Chris56000
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Hi!
Has anyone ever had any luck with or worked with this now defunct package and are its files readable in anything else?
Whilst I was working at my Employer's Hitchin Branch I assisted in the design of a project using EDS 3.24 and there were two infuriating things about this software:-
1) The vendor deliberately made the design files not backwards-compatible, e.g., you couldn't open an EDS 3.24 design with 3.23 or earlier;
2) The Software had an infuriating habit of losing its activation-key if the PC ran into a STOP error or other major crash - and the vendor refused a replacement pair of keys unless you paid again and their Technical Support refused to tell me if there was any way its activation key could be backed-up!
I'm afraid its not surprising they went bust over five years ago!
Incidentally this is the only EDA package that never got "key-genned" or "cribbed" in some form or other - was this because of its low user base I wonder? I remember RS's rep telling me they withdrew it from their catalogue because of the many Technical Complaints about lost activation-keys shortly before EDS went bust!
Comments, anyone?
Chris Williams
Has anyone ever had any luck with or worked with this now defunct package and are its files readable in anything else?
Whilst I was working at my Employer's Hitchin Branch I assisted in the design of a project using EDS 3.24 and there were two infuriating things about this software:-
1) The vendor deliberately made the design files not backwards-compatible, e.g., you couldn't open an EDS 3.24 design with 3.23 or earlier;
2) The Software had an infuriating habit of losing its activation-key if the PC ran into a STOP error or other major crash - and the vendor refused a replacement pair of keys unless you paid again and their Technical Support refused to tell me if there was any way its activation key could be backed-up!
I'm afraid its not surprising they went bust over five years ago!
Incidentally this is the only EDA package that never got "key-genned" or "cribbed" in some form or other - was this because of its low user base I wonder? I remember RS's rep telling me they withdrew it from their catalogue because of the many Technical Complaints about lost activation-keys shortly before EDS went bust!
Comments, anyone?
Chris Williams