[sdiy] Altrium Designer/Protel

[Tom Arnold]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 10:28:08PM +0100, Seb Francis wrote:
> Quickly reading your list of criteria I was thinking Proteus.  Then I 
> saw you found this already yourself.  I use version 5.2 and have been 
> very happy with it.  Got a few quirks - for example non-standard 
> keyboard shortcuts and mouse button use (although I believe they've now 
> changed these things in later versions).

My list of criteria isnt exactly extensive, its just my shortlist of complaints
that have driven me nuts in the past. :-)

> Only problem may be the price - it's very reasonable for small (low 
> pincount) PCBs, but gets kind of expensive for larger designs.

Price isnt an issue.  Looks like Proteus configured the way I want will run
around $3100 including the most basic version of Electra, and I havent even
decided if I want to bother with Electra or not...

I've let price be my guide in the past and its meant several gray hairs and
lost productivity, this time I'm getting what will work and damn the price.

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