Re: [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Hello

[Dave Potter <dpotter@mwt.net>]

I'm one of the "silent majority". I've been using Protel since ver 2.8. I've
also use accel, eagle,orcad, mentor and pads. For me Protel is the easiest
to use and the most bang for the buck. I've used Protel se sp5 with win98
and 2k and found that most of the problems have been either windows problems
or hardware compatability problems with windows. Which is not to say that SE
doesn't have it's problems, but by monitoing this news group and a little playing
around,
I've figured a way around 99% of them.
The biggest hangup for me has been the poor performance of the autorouter.

Dave Potter

Clive.Broome@qsa.idt.com wrote:

> I hope this forum will not give you the wrong impression about Protel. It
> contains posts about problems people have had using the software and does not
> contain the 'silent majority' who use Protel and are happy. I think most users
> would be willing to recommend Protel 99 SE and with this group and Protels own
> tech support (which responds within a couple of hours to emails) you can usually
> get through.
>
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> "HIEN-MINH HUYNH" <mhuynh1999@hotmail.com> on 10/18/2000 01:58:32 AM
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> Please respond to proteledausers@techservinc.com
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> cc:    (bcc: Clive Broome/sdc)
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> Subject:  [PROTEL EDA USERS]:  Hello
>
> Hello everybody, I am new to the group - just joined in yesterday. I've been
> using Orcad for a while at my old job. I just got a new job and my boss ask
> me to look for an EDA. So, I am thinking about buying the Protel 99SE -
> lucky me, I found out about your discussion group.
>   Could you please tell me what are the main differences between Orcad and
> Protel ? I see that if I buy the Protel 99SE for about 6K then it can do
> almost every thing that ( Orcad Capture + Orcad Layout + Orcad PSpice ) and
> they will cost over 10K !!! Do you think so ?
>    I am asking for your help to make the decision - I am really appreciate
> about that. Thanks
>    Regards
>    Minh Huynh
>
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