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#CAD Camera history

    26-Nov-91 00:03:06
Fm: Ralph Grabowski 72700,3205
To: Dave Byrnes [AEC TM] 76220,3601
Interesting…the price in US was only $3,000. CAD/camera was released in 1986 as Autodesk's second software release after AutoCAD. It attempted to do intelligent conversions. CAD/camera 2 would place raster groupings of 40 pixels or smaller on their own layer; these were considered text or small blocks. CAD/camera was responsible for the DXB format, which is still refered to in the Printer Plotter ADI driver! It was pulled off the market in Christmas 1987 (I think) after disappointing sales. One figure I heard was only 1,000 copies. Regards, Ralph G.