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From: straka@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Straka)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Posting schematics...
Message-ID: <4272@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 5 Apr 88 13:35:21 GMT
References: <1059@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <1332@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <1988Apr2.233629.27043@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: schematics EDIF SPICE...

In article <1988Apr2.233629.27043@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>The problem with the SPICE format is that a *picture* is precisely what
>most people want, and constructing one from SPICE format is a lot of work.

Perhaps some "relatively" common DRAWING interface like HPGL of UNIX(R)'s
"pic" language could be of use.  HPGL is pretty common, with some translators
available, while "pic" is common on Unix systems and is relatively
human-readable.

Or perhaps some really simple derivation like:

resistor 2K 3,4;3,5
capacitor 220pf 3,5;4,5
xistor(ebc) 2N3905 6,7;5,6;6,5

where the last numbers are pairs of GRAPHICAL x,y coordinates.

I, too think that a PICTURE would suffice.  If we are talking about circuits
complex enough that someone wants to avoid the pain of going through
schematic capture, *I* would suspect that we're going a bit beyond the scope
of the newsgroup (although that level of complexity might be something to
drool over).
-- 
Rich Straka     ihnp4!ihlpf!straka

Advice for the day: "MSDOS - just say no."