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

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Vince Briel" <vbrielnospamme@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:NQG%b.133449$uV3.652853@attbi_s51...
:
: > 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 };-)
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