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McCADDEN News This What's New page contains not only corporate news and announcements but also product information for both our McCAD Windows and Macintosh products. News articles are only designated when specific to either WIN or MAC otherwise they generally apply to all.

Feb 5, 2010 MSWindows OS Updates 3Spice version 3.1.5 released and the associated SimPlus Bundles has been updated. Users who run on OS versions later than 2004 are encouraged to update their software for better operational stability under the newer OSes. All similar Mac versions have been updated as well to maintain version sync.   Dec 15, 2009 MSWindows OS Updates All McCAD windows apllications have been updated to fix issues introduced by Windows Vista and Windows 7. PCB-ST release also includes greater maginification options. GView file input discrimination is auto matic. This allows user to load any file and Gview will determine whether the contents contain any viewable Gerber data.   Dec 15, 2009 Mac OS Standard Schematic update. Version 3.8.19 can now handle Font Family groups under OSX 10.6.   Oct 12, 2009 Mac OSX GView Updated Universal screening file filter added for non-conforming file type extensions. This means that users can try to open almost any file regardless of the file extension. The software pre-analyzes the file to determine if it contains usable Gerber plot data before trying to decode the file and display it.   May 20, 2009 Mac OSX PCB Updated Version 3.0.18 released. Improved system glue for upcoming OS changes. Mac users running OSX later than 10.5 are encouraged to upgrade,     Dec 18, 2008 New EDS Plus Quick-Start Guide Released This Revised archive contains a complete PCB design project. It guides the user through the creation of a schematic, linking that design to a PCB layout, completing the routing of the Board and finishes with the production of Gerber 274X documents and other extractables. Archive includes all sample documents. This Tutorial can be found in the download areas of the McCAD web-site.   Nov 2, 2008 3SPICE v3.1.4 System Build updates Both the MS Windows and Mac OSX versions have been rebuilt using the latest system glue interfaces. These updates are essential for users running the latest OS versions. May 2, 2008 Major Release of New Product Versions Vamp Inc. has released several new versions of the many products it makes. These are all significant version releases. They include the following products: McCAD Schematics Plus V5.2x McCAD PCB-ST V3.0x McCAD Gerber Translator V3.0x McCAD GView V3.0x McCAD Trailblazer V7.0x McCAD Tracker V7.0x All of these modules will run natively on Intel based Macs and for MS Windows users they incorporate the latest system glue for Windows Vista users. Current McCAD users are encouraged to migrate to these new releases, however their user licenses must be upgraded to use these newer releases. Vamp has also posted an update to the Basic Schematics module as well.     Sept 1, 2007 PCB Libraries PCB Libraries Inc. of Des Plaines, IL has announced that its libraries and services will be available for the McCAD PCB-ST layout editor starting in September 2007. They can be reached at 1-847-298-9994 or go to their web-site at http://www.pcblibraries.com for more details. June 22, 2007 Simulation Products 3SPICE simulator updated with new compatibility builds for current OS's. SimPlus Archive has been updated with the latest Schematics-Plus and 3SPICE simulator modules. June 7, 2007 Macintosh Products Final Updates for most Pre-Universal OS software has been posted. Any current user who does not plan to migrate to a newer OSX operating system should download these final updates for the older operating systems. MS Windows Products Windows versions have been rebuilt and synched with the Macintosh updates. March 1, 2007 Macintosh Products All web postings are now available as DMG archives. This archives simplify product installations and upgrades. Aug 14, 2006 McCAD Schematics Plus Version 5.0.16 Released .. incorporates file synchronization for non Universal OS users. Jun 9, 2006 McCAD Schematics Plus released for Macintosh Universal OS Customer's requiring native compatibility with Apple's Intel based machines may now upgrade to this new version. Contact Vamp Sales about specific pricing and/or upgrade procedure details. Other McCAD products offering native compatibility for the Universal OS will follow shortly Feb 5, 2006 Released New Revised Web Site with Secure Online purchase Vamp's Website has been revamped and simplified using a more intuitive flow. Jan 7, 2006 Era of Mac OS9 support will be coming to an end... Vamp has officially announced that it will cease supporting Mac OS9. "Apple with its latest OSX versions has made it abundantly clear that it has shelved OS9 and wants it to die. Trying to make products auto-bootable in both OS9 and OSX has become very difficult for us to continue to support. Furthermore some of the new capabilities in upcoming releases can not be made available in OS9..." Users still running OS9 are encouraged to move to OSX now to avoid losing any investment in their archived designs.