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RE: [AVR-Chat] Freebsd pcb and schematic tools

2004-03-03 by Kathy Quinlan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd Felsche [mailto:bernie@innovative.iinet.net.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 March 2004 1:23 PM
> To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] Freebsd pcb and schematic tools
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> On Wednesday 03 March 2004 13:10, Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> > I wish to switch to FreeBSD (windows gives me the shits) and I
> 
> Windows has always been a diarrhoetic. :-)
> 
> > need some good tools, what do you recommend, considering I 
> do a lot of 
> > SMD and 4 layer PCB's it needs to be a good tool. I currently use 
> > Protel99SE and it does not run under wine. I do not really want to 
> > install XP in Vmware just to be able to run Protel, and prepared to 
> > shelve Protel, if I can find a good cad package to replace it.
> 
> Why don't you download the free version of Cadsoft Eagle
> (http://www.cadsoft.de/) for Linux and see if it'll play 
> under FreeBSD?

Yeap there is a port for FreeBSD, I am just not sure how "professional"
Eagle is ?

 
> If it works, then you can licence a "professional" version of 
> Eagle and fly with that.
> 
> If it doesn't work, you may have to "slum it" with Linux instead.
> :-)

Wash your mouth out ;o)

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