


In 1998, Protel 98 consolidated all components, including Advanced Schematic and Advanced PCB, into a single environment. In 1991, Protel released Advanced Schematic and Advanced PCB 1.0 for Windows (1991-1993), followed by Advanced Schematic/PCB 2.x (1993-1995) and 3.x (1995-1998). In 1987, Protel launched the circuit diagram editor Protel Schematic for DOS. acquired marketing and support responsibilities of the PCB program for the USA, Canada and Mexico under the name Tango PCB.

In October 1986 the San Diego-based ACCEL Technologies, Inc. Protel PCB was marketed internationally by HST Technology Pty Ltd. Originally it was sold only in Australia. In 1985, Protel Systems Pty Ltd launched the DOS-based PCB design tool known as Protel PCB (which later emerged into Autotrax and Easytrax). It is developed by Australian software company Altium Limited. Altium Designer is a PCB and electronic design automation software package for printed circuit boards.
