Re: musing about building a minimalist Apple ][+ clone

["Laine Houghton" <laine@intergate.com>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Vince Briel" <vbrielnospamme@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> : > Eagle it great. There were some mentioned in
> : > A.B.S.E, but I can't find them in the posts
> : > now. I may need to go to the archive or ask
> : > them to post them again. How small of a board
> : > is free?
> :
> : 2 X 2.5" IIRC. What I did was use eagle for the schematic
> software (No real
> : size limit) and express pcb for my layout. I had no way to
> transfer over but
> : eagle gave me the layout schematic instead of writing it on
> paper. When your
> : on a budget, you do what it takes to get the job done.
>
> Hahahahahaha! ExpressSCH is included in the package.
> Once you build the schematic, you can then place your
> components on the layout, link the SCH to the PCB and
> click, using NetFind, any pin on the PCB and it shows
> you where they go to. Took me a while to learn the
> whole package, but once familiar I can throw a drawing
> and PCB together in a matter of hours. I also discovered
> that I can place arcs in the corners so that the traces
> are smooth continuous lines with no danger of them pulling
> up at the sharp corners where they would be weak. Thanks
> to a friend, I learned too that I can use all labels on
> the schematic which makes for a very nice looking drawing.
>
> Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)


Max board size is  4" x 3.2"

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