Orcad PCB 386 V4.42 Doesn't work on windows 2000

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Nuri Akman - 18 Jul 2003 23:12 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm (trying) using Orcad PCB 386 V4.42 on windows 2000. But, it
doesn't work. I have a BATCH file for configuring Orcad's environment
variables. When I try to run that Batch, screen is getting black.

Also, I try to set environment variables within windows's environment
variables section. But result isn't change.

Does anyone can help me?

Note:
My system is Pentium III 933 Mhz, windows 2000, 128 Mb ram, 20 gb
fat32 HDD, 32 Mb TNT video card.

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Boris Mohar - 18 Jul 2003 23:34 GMT

>Hi everyone,
>
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>My system is Pentium III 933 Mhz, windows 2000, 128 Mb ram, 20 gb
>fat32 HDD, 32 Mb TNT video card.

Try asking dos-orcad@yahoogroups.com I have seen it run on Win2000.
4.42 is the ESP version. What is the PCB386+ version? The latest is 2.22
before the shelved it. It is one of the bigger mistakes the made.

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Regards,

Boris Mohar
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/
Aurora, Ontario

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Mostafa Kassem - 19 Jul 2003 00:50 GMT

> Hi everyone,
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> My system is Pentium III 933 Mhz, windows 2000, 128 Mb ram, 20 gb
> fat32 HDD, 32 Mb TNT video card.

What video driver are you using? Have you tried an ATI card?

Mostafa

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Rein Wiehler - 21 Jul 2003 23:34 GMT

> Hi everyone,
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> My system is Pentium III 933 Mhz, windows 2000, 128 Mb ram, 20 gb
> fat32 HDD, 32 Mb TNT video card.

he must be refering to Install V4.42. We have PCB386+ running on NT4
rw

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Chuck Harris - 22 Jul 2003 00:11 GMT

There is a basic problem when you install Orcad PCB on any windows 95
and up system. The routines that Microsloth uses to return basic bits
of information about the environment, don't work correctly.

Orcad's generated install batch file ends up just full of constructs
like:

IF NOT %C:\ORCADESP\. == C:\ORCADESP\. Goto ENVERR

and

IF NOT . == FALSE. Goto ENVERR

As a result, your install program will fail miserably. You will have
to do everything by hand, or boot an old version 6 MSDOS, and do the
install from there.

-Chuck

>> Hi everyone,
>>
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> he must be refering to Install V4.42. We have PCB386+ running on NT4
> rw

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Orcad PCB 386 V4.42 Doesn't work on windows 2000