I understand that the programs of the Creative Suite 2 are now available
for free:
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.htmlThese are for Windows and Mac - but only the now outdated Power PC Macs.
There is a serial number for each one which I guess runs them without
any fuss. CS2 was released in 2005 and was replaced by CS3 in 2007.
The programs likely to be of interest for PCB work are:
Illustrator - vector graphics, including, I assume, PDFs.
Photoshop - bitmap graphics.
Acrobat Pro - generates PDFs, including by operating as a printer
driver so any application's printing can be turned into a PDF.
There's also an audio editing program Audition 3.0 - I guess quite a few
homebrew PCB folks are involved in music.
I haven't tried any of these. I have occasionally used a much older
version of Acrobat (Acrobat Distiller) which came with Illustrator
8.0.1, which is from 1998.
- Robin
http://www.firstpr.com.au/pcb-diy/