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From: rainer@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rainer Malzbender)
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Subject: Re: PD CAD software?
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Date: 12 Sep 90 18:25:46 GMT
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Clarification about OrCAD - there are two separate products: SDT, the
schematic capture program, and PCB, the router. PCB includes an autorouter.
SDT produces netlists in a variety of formats, not just for PCB, but
obviously the two programs were designed for each other. SDT is $495,
PCB $1495. IMHO the latter is too expensive. My one line review is that
OrCAD probably makes the best PC CAD software, but that is not praise
of boundless magnitude.

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Rainer M. Malzbender                          Technology recapitulates biology.
Dept. of Physics                (303)492-6829       rainer@hibachi.colorado.edu 
U. of Colorado, Boulder, USA                  malzbender%opus@vaxf.colorado.edu