Hello all!
I have found a lot of sch. files, made in very old version of OrCAD - v1.25 (1985-1987 years). Also I have this version OrCAD with all libraries, and all work fine under DosBox emulator. I have two question:
1) Is it possible to convert from sch OrCAD v1.25 into any other modern file format?
2) I can write my own file convertor if will know the structure of .sch and .lib files in OrCAD v1.25. May be possible found somewere this information?
Thank you for your reply!
I installed OrCAD Capture 16.2 Demo Edition and tried to open Schematic files like you wrote above. And it didn't work right (fig. below).
I tried to open .lib file, and got this error:
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* Translating SDT Library to Capture.
*** Translating Library 'D:\ORCAD\LIB\RF.LIB' ***
Decompiling 16-bit library 'D:\ORCAD\LIB\RF.LIB' to text file 'C:\USERS\TARKUS\APPDATA\LOCAL\TEMP\RF.SRC'...
ERROR [D160004] File Error Library header is incorrect for 'D:\ORCAD\LIB\RF.LIB'.
Errors encountered during decompilation.
ERROR [XLT0020] Decompiling the SDT/IV library file failed.
ERROR [XLT0016] Translation of library 'D:\ORCAD\LIB\RF.LIB' failed.
ERROR [XLT0070] Translation failed.
ERROR [XLT0071] Translation Notice Error(s) encountered. Please check the Session Log.
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I think, that is very early version of OrCAD, with own, incompatible file format. I tried to open my files in late MS-DOS OrCAD version 3, and got error "incompatible file format". Attach some screenshots with my OrCAD (splash screen and draft)