On 25 Jan 2009 at 13:36, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> >I cut my teeth on....drawing schematics by hand on vellum
> >and doing boards with red and blue mylar tape...the Bishops
> >Graphics book...that was everyones reference in the day
> 
> Boy does that bring back memories. Anyone that wants to design a PCB should 
> have to do one this way, to appreciate modern integrated tools with 
> netlists, that keep track between the schematic and the layout.
> 
> >Then I started doing the boards and schematics on something
> >like AutoCAD, but since it wasnt designed for boards,
> >limited sucess.
> 
> My  first experience with ECAD was Easytrax, an early product from Protel, I 
> believe this is now freely available for download from the web. Doesn't have 
> a schematic package though, only layout.
> 
> -- 

	My first was SmartCad. The next until now is Tango PCB plus (DOS).

	Mark Jordan
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