Lpc2000

I've only ever used one version, protel '98 which my company bought in 
1999. We never nbothered with '99, I trialled it but hated the way it 
enforced its filing system on you. I was never a fan, it's non 
intuitive, does some really stupid things, that I still haven't figured 
out the reason for, is severaly limited when it comes to drawing odd 
shapes, hell even my old '87 EDA system could do that. And drawing odd 
pads, forget it. It's probably better than it was in 1994, but if I had 
to buy a package personally I wouldn't consider it when you stack it up 
against most of the cheaper options around, in fact many of the free 
packages are more capable and more flexible in many areas.

Cheers

Al

Robert Wood wrote:

> >>  This is even more expensive than protel! Then they ask extra for
>Schematic capture, library and package design tools, that are
>essential to even a basic working system, by the time you have even the 
>basics  you're looking at $11,000 <<
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>Has Protel got any better than it was in 1994/5? I persuaded our company 
>to ditch it because it was such a terrible piece of crap. Having got fed 
>up of the company I was working for and with whom we'd ditched Protel, I 
>went to a job interview which lasted around three hours and was going 
>really well - until I asked what CAD system they used. "Protel" was the 
>answer.
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