Harrison Cooper wrote:
>
> I hate to ask...but I know there are some or maybe some ex OrCad users.
> Version 2.00 is from around 1989, and I have been using it for the last 10
> years, moving it from one machine to the next.  So, I picked up a little 486
> HP laptop, and have been moving all my engineering software to it from the
> desktop 486 I was using.  Problem is...when I try to run it, I get an error
> saying 'program too big for memory'.  Runs fine on the other machine, and in
> fact I have more memory on the laptop than the desktop.  Did the mem/c to
> see what is loaded, and I have more available program space on the laptop.
> So...is anyone using/used this, and seen this before?  draft.exe runs just
> fine.
>
> I suppose I could use something less ancient, but I don't have alot of time
> to spin up on new PCB software these days.
> Unless there is something very easy to spin up on.  Worse comes to worse,
> I'll keep that machine up and running till I migrate or figure this out.
>
> thanks in advance.

Did you try the execution from Windows Prompt?