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Re: Gryphon 68030 [message #2346 is a reply to message #2333] Mon, 10 April 2017 12:38 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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lynchaj wrote on Mon, 10 April 2017 03:00
KiCAD also has the overwhelming advantage of being open source and free to everyone. Designing hobby PCBs in proprietary EDA tools effectively dooms them to obscurity because there is no way for hobbyists to pick up the designs and reuse them short of re-entering the schematic from scratch and going through a painful translation process. You are making great boards but I strongly ask you to consider switching to KiCAD (or gEDA) so your designs can be publicly posted and set "free" for everyone to use.

KiCAD/FreeRouter is not perfect by any stretch but being open source and free makes it the superior tool by far, IMO, regardless of its other shortcomings. "Proprietary lock-in" is certain death to hobbyists PCB projects. Thanks, Andrew Lynch


Yes, what I have is not just proprietary software, it is in fact dead software. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to learn I'm the only one in the world using this tool chain. However, it is a validated tool chain that can take concept to schematic through library, layout, autoroute, and Gerber generation without introducing errors of its own, and reasonably quickly, too. The retro-hobbyist in me might even take some pride in using such antique to produce modern designs.

Compatibility is certainly a most desirable goal, although software evolution has a way of growing out of compatibility. IMO, making schematic and resulting gerber files available to the community along with the accompanying documentation is the first big and critical step toward contributing to the community. My schematics and gerber files are in my builder page. I'm working on documentation. Sergey's latest documentation on his 8085 SBC is an inspiration & benchmark to me.
 
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