I favor ExpressPCs free schematic generation and board layout.... But Now I have a whole new list to go looking for. More time-nuts trouble ahead. Regards Paul
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Bruce Lane <kyr...@bluefeathertech.com>wrote: > Good eve, > > I must be the exception... I've tried Eagle, most recently about > three months back. I can't stand it. I find it, for my purposes, to be > about as intuitive as a Salvador Dali painting. > > I've not yet tried DesignSpark, but it looks very promising. > > Personally, I use an old version of OrCAD (9-dot-something, I > think). > > Happy tweaking. > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 23-Feb-12 at 18:38 Jim Hickstein wrote: > > >What do people use these days for schematic capture (and just possibly > >PCB layout), for low-budget homebrew stuff? > > <snippage> > > It's been so long since I did > >this, I > >still own a T-square and a pile of contemporary relics like rules and > >triangles. > > I'll get out my pencil sharpener if I have to. But really, this must be > >a > >solved problem by now. For less than $300? I only need TTL, not > >striplines or > >any black magic like that. > > > >I'm a Mac shop, but can of course run Windows if need be. And to make > >matters > >worse, I prefer ANSI logic symbology over shovels-and-spades (or, really, > >over > >plain rectangles where you're expected to know what the part number > >means). > >This comes from exposure to Control Data, who were big on it back in the > >day. I > >even used to be on the mailing list of the standards committee. I suppose > >that > >all sank without a trace? If it's still controversial, I apologize in > >advance > >for trolling. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > >To unsubscribe, go to > >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >and follow the instructions there. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, > Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com > kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m > "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with > surreal ports?" > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.