AW: [sdiy] EDWin PCB software

[Theo]

Thanks Scott,
I'll probably use your components for quick & dirty stuff :)

When my only computer was a Atari I used megapaint
to draw schematics, results looked really well.
For the PCBs I used Calamus, a DTP program.
Just put up a (magnetic) grit of 0.05 inch.
Next you can draw line objects on the grit.
Thick short lines for the pads and thinner ones for the traces.
Because this all are objects, moving footprints or traces around  is no prob
:)
Made a memory extension for my D50 this way among other things.
The results looked just like it was done in orcad/ultiboard on the PC.

The only other option on Atari was Eagle, which didn't have a netlist
feature at the time. So it didn't have any advantage over the
Megapaint + Calamus method.
But while ok as a work around I would not like to part with netlists,
design rule check, nested sheets and the option to have a PCB house do my
boards.

Theo



From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>

> I've been both complemented and laughed at for how
> I do schematics...  I use Microsoft Paint.  I have
> one document that has almost any part I can think
> of.  I copy and paste to my work document.  It really
> doesn't take that much time.  There's no learning
> curve at all.  And if you use Windows, you have Paint
> sorta like free.
>
> Anyone interested in my parts document can go to
> http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/parts.gif
> and see a GIF version.  You should be able to convert
> this to BMP, but if not, email me and I will send
> the real BMP via email.
>
> Czech Martin <Martin.Czech at Micronas.com> wrote:
> >> I bought version 1.5 non-commercial a long time ago (3-4
> >> years). It was so
> >> bad I gave up on it in less that a couple of days. Creating
> >> new symbols and
> >> components in it was really teadious and obscure. It maybe
> >
> >I second that. It is useless.
> >I have the feeling that setting up a CAD system complete
> >with all views (so that they can interact) is so much
> >work that it has way too much overhead for our little
> >projects.
> >
> >
> >m.c.
>
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