Re: [PEDA] Possible Gerber generation bug

2001-10-05 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
*** Todays forums are sponsored by Ian Martin Limited Engineering/Technical Placement Specialists www.ianmartin.com *** On 01:34 AM 10/5/2001 -1100, Douglas McDonald wrote: >Perhaps I ought to

Re: [PEDA] Windoze versions compatible with Protel?

2001-10-02 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
*** Todays forums are sponsored by Ian Martin Limited Engineering/Technical Placement Specialists www.ianmartin.com *** On 03:56 PM 10/2/2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'm thinking of up

Re: [PEDA] Process Identifiers

2001-09-04 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Process Identifiers

2001-09-04 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Process Identifiers

2001-09-04 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Process Identifiers

2001-09-04 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 08:47 AM 9/4/2001 -0700, Brad Velander wrote: >Andrew, > you're not suggesting that the poor individual try to use or >navigate the Protel help system are you? Good luck. Nah... just sharing my own experience. Once upon a time, shortly after I started moving from my old DOS app to P98

Re: [PEDA] Sv: Isolated "Island" on PCB

2001-09-01 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 02:04 PM 9/1/2001 -0400, Mike Reagan wrote: >Rene' > >I doubt if you will find a decent board house that is willing to fabricate >poygon pours on internal layers.notice I said "decent" Talk to some >manufacturing engineers to find out why this is frowned upon Mike, I'm a self-confessed

Re: [PEDA] Process Identifiers

2001-08-31 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

[PEDA] ibsystems info

2001-08-28 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
Hi, For those who want to make life a little more difficult for ibsystems, Copy entire message, including headers, and send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I called Broadwing after getting a second spam and spoke with 1st lev support (all I could get to on first try), and they indicated that [EMAIL PRO

Re: [PEDA] FYI: addresses @ ib-systems (was spam trawlers)

2001-08-28 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Arcs in client basic macro PCB:PlaceArc StartAngle EndAngle

2001-08-28 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Clearly Visible - " On-Screen Error"

2001-08-28 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] FYI: addresses @ ib-systems (was spam trawlers)

2001-08-28 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

[PEDA] FYI: addresses @ ib-systems (was spam trawlers)

2001-08-28 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Spam trawlers in this group

2001-08-27 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 04:27 PM 8/27/2001 -0700, Brad Velander wrote: >Michael, > Possibly the EDA Tool Cafe is getting it from PCD Mag or some of the >other Miller Freeman group publications, I just recently renewed a couple of >subscriptions and supplied my email address for further subscription >renewals.

Re: [PEDA] Printing problems

2001-08-27 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Printing problems

2001-08-27 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Spam trawlers in this group

2001-08-26 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Spam trawlers in this group

2001-08-25 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] OOPS!

2001-08-16 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: duping parts in a multi-part component ??

2001-08-15 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] duping parts in a multi-part component ??

2001-08-15 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] duping parts in a multi-part component ??

2001-08-15 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] ddb transfer failure ??

2001-08-14 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Logo's for FCC, UL and CE ?

2001-08-09 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] The Mysteries of Altium, Jeraldo investigates stay tuned.

2001-08-09 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] The Mysteries of Altium, Jeraldo investigates stay tun ed.

2001-08-09 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] The Mysteries of Altium, Jeraldo investigates stay tuned.

2001-08-08 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] The Mysteries of Altium, Jeraldo investigates stay tun ed.

2001-08-08 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] The Mysteries of Altium, Jeraldo investigates stay tun ed.

2001-08-08 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Signal Integrity dialog locks up.

2001-08-08 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Amp Connector

2001-08-08 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 06:57 PM 8/7/2001 -0400, Mike Reagan wrote: > > You have two rows of contacts in the connector, but four rows of pads on > > the board (plus the center ground row) > > > > >Which brings up the question where is pin 3 and pin 4 located. Sorry we are >tying up this forum with my dumb question.

Re: [PEDA] Signal Integrity dialog locks up.

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Public open-source PCB software. was-> Changes to the Protel company name

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Public open-source PCB software. was-> Changes to the Protel company name

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Changes to the Protel company name

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Amp Connector

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Amp Connector

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Signal Integrity dialog locks up.

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Signal Integrity dialog locks up.

