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I am considering switching from DipTrace to KiCAD, based mostly on the good things I keep hearing about what CERN is doing with KiCad. I plan on using it on Slackare Linux 14.1 and Windows 7. Some of the customers I consult for are windows-only so I am going to try Windows first.
My problem is that the only choices I seem to have are a 2013 "Old Stable" version that is not recommended for new designs [1] and a recent build that keeps changing every day or so [2] So which version should I download?
Related: [3] -- Guy Macon ( talk) 07:05, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Help talk:Edit toolbar#Toolbar windows
This is just to attract your attention. Please, answer there. Thank you.-- Lüboslóv Yęzýkin ( talk) 14:09, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
When I run scripts with the
#! /usr/bin/env python
shebang, it does not run with the last version of python.
I checked it with,
import sys print(sys.version)
and yes, it's the 2.x version, not the installed 3.x version, that's being picked.
What's wrong? I though the env python bit would guarantee that the last version of python was used.-- YX-1000A ( talk) 20:27, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
I have two Fisher STV 420M (12" woofers, 3" tweeters, and 4" midrange 100 watt 8 ohm) speakers that take a bare copper pair connection from 1987 that I would like to connect to my two Windows 7 laptops (2009 and 2013) which have a single female output. What would tell me how to go about this as cheaply as possible? Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 20:39, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
The real chance was the expansion of digital options, Since sometime 2000-2005, computers started to support SPDIF out as standard (normal coax as optical SPDIF never really gained that much traction with computers) which would be commonly be supports by amplifiers of that generation. Even that probably hasn't really changed much, Intel HD Audio has meant even on laptops you can probably still use a 3.5mm port for SPDIF output with the right drivers. I think most amps will probably still have at least one such input as well. (There was probably a time in the early days were you'd often get amps with only optical.)
Since sometime 2008-2010 or so, computers started to have HDMI with audio out, which amplifiers of that generation would usually support. Again this hasn't changed much. However I don't think HDMI is really designed for audio only output, so using it in that fashion can be problematic.
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I am considering switching from DipTrace to KiCAD, based mostly on the good things I keep hearing about what CERN is doing with KiCad. I plan on using it on Slackare Linux 14.1 and Windows 7. Some of the customers I consult for are windows-only so I am going to try Windows first.
My problem is that the only choices I seem to have are a 2013 "Old Stable" version that is not recommended for new designs [1] and a recent build that keeps changing every day or so [2] So which version should I download?
Related: [3] -- Guy Macon ( talk) 07:05, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Help talk:Edit toolbar#Toolbar windows
This is just to attract your attention. Please, answer there. Thank you.-- Lüboslóv Yęzýkin ( talk) 14:09, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
When I run scripts with the
#! /usr/bin/env python
shebang, it does not run with the last version of python.
I checked it with,
import sys print(sys.version)
and yes, it's the 2.x version, not the installed 3.x version, that's being picked.
What's wrong? I though the env python bit would guarantee that the last version of python was used.-- YX-1000A ( talk) 20:27, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
I have two Fisher STV 420M (12" woofers, 3" tweeters, and 4" midrange 100 watt 8 ohm) speakers that take a bare copper pair connection from 1987 that I would like to connect to my two Windows 7 laptops (2009 and 2013) which have a single female output. What would tell me how to go about this as cheaply as possible? Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 20:39, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
The real chance was the expansion of digital options, Since sometime 2000-2005, computers started to support SPDIF out as standard (normal coax as optical SPDIF never really gained that much traction with computers) which would be commonly be supports by amplifiers of that generation. Even that probably hasn't really changed much, Intel HD Audio has meant even on laptops you can probably still use a 3.5mm port for SPDIF output with the right drivers. I think most amps will probably still have at least one such input as well. (There was probably a time in the early days were you'd often get amps with only optical.)
Since sometime 2008-2010 or so, computers started to have HDMI with audio out, which amplifiers of that generation would usually support. Again this hasn't changed much. However I don't think HDMI is really designed for audio only output, so using it in that fashion can be problematic.