Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site geowhiz.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!geowhiz!ben From: ben@geowhiz.UUCP (Ben Abernathy) Newsgroups: net.analog Subject: Wintek circuit board layout system Message-ID: <135@geowhiz.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 20:34:42 EDT Article-I.D.: geowhiz.135 Posted: Fri Oct 5 20:34:42 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Oct-84 21:46:40 EDT Distribution: net Organization: UW Madison, Geology Dept. Lines: 30 [] We are considering purchasing a Wintek circuit board layout system and would like some information from other sites. The ad appears in the October 4 issue of Electronic Design (page 216). This system costs $895 and is designed to run on an IBM PC. Some of the questions we are wondering about are: 1) A real obvious one, can you really take the output of the Epson printer or the Houston plotter straight to the photographer and expect a decent PC quality negative ? 2) What is the minimun line width and packing density that a system such as this could produce ? 3) Would the use of such a system *really* be easier and more productive than taping PC artwork by hand ? 4) Is there any other such systems that we should be considering ? We are basically a research facility and typically produce a board quanity in the 1-10 range, ie our production runs are smaller than industry prototype runs. Can anyone out there give us a hand ? Since there is not a lot of traffic in this newsgroup, please post replies directly to net.analog. Ben Abernathy UW - Madison Geophysics and Polar Research Center