PCAD also uses a .PCB file extension, as does ACCEL's windows based versions
of PCAD, ACCEL PCAD, and ACCEL Tango.  If it is an ASCII file, you should be
able to find something in the header.

Thomas DeSmit
EDA Librarian/Sr. Eng. Tech
IFR Americas
Wichita, KS USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet E-Mail Forum. Steve Collins
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 8:04 AM
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>
> This is a PADS file and at one point PADS offered a demo version of their
> software but in checking their web site I can't seem to locate
> the demo anymore.
>
> Steve Collins
>
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