Yes! Success! One of the folks looking at this mail going back and forth has found a little utility that does the job. He found it somewhere or other, and it certainly does the job.
I'll attach it here for posterity, or something. After all, who else but me would want to retain such elderly PCB files. But, then again, who knows. Maybe someone, someday... A nice end to a little problem. Thanks to all Yvet --- Jim McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gentlemen/Ladies, > > Henry sent me a file off-line. It loaded into Protel > 2.8 with no glaring > problems. He cut it up for > what I assume was a security issue so it was not a > complete design. > I did not respond sooner as I am waiting for his > response. I suggested > he get a demo of SE as I was able to > read it into that, again no problems I could > discern. I think his intent > was to get his files to a more current > operational status. > > Regards, > > Jim McGrath > > Brad Velander wrote: > > >Guys, > > Are we all forgetting something from the original > post? Seemed to me Yvet was trying to go from a > Protel file to an > >Autotrax format, is this even possible with files > that were of suitable pedigree? > > > > Would seem to me that she is trying to move from a > GM product to a Yugo and expects compatibility. I > don't know all the history but I would have thought > she is trying to downgrade, so I wouldn't > necessarily expect it to work. > > > > Certainly seems that Altium/Protel was on an > intentional mission to confuse users and the market > place with the various product names/dates being > tossed around in this thread. I first used DOS > Protel in approx. 1992, I believe it was called > Traxedit. It was the current version at that date > but anyone can correct me if I have the name > slightly wrong. We immediately upgraded (maybe > downgraded, depends on your view) to Protel For > Windows (PFW) ver. 1.0 that was just being released > at the time. Tried using it for about 8 months > through to about ver. 1.8 and then trashed it > because it was continually crashing and corrupting > the files and we couldn't get any work out the door > and moved on to another CAD package. Even in those > days Protel was setting their future path because > the version - version fixes were grossly outnumbered > by new features that added many more bugs. Then I > started using Protel at a new employer in early > 2000, using P98 for about 6 months prior to > upgrading to P! > >99SE. > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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
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