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Article #36Re: Protel Autotrax under XP or win2000
From: Syd
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:11
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:11
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"Jaime Bear" <(nospam)Jaime_Bear@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:1031615387.646186@www.shoal.net.au... > Hi Steve, > > I don't know whether anyone else might have more success than I, but it > doesn't work for me under WindowsXP at all. > > I get a black screen with flashing cursor and if I hit escape I get a "The > NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction" error! I've twiddled with > all the emulation settings to set it to Windows '95 mode and limit it's > memory and set it to full-screen, but with no luck I'm afraid. > > Seems like I'll have to keep looking for a schematic/PCB design program/s > > Regards > > Christine > > > "Steven Murray" <steve@airbornbuttakethisout.com.au> wrote in message > news:HT9f9.153$66.16002@nasal.pacific.net.au... > > Hi there, > > Protel autotrax (PCB) is available for free download at: > > http://www.protel.com/resources/downloads/index.html > > > > We/I provide VESA video drivers (open source) so that > > this package can be used at resolutions above 640x480: > > http://airborn.com.au/layout/easytrax.html > > > > Matthias Hartl wrote (and we host) PCX image format printer > > drivers (open source) the output of which can be emailed, > > put on websites or printed under windows. This is at: > > http://www.airborn.com.au/layout/printdrv.html > > > > All of this works successfully under DOS, WIN95, WIN98, > > OS2 (with care) - but hasn't been trialed under > > XP or win2000.... please, please can someone test then > > give us all detailed instructions on how to install > > under win2000 or XP? Can it be done, and how? > > > > Steve Murray > > airborn.com.au > > > > > > I have been running Autotrax under WinXP for some months. Didn't actually install it, just copied the program directory to my hdd and created a shortcut to it. Ran first time. I switched to the VESA drivers not long ago and they worked fine first go as well. Printing also works fine (Epson EPL3000) Syd
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1159c6,b1292516cb5b31c6 X-Google-Attributes: gid1159c6,public X-Google-Thread: 103407,b1292516cb5b31c6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103407,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-10 20:10:14 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!ozemail.com.au!not-for-mail From: "Syd" <nowhere@nowhere.com> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.cad,aus.electronics References: <HT9f9.153$66.16002@nasal.pacific.net.au> <1031615387.646186@www.shoal.net.au> Subject: Re: Protel Autotrax under XP or win2000 Lines: 57 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <puyf9.3674$Sr6.123807@ozemail.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.84.172.55 X-Trace: ozemail.com.au 1031713813 210.84.172.55 (Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:10:13 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:10:13 EST Organization: OzEmail Ltd, Australia Distribution: world Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:11:50 +1000