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In article <C19Dtn.1v6@wang.com> pvr@wang.com writes:
>mikek@neptune.iex.com (Mike Keilhofer) writes:
>
>>Can anyone recomend a PCB layout program for the IBM PC? I'm
>>only looking for manual layout capabilities and the ability
>>to print the design.
>
>   Try PADS-PCB.   It is available as a fully working demo.   It
>is only limited in the size of the design that it will handle.
>No not than two board layers and about 20 IC's.   It has a
>schematic capture editor, a board layout editor, an auto-router,
>and a large parts library.   You can get it from Simtel20.

	Hiho, I was wondering if anyone knew of any good PCB
autorouting packages for the Mac. I have seen the C source code for an
autorouter (from someone at Microsoft), but it was a port from the
IBM, and as such lacks many of the Mac ammenities. Also, it had poor
printer support (only for HP laserjets). Are their any others? Also, I
have seen QuikCircuit (by Douglas Electronics), and was not impressed
by this buggy product (1985 version in the robotics lab).

	I was looking for just standard apple laserprinter output, so
we could fab small boards in house (we also luckily have access to
full NC CAM machines, including a NC-PCB machine, which takes NC
codes, but has no software... There is a gerber hack running it right now).

	I've tried running PADS and think it's great. Do they supply a
Mac version? Thanks in advance for all replies.

-Shishin "Squish" Yamada
squish@endor.harvard.edu

Division of Applied Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138