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Article #6983Re: PADS software
From: Ron Harding
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:00
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:00
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In article <1992Aug28.205445.16138@news.dfrf.nasa.gov> disbrow@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov writes: >I just got the PADS-PCB and PADS-Logic and associated libs off >some FTP site. Problem is it won't install. Seems it needs to >be installed from a floppy, but I get an error message something >like "Can't find file, maybe not in your path". Has anyone had >any similar problems? It doesn't tell me which file it can't find. >Any help will be much appreciated. I had the same problem. When you unpack the archives, you must use the option that tells the archiver to create directories. "-d" or something like that. They really should document this better, and they really should provide a more meaningful error message. ============================================================================= From a local computer call-in show: | Ron Harding Q: I hear all this talk about base | rbharding@descartes.waterloo.edu memory, expanded memory, and +------------------------------------ extended memory. What is the difference, and why don't I have them on my Amiga? A: Well, the Amiga doesn't offer you that kind of flexibility... =============================================================================
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!wupost!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!watmath!undergrad.math.waterloo.edu!rbhardin From: rbhardin@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Ron Harding) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: PADS software Keywords: PADS schematics Message-ID: <BtuxxK.GMu@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> Date: 31 Aug 92 17:00:55 GMT References: <1992Aug28.205445.16138@news.dfrf.nasa.gov> Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 21