Problem is I do use it commercially, so would have to pay. (Not a big problem really). Second problem, my machine at work is strictly windows, so whatever I use has to be able to run on both platforms. I've also, like you, checked out just about everything going. Dos Protel is soooooo easy, a child could do it. And I think the time I would have to spend learning a new package could be better spent elsewhere at the moment.
Also, both myself & my employer have lots of previous designs, which it is not practical to just scrap & start again. BTW, further to my posting here which you replied to, I've made several other posts. I have got it working, except for the mouse. But I'm about to clock off work & go home & get that fixed. Amanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:10 PM Subject: Alternative to AutoTrax/Protel, was Re: [SLUG] dosemu; help needed > Amanda Wynne wrote: > > I've got dosemu itself going. Exitemu works fine. I can dir, copy > > to/from floppy (painfully slowly). > > But I can't get anything worthwhile working. Protel Trax just goes > into a black hole. Nothing. > ...... > > All help appreciated as I can't kill off > > windows till I get Protel going under dosemu. I need it for work. > > This is nothing to do with dosemu some suggestions if you are able to > make the break from a Windows/DOS electronic CAD to a Linux one. I have > just had to do a circuit board from schematic to autoroute and to gerber > file format for a circuit board house to make the board and used > CadSoft's EagleCAD. http://www.cadsoft.de I had DOS > Protel at home (a legal cp) but I really felt I wanted to use Linux. > > They have a scematic capture, autorouter and layout package that is > free, with some limitations, for > personal use. It works superbly AND it comes with Libraries of > components. I will be moving up to the $ version as I am using it for > commercial stuff. > > I also tried Bartels AutoEngineer. http://www.bartels.de > It comes as RPM's for Intel > platforms. The trial/freeware version downloaded and it installed fine. > That ran a bit slow and I liked the interface of EagleCAD better so > I didnt use AutoEngineer but it looks like a complete package equivqlent > to Protel. > > There other open source and free packages at sourceforge for doing > circuits but comparison to Protel is like Notepad.exe is to Word. > GAEL2 is an EDA package for Gnome2, again its pretty simple. There are > lots of very alpha stage PCB layout packages. I actually downloaded and > tried out several. Basically for all the > > Of course moving from Protel or any Windows package to Linux may not be > that simple if you have lots of previous Protel designs or have to > exchange CAD files with colleugues using Protel. As my circuit was new I > was able to make a clean jump. > > Here is a reall good set of refs for EDA on Linux: > http://sal.kachinatech.com/Z/1/index.shtml > > > Mike > --- > Michael Lake > Linux enthusiast, caver and interested in anything technical. > > > > > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