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] save copy as is worthless

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] save copy as is worthless

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 11:50 AM 8/7/2001 -0400, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: >If you get a new PC, you should consider Dell or a local computer box >builder. I now buy PCs from a local shop that builds Linux servers. I assume you mean that they >specialize< in producing Linux boxes. Otherwise I'd have to wonder

Re: [PEDA] OT - low temp failure mechanisms

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Database size

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Database size

2001-08-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] OT - low temp failure mechanisms

2001-08-06 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
A couple more: ADI Reliability Handbook http://radhome.gsfc.nasa.gov/radhome/papers/RHA98.pdf The following is a synopsis of a 1999 MicroChip corp presentation: " STRAIN MEASUREMENTS IN A THERMALLY-CYCLED FLIP-CHIP-ON-BOARD SOLDERBALL. Elizabeth Drexler , National Institute of Standards and Te

Re: [PEDA] OT - low temp failure mechanisms

2001-08-06 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Altium - Dilute it

2001-08-06 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 03:01 PM 8/6/2001 -0400, Mike Reagan wrote: >My only concerns for the Protel namebrand being diluted and migrated into >one package with Accel under the Altium Brand name.It makes abosolutely >no sense to have overlapping products with the lowest price product being >superiour. As an exam

Re: [PEDA] HELP. Converting old pcb

2001-08-05 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] DSN write limit

2001-07-26 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 08:35 AM 7/26/2001 -0400, Mike Reagan wrote: >Does anyone know if 99SE has some upper limit to the size file it can >export to dsn? I don't personally, but... At a guess, Ian Wilson, Geoff Harland, or Protel CSC are the parties who can best answer your question. I forwarded the query to Pr

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-26 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] EMC question

2001-07-26 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Divdide and conquer: a lib. for everyone

2001-07-25 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-25 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-25 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-25 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-25 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 01:10 PM 7/24/2001 -0700, Brad Velander wrote: >Andrew, > please don't throw me into the simple nay-sayers Nope. I didn't. Just "doubting" Thomas, to whom I originally replied. > I have my doubts >about whether it could be accomplished amongst a group as diverse as ours, >but it can

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-25 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 10:23 PM 7/24/2001 -0400, Brian Guralnick wrote: >email glitch... > > For validation, on the PCB side, I used to place a 'scanned version' in >a translucent state, of the part over the footprint. I've been able to find >and correct many footprint problems in advance using this technique.

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-25 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-24 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 08:54 AM 7/24/2001 -0700, Brad Velander wrote: >Andrew et al, > I get the feeling that many people think that there would not be too >many footprints. IMO, "too many" is a relative term. 2500 is nothing compared to the discrete number of components available, footprint(s) aside. > H

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

2001-07-24 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

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

2001-07-24 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 11:28 AM 7/24/2001 +1000, Don Ingram wrote: >Given the impact of file corruption I would have thought that this issue >would have constituted a far more valuable use of developer time than a >server to find the cheapest & nastiest board manufacturer. To go a step further, Given the high likel

Re: [PEDA] a lib. for everyone

2001-07-24 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 09:52 AM 7/24/2001 +1000, Thomas wrote: >It cannot be done. While I understand the sentiment, boy do I just hate when people say such things... After all, there are not all THAT many footprints. Components, yes, footprints...I don't think so... aj * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [PEDA] Help Menu !

2001-07-19 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 04:07 PM 7/16/2001 -0700, Daniel Webster wrote: >Has anyone ever tried to modify or add to the help menu ? Is this possible ? >If anyone knows how to add menu items which link to text documents in the >help menu structure please let me know. I don't believe this has been answered yet... Doub

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

2001-07-19 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] file formats for PCB manufacturers

2001-07-19 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] two monitors

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
why not visit the website of the company from which you purchased your video card? In terms of viewing an overview, the birdseye is, of course, always available for viewing the overview... 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center fo

Re: [PEDA] Possible Protel & Win2K conflict. - possible fix

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
n: > >Backup system state with MS Backup >Install Protel >Install SP6 >Restore system state with MS Backup > >Caveats: >1. If your system is already degraded, this will not fix it. >2. I have not done detailed investigations to know what this does so there >may be

Re: [PEDA] schematic library tips

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
ts. Dabid, I'd suggest that if you're creating the component, color pins to reflect the pin type. If you're simply looking at someone else's...lo siento... aj 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravi

Re: [PEDA] Gold Emersion

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Gold Emersion

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
Yep. A much better treatment than I could offer! You cited several print articles. Perhaps you could just post the ISDNs? regards, 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn Research Center MS 45-1 21000 Brook

Re: [PEDA] Gold Emersion

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
sonally, my work requires no such worries, so I don't have much more than an academic interest at this point. If I find something out more authoritative, I'll let "y'all" know... regards, Andrew J Jenkins. NCMR @ NASA-GRC [EMAIL PROTECTED] The opinions expressed he

Re: [PEDA] Gold Emersion

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
have something to offer, as they have treated PCB mfg-ing in the past (though I can't remember how recently...) Also, try regards, 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn Research Center MS

Re: [PEDA] Anyone else seeing unstable Desktop Icons?

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
emember which resources they were... FWIW, I always suspected that my Diamond video cards or their enhanced driver software played a part in creating the problem, but I haven't any definite proof to that effect... regards, Andrew J Jenkins. NCMR @ NASA-GRC [EMAIL PROTECTED] The opinion

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Designator conventions?!

