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From: ee87kjh@cc.brunel.ac.uk (H J Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: PCB Designers (Again)
Keywords: PCB, Abacus, Sachse, Busch
Message-ID: <2025@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>
Date: 11 Mar 91 15:54:35 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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Back on the subject of PCB designers, A few people asked me to post any
results I had from my original posting.

Well, the disk I found lurking at the back of my collection, which I had
played with a few years back and never got round to using seriously, was
called 'PCBoard Designer'. The sum total of information on the disk is
this:
(c) DATA BECKER
(c) Abacus Software
Authors: Florian Sachse & Stefan Busch
Release notes dated 22/7/86

I have a suspicion that the disk I have is a demo (I have no idea where it 
came from), as the number of components is limited to 14 and there are 101
bugs (like it trying to print the design to the screen instead of to the
printer port !).

Basically it is unusable in its present form, but a working version would
be great, as it is easy to use and not too technical (no good for any
professional applications, but perfect for the hobbyist who wants to make
reasonable PCBs)

Has anyone got any more info on the authors/publishers or on the state of
the software (or any other PCB designers) ?

Kevin Harris (ee87kjh@cc.brunel.ac.uk)