I will defer to your expertise on AS2.1. Maybe you
should know that ADSK bought DrafixCAD years ago
and re-introduced it as AS5. It's a totally
different program as far as I know and they
eliminated the macro feature in Drafix, one of
it's strong points.
I would not expect that any later version of AS
would open 2.1 but I'm not completely certain.
However I DO know that AS7 wouldn't open AS6 SKF
files. That's a little hint.
If you're making 95K/yr using 2.1 then it behooves
you to do what you're doing and use the Dell
monitor. The ad hominem stuff isn't necessary
either, but to each his own.
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Fogchart wrote:
> Get off your high horse Harvey, post like yours helps no one, and you obviously don't have a clue why so many hold on to AS2. In a nut shell Harvey, AS2.1 is head and shoulders above later versions. Fact is Version 5 that was the next real revision was a major down grade. Not even the same program. The only resemblance was name only. The features lost were unbelievable. I’m guessing you have never used or really learned AS2.1. If you had, you would never make such a comment. AS2 is a very powerful 2D drawing program that I have won large bets on with people just like you. I can make 3D drawing that experts say were not be done with AS2. That is where I win my bets. My needs do not require 3D but I am very good with AS2, very good with it. Doubt but a handful know AS2 as well as I do. I make my living with it.
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> I bought both AS5 and AS7. Sold both on ebay for half price. It may very well be time to try AS9, but reading the manual for AS9 I’m not seeing the features I require. Guessing I’m not alone in that department. I make 95K a year with AS2, and not about to jeopardize my income. If that means finding ways to get newer hardware to work with it, then fine, that’s what we do. If it means using older hardware, then fine. We wait and hope someone some day will match what AS2 is capable of doing. AS5 and AS7 are not the answer. Not even close to what AS2 is capable of.
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> And that Harvey is why so many of us old horse’s are still running around. You don’t abandoned what works for something that does not work for you.
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> You made a statement AS9 will not import AS2 files. Do you know for a fact that is true? That makes little to no since to me. AS5 was capable of importing AS2, so why would they drop that feature. I will admit I did not try it with AS7. Once I saw multiple sheets and pages were not supported I boxed it up and sold it.
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> It truly is a crime that such a great program was butchered so badly with so called updated versions. From my point of view AS went down hill major after version 2.1 and obviously many others besides me feel the same. So we try our best to make it work on newer hardware. AS2 is not ready for the pasture just yet. Not until someone can match its capabilities.
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> Back to real subject to help others with “GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT� errors. This is a good indication that the memory of the hardware is using memory AS2 wants to use also. Another thing to check is your RAM. Bad memory can cause this error also.