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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Ted_Eugene_Viens
- From: Ted_Eugene_Viens@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: PCB design programs for the Amiga
- Message-ID: <72380@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 22:29:42 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Dec24.012224.22072@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
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- >I am looking for any program that will allow me to design Printed
- >Circuit Boards on my AMIGA. I am trying to design a Transputer
- >TRAM module for a Computer Engineering thesis and would very
- >much like to do it from home during my current vacation.
- >
- >I have access to PADS for the IBM machines so it would be nice
- >if it had the same file format so I could take into uni to show
- >my supervisor.
- >
- >It doesn't need to create big boards, the version of PADS I will use
- >only allows for 32 chips (something like that).
- >
- >Thanks in advance
- >
- >--
- >Ross Mark | email rossm@cumulus.csd.unsw.oz.au
- >Computer Engineering | rossm@cs.unsw.oz.au
- >4th Year |
- >University Of New South Wales | But is it all worth it???
- >
- Hello, Ross...
- Prolific, Inc writes and sells Pro-Net and Pro-Board and their supporting
- programs. Pro-Net is a schematic capture program and Pro-Board is the
- PCB layout and design program. The programs are properly interconnected
- to work together an your project including the various production list,
- auto-routing, auto-placement, manual changes, back annotation, and various
- reports. Most of my experience has been with manual board design on
- Pro-Board in designing a 2 by 4 inch audio-video relay board and a 7 by 10
- inch audio-video distribution amp board. The programs are comparable in
- cost, style and power to similar programs on other platforms. They work on
- common Amigas. Prolific has increased its customer support and now maintains
- a vendor access area on the Portal telecom service in the US. Portal is an
- Internet sight.
- I have seen mixed reviews on these programs, but they have performed adequately
- for me. They have produced accurate gerber files, and the files have been used
- to make successful two-sided boards. The programs are much more powerful than
- my needs.
- Prolific, Inc.
- 6905 Oslo Circle, ste. 3
- Buena Park, CA 90621
- tel. 714-447-8792
- fax. 714-994-6435
- Good luck...
- Ted..
-