At 01:50 PM 8/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi All:
>
>I'm looking at upgrading my old, but usable Orcad 386PCB V1.1 to
>something a bit more windows friendly. I liked Orcad originally because it
>was an affordable, abet quirky, product. It no longer is affordable to
>either maintain or upgrade the product (maintenance was going over $1000
>a year, upgrade cost is $3000+). I do about 5-6 boards a year and
>about 12 schematics a year (I also have Orcad SDT, another candidate
>for upgrade).
>
>Anyways, anyone have any feedback on the product Eagle from CadSoft?
>I've seen postings that it might generate non-standard Gerber files and
others
>praising the product.
>
>My background in electronic CAD is P-CAD (ver 4.5), Mentor Graphics
>Board Station (~8.3), Douglas Cad and of course Orcad.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jeff King
>Aero Data
>
Several people have replied in the past to the general effect that Eagle
was a good product.  I will add to that.  I have used Eagle for some years
(through several versions) with only minimal problems and then I got
excellent help from them.  In a nutshell, I have no complaints at all.
I have also had no problems with their Gerber files through several
board houses.  If there is some subtle problems, I haven't encountered
them.  The most recent versions also have the facility that allows a
user to process their internal files and write reports in whatever order
suits them.

I think you will like it.

Bob McClure