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] BOARD WILL NOT ROUTE

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
>be able to find, in a few operations, exactly what part or primitive is >causing difficulties. Shrewd method, Mr Lomax...IMO, this one deserves inclusion into the FAQ regards, aj 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for

Re: [PEDA] My attached diagram disapeard. > Flex circuits in Protel

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
Hey,what's a 100M ddb, after all, I have a t1...what's a measily 500M ddb." And no, I'm not comparing whatever "small file" you sent to what's suggested in the the banter above, I'm just rephrasing that old "give-'em an inch" phr

Re: [PEDA] Reference

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
digital circuits" sections, or use the index to find specific references to the topic. Not to beat a horse dead, but the Internet is a great place to find information too. regards, aj Andrew J Jenkins. NCMR @ NASA-GRC [EMAIL PROTECTED] The opinions expressed herein are soley mine and do not

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: test: my posts make it to the forum,right?

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Memory Error

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Protel Support Came Thru ... Hooray!!

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
y-fast. aj 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn Research Center MS 45-1 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland OH 44135 (216) 433-5001 fax:433-3793 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [PEDA] Reference

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
time and money, which could have been caught by an energetic up-and-comer going beyond their narrowly specified sub-sub-sub task. Everyone... Bite me for asking, but at ten posts (hmm..now it's 11) and counting, maybe this has gone on long enough to move it to the OT group? aj Andrew J

Re: [PEDA] Memory Error

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
re. regards, 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn Research Center MS 45-1 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland OH 44135 (216) 433-5001 fax:433-3793 [EMA

Re: [PEDA] Memory Error

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
n NT4. regards, 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn Research Center MS 45-1 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland OH 44135 (216) 433-5001 fax:433-3793 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Library Share

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Long lag times - anyone else?

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 01:05 PM 3/23/01 -0500, Mike Reagan said: >I think the long lags are due to no electric power in California They must have some damn-fast carrier pigeons then... aj 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Resea

[PEDA] Out of Office replies

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
can just delete...yadda,yadda,yadda" So can you, as the originator. Please do. thanks in advance from your favorite (or least favorite) curmudgeon-in-training, aj 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research

Re: [PEDA] PCB minimum widths

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 04:32 PM 3/23/2001 -0600, Heart wrote: >Talking with different board houses and other PCB designers I get different minimum >widths for traces and gaps for high volume production boards. One board house tells >me: This morning, while doing a net search on something else, I chanced into an

Re: [PEDA] Text below absolute origin

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 09:41 PM 3/23/2001 -0800, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: >At 02:38 PM 3/23/01 -0500, Andrew J Jenkins wrote: > >>Edit->Select->Outside--->then select a window defined by the boundaries of the >schematic (the part you WANT to save) >> >>Now Edit->deleTe >

Re: [PEDA] Text below absolute origin

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
rds, aj 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn Research Center MS 45-1 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland OH 44135 (216) 433-5001 fax:433-3793 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [PEDA] PCB minimum widths

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Protel Support Came Thru ... Hooray!!

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Long lag times - anyone else?

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
On 02:11 PM 3/23/2001 -0800, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: >I've been hit with only one rolling blackout and it lasted about an hour. I have a >few minutes' backup on my main system, so I had time to shut down in an orderly >fashion. Abd ul-Rahman, Have you considered purchasing something more s

Re: [PEDA] Questions about upgrading to 99SE

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
, to the point of neurosis) regards, aj 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn Research Center MS 45-1 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland OH 44135 (216) 433-5001 fax:433-3793

Re: [PEDA] Printing schematics

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
k" worked on files. I thought it was only for object manipulation, _within_ an editor's workspace, not at the project-manager level. thanks for the tip. aj 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Re

Re: [PEDA] Questions about upgrading to 99SE

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Questions about upgrading to 99SE

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
(and remember, Protel's service packs are inclusive, ie, they include all previous service packs for a given product, so there's no need to install sp1,sp2, etc...) regards, 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Micro

Re: [PEDA] Windows 2000 Professional fatal exception errors

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins

Re: [PEDA] Windows 2000 Professional fatal exception errors

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
>B is nonsequitor. I'm not quite sure I follow your reasoning. Thanks, 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn Research Center MS 45-1 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland OH 4413

Re: [PEDA] Windows 2000 Professional fatal exception errors

2001-05-07 Thread Andrew J Jenkins
I said: >Interesting though. I would expect Protel to release printer functions to >Windows. I meant to say "low-level printer functions" 2.2 S E C O N D D R O P T O W E R Andrew J JenkinsElectrical Engineer National Center for Microgravity Research NASA-Glenn

  1   2   >