16 Apr
2008
16 Apr
'08
2:04 p.m.
On Apr 16, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
Ahh ok. gEDA doesn't have another PCB layout tool.
I don't
know. I last tried to use gEDA two or three years ago,
and it
wasn't mature enough then, so I bought Eagle. gEDA is reported to be
much better now, but since I already have Eagle I'm not inclined to
try it.
Dave wrote:
If we're talking about doing PCB layout,
the program you're
probably thinking of is (poorly) named "PCB", which is not part of
gEDA.
No, I was talking about gEDA. Pretty much all of the gEDA tools were
very crash-prone when I tried them, most notably gschem. I didn't
get far enough with those to even bother with PCB.
Yes it was pretty bad back in those days. PCB was much more
stable at that time. Both are pretty much rock-solid now.
I fully expect that the gEDA tools are usable now, but
at the time
they weren't, so I purchased Eagle.
Sounds like a good thing to do.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL