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Joel Koltner wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > That requires a dongle and to their chagrin they found it didn't work with
> > XP because of the way XP controls access to the I/O. Their only resort was to
> keep a W98SE > PC for the purpose.
>
> How about just upgrading to a newer version of Vutrax?

Cost.


> I've never used it, but their web site claims it works on XP, Vista, 64-bit
> Windows... and even
> Linux.

They're cheapskates. Plus it would be a poor long-term value purchase in view of
their likely file interchange requirements.


> > Their use of Vutrax also means their CAD files are totally incompatible with
> > virtually everyone else in
> > the world but hey-ho ! As a result some products have ended up being drafted
> > in no less than THREE
> > packages. I've originated in Orcad for example. They complete the schematic
> > design in Vutrax and the
> > sub-contractor who was doing layout used PADS !
>
> They're just importing the netlist into PADS though, right?  So only one
> re-drawing?  (What you did in ORCAD schematics to Vutrax schematics.)
>
> It's still poor, although I wouldn't really recommend anyway adopts ORCAD at
> this point -- it's a pretty unimpressive piece of software for the price.

Orcad isn't what it once was. Indeed it's dead now sadly but I still have DOS and
Windows versions.

I think you overestimate the ability of certain participants when using the word
'netlist'.

Graham