Re: [PEDA] Backup (Was : windows file system VS data base format)

2001-07-23 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:22 PM 7/23/01 +0200, Edi Im Hof wrote: >At 14:25 23.07.01 -0500, you wrote: > > > >>5. Every 15 minutes, the BKx files are progressively overwritten with a >>corrupt file. Go have some lunch or something and they are all >>corrupted, depending on your settings. > >Protel is, as far as I k

Re: [PEDA] windows file system VS data base format

2001-07-23 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 02:25 PM 7/23/01 -0500, Frank Gilley wrote: >>I do an autobackup every 15 minutes. That means that if the database were >>corrupted, all I would lose would be fifteen minutes of work. There are >>*also* backups made every time a file is overwritten. So save often. But >>I haven't lost a fil

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-23 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:50 PM 7/23/01 -0500, Ted Tontis wrote: >Would there be any interest in a PCB footprint lib. with all the parts you >would ever need for free. I ask this because I am working on trying to get a >large lib. in Protel. It would have the silk screen, a fence that would be >on the last electrical

Re: [PEDA] windows file system VS data base format

2001-07-23 Thread Don Ingram
Try a Revision Control System, CS-RCS is free or VSS if you have a MS Devel Product. It is very inefficient with the access files but it does provide an annotated history of file changes. Most importantly it doesn't overwrite old versions , hence it is harder for libraries to be corrupted as in

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-23 Thread Thomas
All the parts? I don't think you know the enormity of the task you have set yourself. Protel has a full time team doing this. All be it poorly. For example, are you going to do all the footprints for MOVs, gas arrestors, Tranzorbs, 10A inductors etc... It cannot be done. > -Original Mess

Re: [PEDA] Backup (Was : windows file system VS data base format)

2001-07-23 Thread Edi Im Hof
At 14:25 23.07.01 -0500, you wrote: >5. Every 15 minutes, the BKx files are progressively overwritten with a >corrupt file. Go have some lunch or something and they are all corrupted, >depending on your settings. Protel is, as far as I know, the only software I'm using witch has this silly

[PEDA] Relative dielectric constant versus effective dielectric.

2001-07-23 Thread Tim Hutcheson
I was just reading the Hall, Hall and McCall book on Interconnect Theory and noticed that they calculate Z0 for a microstrip line using the relative dielectric constant, Er, but use the effective dielectric constant, Ee, when calculating the propagation velocity (they give a simple equation for d

Re: [PEDA] windows file system VS data base format

2001-07-23 Thread Frank Gilley
Sigh, I was hoping not to have to go into all this, but here goes. >At 09:43 PM 7/22/2001 -0700, Abdulrahman Lomax wrote: >The Access system does put all your eggs in one basket, it would seem, but >having regular automatic backups makes it no more risky than anything else >you do with your har

[PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-23 Thread Ted Tontis
Would there be any interest in a PCB footprint lib. with all the parts you would ever need for free. I ask this because I am working on trying to get a large lib. in Protel. It would have the silk screen, a fence that would be on the last electrical layer to avoid component placement conflictions,

Re: [PEDA] importing power pcb files

2001-07-23 Thread Jeff Adolphs
Ted, If you mean a Protel ADV PCB v3.6, just use file open in Protel 99SE and the file will be converted to a new data base or windows file format (your choice). Jeff Adolphs Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc Westerville, Ohio, USA www.lakeshore.com -Original Message- From: Ted Tontis [mailto

[PEDA] importing power pcb files

2001-07-23 Thread Ted Tontis
I checked the archive for a thread regarding this but its not there. I want to take a power PCB v3.6 file and import it into Protel. I was told at one time this could be done? Thank you, Ted Tontis C.I.D. Engage Networks 316 N. Milwaukee Street Suite 214 Milwaukee WI, 53202 PH 414-273-7

[PEDA] MS Excel and MS Word Files

2001-07-23 Thread Jeff Adolphs
Hello! 1. How do I have Protel 99SE use MS Excel to open .cvs files in the data base format? 2. How do I have Protel 99SE use MS Word to open .txt files in the data base format? Currently I export the files and open them with MS Excel and MS Word. Sincerely, Jeff Adolphs Lake Shore Cryo

Re: [PEDA] autorouter

2001-07-23 Thread Richard Thompson
Wow thanks!! I would never have found that :-) It was indeed a rogue footprint, protel couldn't be a bit more helpful though could it ;-) i had to remove each footprint until it worked like you suggested. many thanks Rich > Hello Richard, > > I have had this problem once before and found