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From: mikey@bbimg.UUCP
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Subject: Tango Board Layout
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Date: Mon, 4-May-87 18:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  4 18:08:00 1987
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Nf-From: bbimg.UUCP!mikey    May  4 17:08:00 1987




I use SCHEMA schematic capture a lot for a variety of small projects, but the
cost of getting even small PCBs layed out and prototyped from just a netlist
is a real problem.  

I was recently told about Tango-PCB, and seeing as how it will read the netlist
right from SCHEMA and let me do a check print of the film on an IBM type
printer, I was impressed, especially for the suggested $495 retail.  Before I
plunk down the cash, has anyone here on the net used Tango-PCB?  What about
the companion autorouter program TangoRoute?  Buying both brings the total to
$1000, but the last board I had made cost me more than that for the layout and
4 prepro samples!  Being able to make the films direct and then just send out
for board manufacture really appeals to me, but I still would like to hear
from someone who has used either or both of these programs.

				Mike Yetsko 
				Boston's Beth Israel Hospital
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