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

2006-12-25 by Wayne C. Gramlich

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Wayne C. Gramlich" <Wayne@...>
wrote:
>
> [snip]
> 
> > 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.):

Oops, I should clarify.  The free version of EagleCAD:

  <http://www.cadsoftusa.com/>

is the one that has size restrictions of 4" x 3.2") and
one sheet of schematic capture.  The professional version
has no such restrictions.  Lot's of people use it 'tho.

>    <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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