23 Apr
2011
23 Apr
'11
7:06 a.m.
On Apr 23, 2011, at 12:58 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 4/23/11 12:52 AM, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
I think it'd be good to have an archival scan of the original PCB artwork. Sure, I
(myself) would eventually want to turn them back into Gerbers and maybe make a set, but
that's not really the point.
-Dave
Scans are easy, and I plan on submitting a full set to Bitsavers. But I am looking to go
beyond that and provide Gerber and drill files so that anyone can have real boards made.
Ideally I want these to resemble the original boards as much as possible, flaws and all.
You also have to remember that when these boards were originally designed, there were no
PCB CAD programs available. Everything was laid out with tape and mylar on a light table.
You could redraw them using todays PCB layout tools and the result would be electrically
correct but they would be far from accurate reproductions.
I've already received one quote from a company in Florida. They want a little over
$1800.00 per board to do the work. I also know about Mile High. That is the outfit that
did the reproduction work for Grant Stockly's kits. Still waiting on some more
quotes...
-Mardy
I believe
so, but was that a redesign, or exact duplicates of the
original boards?
Why "duplicate" the original boards? Can't them be redrawn?