Homebrew PCBs

It's really too bad you waited so long to try
DipTrace, the latest version r1.23, not only imports
Eagle librariues but also prints reverse.

rub rub rub   ;)

TANSTAAFL!

Myc

--- kilocycles <kilocycles@...> wrote:

> Thanks, Myc, rub it in a little more! 
> Coulda-woulda-shoulda...
> 
> On a slightly different topic, but equally a tale of
> woe, my hard
> drive died with my EAGLE Light and other CAD-related
> partitions and
> directories.  My last backup was in mid-March, and I
> lost some recent
> components I made for my special library.  Not much
> else of value, and
> I do have saved bmp's of the schematics and boards I
> was working on.
> 
> So, looks like a good time to go ahead and bite the
> bullet and
> recreate that library in DipTrace.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ted
> 
> By the way, the Maxtor hard drive started failing on
> 4/21, and I spent
> two days transferring files from as-yet unaffected
> partitions.  By the
> time I went on line and got the PowerMax diagnostic
> disk and ran the
> test to get the error code for the on-line
> processing of the RMA, it
> was Sunday.  The warranty had expired Saturday night
> at midnight!
> 
> Grrr!  I went ahead and bought a Seagate with a
> 5-year warranty.  No
> more Maxtor for me; that was my second failed one.
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Mycroft2152
> <mycroft2152@...> wrote:
> >
> > I've been using my Laserjet IIP+ for a while now.
> It
> > only has 300 dpi resolution but for standard
> through
> > the hole components its more than adequate.
> > 
> > It's built like a locomotive and will last longer
> than
> > the new all-plastic printers. It's already 10+
> years
> > old. 
> > 
> > TANSTAFL!
> > 
> > Myc
> ---snip
> > --- kilocycles <kilocycles@...> wrote:
> > 
> > > The 300 DPI "blocky" or coarsely dithered
> graphics
> > > from my HP LJ IIIP
> > > is why I donated it to FreeCycle and bought the
> > > Brother 2040.  Tough
> > > tradeoff, since the Brother is certainly not
> > > optimally suited for
> > > toner transfer.  It works nicely for bulk
> printing,
> > > though, and I
> > > don't have to use up ink on my Canon i860
> Inkjet.
> > > 
> > > Maybe I should have kept the IIIP and converted
> it
> > > to a fuser-type
> > > laminator unit, Stefan, but at that time, I
> didn't
> > > know about that
> > > particular option.
> > > 
> > > Ted
> ---snip---
> 
> 
> 
> 


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