30-07-2015, 02:01 PM
The old Orcad IV for DOS still works perfectly well full screen under XP. When I finally migrate to W7 or whatever it'll probably have to run in an XP or W2K virtual machine under VirtualBox. It's not exactly a joy to use unless you're doing a lot of it and can re-learn all the keystrokes that made it so fast. I doubt its printer drivers will work with anythng vaguely modern. I created a lot of schematics with this software, many of which went into production with my clients. I can safely say that I could not have had a viable business without it.
Orcad for Windows, later Cadence, works fine. It also gives me access to all my old Orcad schematics going right back to 1988. It's more or less compliant with Windows CUI conventions and communicates properly with printers. The other day I wanted a schematic from a project c1992 vintage and was able to access it in a few seconds.
If I wanted a more modern schematic capture package I'd probably use Kicad.
Orcad for Windows, later Cadence, works fine. It also gives me access to all my old Orcad schematics going right back to 1988. It's more or less compliant with Windows CUI conventions and communicates properly with printers. The other day I wanted a schematic from a project c1992 vintage and was able to access it in a few seconds.
If I wanted a more modern schematic capture package I'd probably use Kicad.
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