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From: krm@aluxz.UUCP (Kurt Marko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: IC Layout Software for the Mac II
Message-ID: <887@aluxz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 08:47:11 EST
Article-I.D.: aluxz.887
Posted: Wed Nov  4 08:47:11 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Nov-87 11:26:41 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
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Keywords: CAD, MacII

I posted the following request to another group
(comp.lsi) about porting IC layout software to the
Mac II, and received a couple of responses indicating
that either Apple or Berkeley had already ported MAGIC
to a II running Beta A/UX (I'd actually prefer to stay
with the Mac OS, as I'd like the port to have a full Mac
user interface, but I'll take what I can get).  Can anyone 
confirm or deny this, and if true, I'd love to get a copy.  
Also, does anyone on this group have any comments/experience on
this subject?

: I'm interested in bringing up an IC layout package on
: a new hardware platform we've just received (a Mac II), 
: however the in-house software we use for most circuit 
: layout may be too large to run efficiently on the Mac.
: The package must support at least 20 mask layers, have
: assignable colors, be able to handle reasonably large
: databases, support EBES output, and preferably have 
: a symbolic editing mode (although I'd be willing to
: sacrifice this if all other features were supported).
: 
: I understand that MAGIC is something of a standard on the
: outside world (please correct me if I'm wrong), and am 
: wondering how I can acquire the source code and documentation
: to the program.  Is the source public domain (I expect to do
: a lot of re-coding to adequately support the Mac user
: interface)?  Is it small enough to be e-mailed?  Are
: there other layout packages available which may be 
: more suitable?
: 
: Please excuse my ignorance on this subject, as I've not
: followed the developments in commercial CAD software for
: a few years.  E-mail responses, and I can summarize if
: others are interested.  Thanks!

Again, thanks in advance!

Kurt Marko
AT&T Bell Labs
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