About Pilkington Layout Tool Version 2.0 
Copyright 1993,94 Pilkington Micro-electronics (PMeL) 
All rights reserved.

Suggested upload directory ~/ftp/pub/pc/win3/demo

Index entries
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pmelcore.exe  PMEL Motorola FPGA Layout Software - Executables and help
pmelmpa.exe   PMEL Motorola FPGA Layout Software - Motorola support files
pmelmkvw.exe  PMEL Motorola FPGA Layout Software - Viewlogic Workview support
pmelexemp.exe PMEL Motorola FPGA Layout Software - Exemplar synthesis support

Major characteristics
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The Pilkington Layout Tool encapsulates a set of CAD programs 
designed to use the Pilkington FPGA as licensed by Motorola.
The tools let you import designs from EDIF 200 netlists or 
directly from the DesignWorks system, perform fully automatic 
timing driven Autolayout and generate Device Configuration data.

Redistribution Information
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This free software is distributed as a set of self-extracting
archives (.exe files). Please feel free to distribute these
archives to other interested parties. PLEASE DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE
THE SOFTWARE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY OTHER FORM as this 
would constitute violation of the license agreement. The full 
text of the freeware license agreement can be found in the 
main installation directory as LICENSE.TXT.

The commercial software is protected by a dongle and may not 
be re-distributed.
		
System Requirements
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	Minimum Operating Environment
	Computer		25MHz 386 PC Compatible
	Resources		8Mb of RAM
				16Mb Swap File
				11Mb Free Disk Space (exc. workspace)
				20Mb Free Disk Space (inc. workspace)
	Operating System	Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or 
				higher.

 
	Recommended Operating Environment
	Computer		33MHz 486 or better PC Compatible
	Resources		16Mb of RAM
				32Mb Swap File
				11Mb Free Disk Space (exc. workspace)
				60Mb Free Disk Space (inc. workspace)
	Operating System	Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or 
				higher.
					
	'workspace' refers to the disk space required to store 
	completed layouts and associated project information.

Windows NT
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The software can be installed and run under Windows NT without
alteration.

Security
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The commercial software is supplied with a security dongle. The 
software can be operated without a dongle but in this mode is 
capacity limited, and will only operate with circuits of less 
than 1,000 primitive instances (approx. 1,900 gates).

Disclaimers
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All performance information obtained from this software is based on 
preliminary device information and will be subject to change. 


Reaching the authors
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For up to the minute information on the software, including
information on availability of the commercial version, please 
mail to info@pmel.com. 

If you register with us by returning the registration form in
register.txt, we will keep you informed of all the latest 
developments.
