#CAD
Ben, you are remembering correctly about my PCLO comments. However, you may
never have read the message(s) in which I completely dismembered the
performance of DCAD. Admittedly, the DCAD I looked at was also one of the
earlier releases – but it had a LONG way to go.
I have indeed looked at your SCHEME upload (was there more that one?). I
thought it was pretty good, though I had some trouble figuring out a few of the
functions – I don't think the
ARC file included any particular documentation. The file requester was
interesting, but didn't seem to work in several respects. I run with VD0:,
could that hose things up even when using the requester for dfx:?
Anyway, I am considering Scheme, though I do a lot of drawing stuff as well
as schematic capture. I have heard a few things about X-CAD, which is not out
yet. It sounds good too, though DCAD sounded excellent before I saw it.
Just because I'm not buying PCLO doesn't mean that I wouldn't consider
Scheme, or any other software you do! On the other hand, it doesn't mean I
would buy it with no second thoughts either… I use these things a lot, but
I'm still running on my own budget. Things would be different (and maybe will
be) if I cajole the "corporation" into buying me an Amiga at work. I'm very
glad you are writing EE CAD tools, and I'm not going to hold it against you
that they aren't always _exactly_ what I need at the price. Our work often has
unusual requirements, which are not easily addressed by the widely-selling
programs on the market. My plotter comments to Barry illustrate my position
also – I understand what I could do with the better stuff, but I've got to keep
my budget under control too.
Joel