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- #AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE DRIVERS#
- #AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE MANUAL#
- #AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE SOFTWARE#
- #AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE LICENSE#
- #AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE PROFESSIONAL#
Since then Protel International became Altium Ltd. (the proprietor) ported the app to Windows 3.1 to create the first Windows-based PCB CAD tool, Protel 1.0 for Windows. AutoTRAX was sold widely throughout the world in the mid 1980s and early 1990s until Protel International Pty. It ran on DOS on an IBM or compatible PC.
#AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE PROFESSIONAL#
com /display /ALEG /Legacy+DownloadsĪutoTRAX is the name of one of the first ever professional printed circuit board CAD apps available for personal computers. PROTEL is a trademark of Protel Systems Pty Ltd. Tango and Tango-PCB are trademarks of ACCEL Technologies, Inc. ACCEL markets the product under the name Tango-PCB.
#AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE MANUAL#
The Reference Manual was re-written for the American market. Working together, engineers from ACCEL, HST and Protel Systems have implemented numerous enhancements to the original product. In 1986, ACCEL Technologies, Inc., of San Diego, California, acquired marketing and support responsibilities for the product in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. HST Technology Pty Ltd maintains sole-worldwide marketing rights for PROTEL-PCB. It was originally written in 1985 by Nick Martin, of Australia, and sold under the name of PROTEL-PCB.
#AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE SOFTWARE#
Original Manual Copyright (c) 1986 HST Technology Pty Ltd Software Copyright (c) 1985, 1986 Protel Systems Pty Ltd The History of Tango-PCB Tango-PCB is a personal computer-based software CAD package for designing Printed Circuit Boards. CREDITS Program Design: Nick Martin Reference Manual: Tom Lupfer Production: Cathy Vermillion, Walt Foley Product Management: Tom Lupfer, Ray Schnorr Derivative Manual Copyright (c) 1986 ACCEL Techologies Inc.
#AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE DRIVERS#
It does not run on Windows Vista and later, but can be run successfully using generic VESA video drivers in a DOS virtual machine. Īutotrax will run in a DOS window under Windows 9x and Windows NT up to XP. Many PCB manufacturers in Australia and some PCB manufacturers in Asia will still accept boards in native Protel Autotrax format rather than requiring export to PCB industry standard Gerber format. In Autotrax, string sizes are only ever displayed in multiples of 12 mil, so specification of a string size as something other than a multiple of 12 mil may lead to incorrect import into another package. Two bugs in the Protel Autotrax format have to do with octagonal pads, which on inspection can be seen to be not quite regular octagons, and string sizes. This is because a de facto industry standard has emerged which assumes that if a pad is smaller than its associated hole, the hole is not plated through, while Autotrax will only permit pads that are at least 2 mil larger than the hole diameter. The native file format allows for most of the information needed to manufacture basic PCBs except that it does not allow for non-plated-through holes. The native file format for Autotrax and Easytrax is based on 1 mil (0.001") increments, although the package shows measurements in millimetres if metric is selected. Easytrax is identified by "PCB File 5" in its file headers and differs primarily in not allocating hole sizes to pads.
#AUTOTRAX ABLEMARLE LICENSE#
This was later made available free, while Autrotrax still required a license now both are free. Protel also produced a less expensive, cut-down package called Easytrax. The native file format for Autotrax is PCB File 4. These apparent limitations mean that users quickly became good at driving the program and disinclined to change to anything newer and, in practice, slower. Selection of elements within the circuit board is accomplished almost exclusively by using the mouse. The program is primarily keystroke driven but to aid memorization a menu appears in the upper left corner of the screen whenever a command is issued. It will run under Windows 98 and XP but only as a console window. after a successful IPO and later on made Autotrax and Easytrax freeware downloads on their web site. ported the application to Windows 3.1 to create the first Windows-based PCB CAD tool, Protel Advanced Schematic/PCB 1.0 for Windows in 1991. A stripped-down version of Autotrax was marketed as Easytrax.Īutotrax was sold throughout the world until Protel International Pty.
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In 1988 Protel launched Autotrax for DOS in the USA as well. In 1987, Protel launched the circuit diagram editor Protel Schematic for DOS. acquired marketing and support responsibilities of the PCB program for the USA, Canada and Mexico under the name Tango PCB. In October 1986 the San Diego-based ACCEL Technologies, Inc. Protel PCB was marketed internationally by HST Technology Pty Ltd. In 1985 Protel Systems Pty Ltd originally developed the DOS-based PCB design tool Protel PCB, which was sold only in Australia.