote: > 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] --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0619-3, 12/05/2006 Tested on: 15/05/2006 10:51:21 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.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]
