keith wrote:
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> The latest Ubuntu works well with gEDA. It also automagiclly sets up
for dual
> boot if WinXP is already on the box. I used Orcad SDT nearly 20 years
ago and
> so find gschem (gEDA schematic) very easy to use. It's also easy to
create
> new symbols. I've used PDB a bit, but have yet to figure out how to
create
> new footprints for PCB.
>
> On the windows side I haven't found any free schematic capture
software that I
> like nearly as well as gschem. FreePCB is quite nice for board
design. I find
> the FreePCB footprint editor really easy to use. There is a Yahoo
group, bit
> it's pretty well uninhabited.
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> Lately I have done a couple of boards using gschem for the schematic
capture
> and netlist cration. I then manually edited the netlist to meet FreePCB
> requitements. FreePCB expects the first line of the file to be
∗PADS-PCB∗. I
> am contemplatig a perl script to map footprint names from PCB to
FreePCB and
> otherwise "fix" the netlist file, but so far it's only an idea.
> --
> Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC
I just tried Ubuntu v6.x as I had it on CD and it looks great. I am
going to download the latest version so I can do the automagic dual boot
on my old spare pc.
Thanks,
Dave
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