person i know quite well (who bought prot.99)
said that  they still haven't ironed out all the bugs in protel 99.
he also said there's a discussion list somewhere on the net. that verifies his
statements
98 might be a better go (its cheaper too !)
glen
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Sebasti‡n Dols wrote:

> >I am currently evaluating Protel EDA software and was wondering if
> >anyone on the list uses it.
> >
> >If so:
> >
> >1. what is your opinion of it?
>
> good, all opinions are about protel99
>
> >2. Do you recommend it?
>
> Yes, in fact probably I will recomend to buy it to the upper-boss when the
> demo period expires.
>
> >3. What other EDA software have you used for and how does it compare?
>
> Orcad (old versions) Eagle (problems whith autorouter), Tango, etc.
>
> >4. What are it's week points?
>
> a little bit confusing the distribuded development system, not always is
> easy to locate the correct schema component (70.000 references is a mayhem
> sometimes :), not all the schema components had a default footprint linked
> (mainly in the common components), miscelaneous devices library are too
> short,  locate a multifabricant component must be through the fabricant not
> through the component (ne555, for example). I was in trouble creating a new
> component and library, but I got no heavy uses of this feature. It is a
> little bit resource-hungry, in my P200-64Mb-W95 if not used alone sometimes
> the system result toasted when autorouting, in my PIII450-128Mb-W98 is more
> comfortable and can be used with excel and word and babylon translator and
> SETI-at-home and the distributed.net RC5-cracker in background.
>
> >5. What are it's strong points?
>
> Demo are FULL working with no limits at all, well integrated
> schema-pcb-routing, no intermediate netlists needed in protel99,
> schema-to-pcb uptade, pcb-to-schema update, inteligent-above-usual
> autorouter. There is only one service pack and if the updates do not applies
> to you, is not needed.
>
> >Any information would be greatly appreciated
>
> >Roger
>
> So here it is.  Hope it helps.
>
> Keep on PICing
>
> /S