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- READ.ME file for:
-
- PROTEL EASYTRAX version 2.06
-
- (c) 1990 PROTEL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD
-
-
- Corrections/updates to Reference Manual
-
-
- Installation notes:
- (see Installation guide, beginning of page 11 of
- the manual)
-
- Disk organization
- Easytrax is now delivered on four (rather than
- three) 360K floppy disks. The disk called 'Drivers'
- contains the current set of graphics drivers and
- some of the Print/Plot drivers that did not fit on
- the 'Plot' diskette.
-
- Running Easytrax using two floppy disk drives
- (supercedes procedures, described on page 14-15)
-
- To start the program
- Insert the Edit disk into drive A;
- Insert the Library disk into drive B;
- From the DOS prompt, type PATH B: then press
- RETURN;
- Type EASYEDIT then press RETURN to start the
- program;
-
- Once Easyedit is running you can remove the Edit
- disk and use drive A for loading and saving your
- workfiles. You can set the current path back to
- drive A using the Files/Path command from within
- Easyedit. Before you Quit Easyedit, you should
- always re-set the File/Path command back to B: so
- that the EASYEDIT.DFT file is saved in the same
- volume as the EASYEDIT.OVR file. A description of
- the .DFT file is provided on page 22 of the manual.
-
-
-
- New graphics drivers
- Since publication of the supplement have added new
- drivers for the ATI VGA Wonder card and the
- Paradise EGA480 card. The drivers are labelled
- WOND800.DRV (800x600), WOND1024 (1024x768, Revision
- 5 cards only) and PEGA480 (640x480). There are a
- number of cards that use the PEGA480 chipset.
-
-
- Memory management
- If memory is a problem, make sure that your
- operating system is as 'bare' as possible - disable
- network software and any TSRs (other than EMS/Mouse
- drivers), etc. If memory is still a problem you may
- need to consider additional EMS.
-
-
- Repeat Placement with metric grids
- If you are using the Repeat Placement
- feature with some fractional metric
- grids, the Offsets applied to repeats
- can result in some unexpected
- placements. This is because the metric
- value must be rounded off to two decimal
- places. For example the default 25 mil
- imperial grid is equal to approx .625
- mm, rounded-off to .63 mm by Autotrax.
- If you attempt a repeat placement of a
- row of pads, this rounding-off will
- result in a cumulative error in spacing
- as successive pads are placed. The
- solution is to use even multiples of the
- current snap grid as offsets OR to work
- on a 'natural' grid pitch, i.e. .5 mm or
- .6 mm OR to stay on the imperial grid,
- rather than switching to metric prior to
- repeat placement.
-
-
- Easyplot - version 2.06
-
- New Features
-
-
- Roland 1000 Series plotters
- A new plot driver has been added for these popular
- plotter models (DXY 1100, 1200, 1300, etc).
-
- It is called ROLAND RD-GL I.
-
- This supersedes the information in the manual.
- However, you should make sure that all
- communications parameters are matched between the
- program and the plotter.
-
-
- Improved Path Handling in Easyplot
- When you select the Setup/(Plotter, Printer or
- PostScript)/Type, to choose a driver, a window
- opens allowing you to specify the directory. The
- default directory is now always the Easyplot home
- directory.
-
- Naming of output files:
- The name of the current .PCB file is automatically
- applied to output files, as when plotting to a
- filename (rather than directly to a port).
-
-
- PostScript printing
- The following PostScript options are supported
- by the current version of the Easyplot
- program:
-
- PS300A4 A4 sheet 300 dpi resolution
- PS300A3 A3 sheet 300 dpi resolution
- PS400A4 A4 sheet 400 dpi resolution
- PS600A4 A4 sheet 600 dpi resolution
- PS1200A4 A4 sheet 1200 dpi resolution
- PS1200A3 A3 sheet 1200 dpi resolution
- PSLINOA4 A4 sheet 1270 dpi Linotronic
- PSLINOA3 A3 sheet 1270 dpi Linotronic
- PS300B5 B5 sheet 300 dpi resolution
- PS300LT US letter 300 dpi resolution
- PS300LE US legal 300 dpi resolution
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- (end)