PCB making on the Mac

[Matt Haines]

>"The package said Windows 3.1 or better.... so I bought a Mac!"
>

I like that. :)

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>I just received the $95, stripped down version of the Douglas CAD/CAM PC
>board software for the Mac.
>

I talked to them a while back, and got them to send their demo version of
the Big Program, which they did. Unfortunately, my floppy drive is dead.
But I figure I might be able to do screenshots of the thing and print PCB
layouts that way. Haven't been able to try it though.

>They have 3 versions-
>
>$95 - A stripped down version that exports proprietary data to Douglas for
>them to make your boards for you. Luckily they are pretty good at this and
>their charges are reasonable. No printer drivers, but I had no problem
>doing a "snapshot" of either layer....!
>

Reasonable?!? <choke> There's a $200 set-up fee for each board! That's
reasonable if you're doing 5 or 10 or 100 at at a time, but for one board
it's just too much. They're a bit too much for me, the hobbyist. Those who
are making custom boards professionally (Kevin! :) and can justify the
expense by passing it along, will probably find it worthwhile. And they are
very nice people, everyone I spoke to there. And I got a cool poster with
the demo software. ;)


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