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Article #15Re: what is best & simple PCB maker?
From: budgie
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:46
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:46
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 17:59:34 +1100, Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> wrote: >budgie wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 01:42:41 +1100, Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> >> wrote: >> >> >>>Laplace wrote: >>> >>>>what is best & simple PCB maker? >>>> >>> >>>I'm trying out a not-so-simple vutrax ( http://www.vutrax.co.uk ) >>>It predates windows and seems a bit quirky, but runs on linux. >>>There's a free download with only a 256pin limit. >>>I haven't got the hang of it yet. Is anyone using it? >> >> >> I'm surpised that - for a non_windoze solution - you aren't looking at >> AutoTrax which is now also freeware. > >Autotrax reminds me of "old dos crap". Is it really any better? >Is it being actively maintained and enhanced? Does it run on linux? > > From this site, it needs windows to run: > http://www.autotraxeda.com/Quick_Tour/Schematic_Features/schematic_features.html >Does this mean someone has the source code to enhance it? Whoa, not that crap - I mean the "real" (that'll cause a reaction) Protel AutoTrax. No, it's not being maintained since being put into the pubdomain. Linux? Wouldn't have a clue. Real DOS, no pin-count or other cripples. Been running it since DOS days, now in a DOS box under 98SE. And certainly here in oz, Protel formats are the defacto industry standard. I actually thought you would have been across all of this.
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