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From: mikey@shuksan.UUCP (Mike Fields)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Looking for ORCAD program
Message-ID: <1579@shuksan.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 17:56:18 GMT
References: <1989Oct10.162349.22207@ee.rochester.edu>
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Organization: The Boeing Co., BAC MMST, Seattle, WA
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Summary: ORCAD design program (it is good)

In article <1989Oct10.162349.22207@ee.rochester.edu>, jal@ee.rochester.edu (John Lefor) writes:
> I am looking for a Computer Aided Design program which is called
> ORCAD.  It is used in Electrical Engineering.  I do not know the
> name of the publisher or have a source for a retail copy.  If anyone
> can provide either of these I would appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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> I program ... therefore I am.
> 
> John Lefor    	University of Rochester		Dept of E. Engineering
> 716-275-8265	jal@ee.rochester.edu		uunet!ur-valhalla!jal

The ORCAD program is put out by ORCAD (strangley enough).  They are 
located in Hillsbourough (sp?) Oregon.  One phone number for them is
503-640-5007.  They have an excellent product.  The schematic capture
package SDT-III is $495.  One other one you might want to look at is
OMATION's SCHEMA - it is also $495.  I just finished comparing the two
for my home system (I need to finish going over my notes) - my wife will
only let me buy one!!  Orcad is somewhat nicer to use for some things such
as when you bring a part in, it is a menu option to rotate, mirror or
create the Demorgan equiv. SCHEMA, treats these as seperate parts however,
SCHEMA has a neat front end (ala norton commander) and a very nice bit-mapped
editor for creating logo's etc like some of the paint programs.  Orcad
gives you 1 yr free support/upgrades. Omation gives you support for the 
"life of the product" (whatever that is).  Both were very helpful when I
called customer support and both have a 30 day money back policy on the 
products.  Orcad uses a bound book with an update manual for their system, 
while Omation uses a 3 ring binder for their manuals (I prefer that).
Both companies have nice products ( I bought the SCHEMA since at the time,
it was on sale for $399 instead of the reg. price of $495).  

Omation - 800-553-9119
Orcad   - 503-640-5007 (I think that is tech support- they can redirect you)


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