Protel 99SE Vs. Windows 7 Ultimate, Just for sharing, The problem = Dead. I had to download service pack 6 ( I was still running 5), installed it. This is related to default mechanism used in Vista and Win7 that 'well.

Franklin, Maybe you could define your questions a little bit better. I don't even know where to start with what you have asked at the moment. Inductance, Resistance?

Component placement, yes it places components just fine but it is most likely not real similar to Eagle. Overall, go through their tutorials and examples.

Don't take the manuals precisely at their word, there were too many service pack changes for the manuals to be real accurate. Let alone like everything these days, the manuals are more of a where is it type help rather than a how does it actually work help. If you can find their training course (learning guide and related tutorial files) somewhere online, it would give you a good basis on which to start, much better than the manual. Join the PEDA listserver and you can get answers quickly, nearly 24/7. Some tips I can give right off the bat, don't use special characters in library parts names, stick to underscores, spaces, letters and numbers, keep them under 14 characters in length. It is hard for me to even think of where you might find difficulties or problems since I have used the package for so long I just do my work in the manner I have become used to and I don't have many problems.

Oh, Stay away from Win98 with it (resource problems, design rule set-up uses a lot of resources and will crash in Win98) and ATI video cards from a few (3 - 5) years back resulted in numerous stability issues. I believe that the more current ATI cards work just fine. Work at learning the hotkeys and keystrokes for commands, it is miles more efficient than mousing it through the menus. Franklin, Maybe you could define your questions a little bit better. I don't even know where to start with what you have asked at the moment. Inductance, Resistance? Component placement, yes it places components just fine but it is most likely not real similar to Eagle.

Overall, go through their tutorials and examples. Don't take the manuals precisely at their word, there were too many service pack changes for the manuals to be real accurate. Let alone like everything these days, the manuals are more of a where is it type help rather than a how does it actually work help.

If you can find their training course (learning guide and related tutorial files) somewhere online, it would give you a good basis on which to start, much better than the manual. Join the PEDA listserver and you can get answers quickly, nearly 24/7.

Some tips I can give right off the bat, don't use special characters in library parts names, stick to underscores, spaces, letters and numbers, keep them under 14 characters in length. It is hard for me to even think of where you might find difficulties or problems since I have used the package for so long I just do my work in the manner I have become used to and I don't have many problems. Games modoo marble. Oh, Stay away from Win98 with it (resource problems, design rule set-up uses a lot of resources and will crash in Win98) and ATI video cards from a few (3 - 5) years back resulted in numerous stability issues. I believe that the more current ATI cards work just fine. Work at learning the hotkeys and keystrokes for commands, it is miles more efficient than mousing it through the menus. Franklin, One big overall tip, make sure that you are using Service Pack 6 for P99SE.