2016 — The archive and the migration As formats evolve and industry consolidates, archivists and open-source communities start documenting legacy EDA formats. Scripts and converters appear to move Protel 2.8 projects into newer ecosystems. These efforts are less about nostalgia and more about stewardship: preserving functional knowledge so that devices and systems relying on older boards remain diagnosable for decades. The work is meticulous—mapping pad names, net labels, and silkscreen hints—an act of translation between generations of tools.