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From: ben@geowhiz.UUCP (Ben Abernathy)
Newsgroups: net.analog
Subject: Wintek circuit board layout system
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Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 20:34:42 EDT
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	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