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    Pads PCB DOS won't open

    Correct, which is why I can't print. Wonder if a USB to parallel port converter would work? Then plug the correct printer to the port?
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    Pads PCB DOS won't open

    All good suggestions guys, thanks. I will run scandisk, and I also plan to add another hard driver as a backup. PADS doesn't need the path directive, as it knows where to find the files. As far as a Dos box, I have tried that, but as both the schematic capture program and PADs have built-in...
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    Pads PCB DOS won't open

    I have been using it since the early 80s. The schematic program is Schema by Omation. Great programs. Pads integrated the Schema net list so you can forward and back eco. I also use Wordstar on the DOS box. As a one man consulting business, I couldn't afford to upgrade to the Windows...
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    Pads PCB DOS won't open

    I have been using the DOS version of PADS forever. Keep a DOS computer just for that. Today, the program won't launch. Error message "can't find data base info file c:\pcb\usr.ln exiting" That file does exist. I copied a backup for all the libraries, and get the same message.

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