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I need a good drawing program to make pc boards

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From: NEIL GANDLER
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 19:00
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 I am sick of pc cad programs. Some like padsdemo are too complicated
for my uses and programs like pc-trace are too simple and are
terrible. I decided I want to make my pc boards the way I used to.
Drawing them on graph paper using rub ons. But I can do that on a 
computer also. I just need a good drawing program that I can define
chips and pads as macros. I also need a program that uses coordinates
and allows you to scale. And of course it has to be able to make
good printouts on a laser or 24-pin printer. I dont need a cad
program to autoroute. For my designs the human brain does a better
job. Is there a program out there that will help me? Thanks
in advance for any help. I am also experimenting with a new way to
etch pc boards. It includes printing your designs on a special piece
of paper coated with a thin layer of copper. You then peel off the copper.
It still has some adhesive left and you attach it to your board and
etch. It is still in its experimental stage. But by results are getting
better.

		Neil Gandler
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