You can read the .JOB files directly into PowerPCB. You also have the
option of saving the PowerPCB .PCB file as a .JOB file if you need to go
the other way. I have delt with some people who have a hard time migrating
upward to PowerPCB and continue to use PADS-2000. I will do the work for
them using PowerPCB and then provide them with a .JOB file to read into
their system.

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> From: Eric Bonatti <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [DESIGNERCOUNCIL] PADS PowerPCB
> Date: Friday, October 17, 1997 5:21 AM
>
> I was under the impression that PADS PowerPCB could read PADS-Perform
> JOB files directly.
>
> DeVita, Mike wrote:
> >
> > A QUESTION DIRECTED TO OTHER PADS USERS
> >
> > We recently received the latest release of PADS PowerPCB version 2.0.
> >
> > Included with the release is an ALERT notice concerning Perform/Work
> > software. In the notice PADS states that software releases that reside
> > on PCs that run at clock speeds greater than 90MHz will no longer be
> > supported.
> >
> > Unfortunately for us we have dozens of dozens of designs that were
> > created in PADS 2000 and Perform that we will no longer be able to ECO
> > unless we keep/buy a PC that runs slower than 90MHz. Also you cannot
> > bring a PADS 2000 file directly to PowerPCB, you first must use
> > Perform/Work as a translator, then bring the design into PowerPCB.
> >
> > My question, as directed to other PADS users, what work around do you
> > use to update older designs into PowerPCB?
> >
> > All of our older files were saved in PADS binary format so we cannot
use
> > the ASCII utility in PowerPCB to bring them up to PowerPCB 2.0.
> >
>
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