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Re: Newbie to list, old timer to this hobby and others

2006-12-25 by Wayne C. Gramlich

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> Question for the list - what's a good or great but free circuit 
> drawing program for Windows (XP down to 3.11) or DOS out there I can 
> download? Linux of course is another option if it has an x86 version 
> or even a Power PC version as I have an old AIX based IBM server I 
> can use too.

KiCAD is multi platform (Linux, Windows, etc.) and has no
size restrictions (like EagleCAD.):

   <http://kicad.sourceforge.net/en/index.shtml>

For a 'nix only solution:

   <http://www.geda.seul.org/>

The gEDA stuff has been around longer, KiCAD seems pretty
functional to me.

Enjoy,

-Wayne

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