viewing old aldec/xilinx foundation schematics

[Taco Walstra]

Hi, we have a very old project where schematic entry was used using the xilinx foundation 3 software with aldec schematics. New xilinx systems are not able to read these schematics. Is anybody around who still has this software lying around or is able to read such schematics (perhaps using a newer Aldec package?)
Would be very very welcome.
T. Walstra, university of amsterdam

 

[Gabor]

Taco Walstra wrote:

Hi, we have a very old project where schematic entry was used using the xilinx foundation 3 software with aldec schematics. New xilinx systems are not able to read these schematics. Is anybody around who still has this software lying around or is able to read such schematics (perhaps using a newer Aldec package?)
Would be very very welcome.
T. Walstra, university of amsterdam

I have Foundation 4.1i running under Windows XP. There are no new
licenses available for this from Xilinx, however existing licenses
still work. What are you trying to accomplish? Do you just need
to view the schematics? If so it's possible to make .pdf prints
from them. If you need to use the design for updates or to port
it to a new architecture, your best hope is to contact Aldec, whose
latest products can still read these schematics if I'm not mistaken.
Normally I only use Foundation 4.1i to support existing designs
that were created ten years ago and run on already obsolete chips.

-- Gabor

 

[Taco Walstra]

Op woensdag 14 november 2012 15:26:27 UTC+1 schreef Gabor het volgende:

Taco Walstra wrote:

Hi, we have a very old project where schematic entry was used using the xilinx foundation 3 software with aldec schematics. New xilinx systems are not able to read these schematics. Is anybody around who still has this software lying around or is able to read such schematics (perhaps using a newer Aldec package?)

Would be very very welcome.

T. Walstra, university of amsterdam



I have Foundation 4.1i running under Windows XP. There are no new

licenses available for this from Xilinx, however existing licenses

still work. What are you trying to accomplish? Do you just need

to view the schematics? If so it's possible to make .pdf prints

from them. If you need to use the design for updates or to port

it to a new architecture, your best hope is to contact Aldec, whose

latest products can still read these schematics if I'm not mistaken.

Normally I only use Foundation 4.1i to support existing designs

that were created ten years ago and run on already obsolete chips.



-- Gabor

Hi no pdfs are fine for a start! can Are you willing to help with importing it into foundation and export some pdfs? I can put the files into some dropbox and invite you to it. Would be very, very welcome (send me a mail: tacowalstra with the extension gmail.com . We are really stuck with this, because old foundation is not available anymore.
Taco