From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   "Theo"  wrote in message news   
   NMv*hWQwA@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk...   
   > TTman  wrote:   
   >> Anyone still using this? I might need some help generating gerber plots.   
   >> Not used it for 10 yrs so memory is lacking...   
   >   
   > I believe Protel evolved into Altium Designer.   
      
   Yes it did, and they had such serious quality problems with Altium designer at   
   the time that I continued using Protel 99SE for many years after Altium   
   designer appeared.   
   I would guess that there's no issue with recent versions of Altium Designer   
   but I now   
   use KiCad for any PCB layout I might want to do.   
   There is Protel to KiCad conversion software out there which was reasonably ok   
   but needed   
   some manual intervention last time I tried it. I still keep 99SE in an XP VM.   
      
   >You may have some luck   
   > opening them in the free version of Altium which is called CircuitMaker:   
   > https://circuitmaker.com/   
   >   
   > It has certain limitations and I'm not sure if Protel import is included.   
   > AIUI CircuitMaker saves its files publically, ie you can't use it for   
   > private projects, although you could just not save your imported project.   
   >   
   > The full Altium is ~$7k pa so uncheap just for generating plots.   
   >   
   > Theo   
      
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