At 21:21 03/08/01, you wrote:
>I also use Boardmaker2 and also the schematic package from the same company,
>boardcapture. I have had a lot of problems with the dongles and have had a
>few replacements, but many of the problems are still there. Sometimes, in
>the middle of an operation the program loses communication with the dongle,
>and you lose your work!.

I too use Boardmaker (V2.732) and don't have unreliability problems with
the dongle.  Just a thought, are you running under Windows or pure DOS?  If
Windows 95/98 then check your printer port settings.  Go to Control Panel
and click on your printer. Click on Properties then Details then Port
Settings.  Make sure that Windows doesn't spool DOS print jobs. If that
isn't the problem, then I don't know what it is.

Tsien are trying to migrate Version 2 users to Boardmaker 3, but only seem
to offer a software lease arrangement which I am not keen on.

Feel free to contact me directly if you need more help.

John

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John Lawton Electronics
Custom Electronics Design & Development
design@jle.co.uk   http://www.jle.co.uk
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