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On Sun, 23 Dec 2018, richard lucassen (mailinglists AT lucassen DOT org) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

>On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 16:03:54 +0100 (CET)
>gedah AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
>
>> >I haven't really started yet, I just installed pcb-rnd and I'm going
>> >to play with it a bit. I was an experienced OrCad3.20/Layo1 user
>> >(DOS-6.22) and those two programs still work well under dosbox
>> >(Linux), but the output and screendrivers have limited options for
>> >today's hardware.
>> 
>> Wow, OrCad! One of the few popular EDA software we don't yet have
>> file format support for. Are you interested in helping us developing
>> that?
>
>Uhhh, the latest version of OrCad I used was 3.20, IIRC the DOS-6.22
>version of 1989, I have never seen a better SDT than that version of
>82kB (!) in size (ex libs). I was already wondering if I could import
>Calay formatted netlists into pcb-rnd, but I didn't see the option :-(

Netlist is cheap to implement. If you supply example files and testing, 
that can happen in a few days.

>
>> >Great, that looks nice :-) I'll play a bit with it, I have to find my
>> >way in pcb-rnd for the moment. The last pcb I made was 15 years ago
>> >or so.
>> 
>> Thanks! Please let me know if you bump into any problem. I've just 
>> approved your mailing list subscription (it's still a manual
>> process). You can also get real-time help on our irc channel.
>
>It was 20 years ago that I used IRC. I'll try to install it. What IRC
>program do you advise? I use non systemd Debian testing.

Im a console junkie so I prefer text based ones. I use ircII, but irssi is 
popular too.

Server: repo.hu
port: 6667
channel: #pcb-rnd

there's no registration, ssl, cloaks or anything, just plain old IRC.


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