Dwayne Reid planet.eon.net> writes: >=20 > Good day to all. >=20 > I'm a long-time paper scribbler of quick ideas, notes, sketches,=20 > schematics, etc. These collect on my desk and eventually get shoved=20 > into a file folder or box somewhere, whereupon it is effectively=20 > lost. I occasionally go back into those old notes and its neat what=20 > I often find . >=20 > I'd like to start doing some of that stuff electronically, so that I=20 > might be able to more easily find it when I go searching for that=20 > elusive idea that I had years ago. Dwayne,=20 I tried several electronic options for this, including graphics/powerpoint/pcb/sketch software on desktop, laptop and tablet computers. Desktops and laptops with graphics software are too cumbersome for my taste.=20 Handhelds or tablets are too small to be usefull. =20 I ended up using paper (engineer's notepad, to be exact) for drawing. Then I scan it to have an electronic copy, or take a picture with a tablet. Thi= s might be an old-fashioned solution, but it works for me.=20 Hope this helps,=20 Sergey http://beaglerobotics.com --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .