gEDA-user: gEDA just hit SlashDotOrg

[Bob Paddock <bob.paddock@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/01/2114210/Cheap-Cross-Platform-Electronic-Circuit-Simulation-Software?from=rss

"Cheap, Cross-Platform Electronic Circuit Simulation Software?

dv82 writes "I teach circuits and electronics at the undergraduate
level, and have been using the free student demo version of OrCad for
schematic capture and simulation because (a) it comes with the
textbook and (b) it's powerful enough for the job. Unfortunately OrCad
runs only under Windows, and students increasingly are switching to
Mac (and some Linux netbooks). Wine and its variants will not run
OrCad, and I don't wish to require students to purchase Windows and
run with a VM. The only production-quality cross-platform CAD tool I
have found so far is McCad, but its demo version is so limited in
total allowed nets that it can't even run a basic opamp circuit with a
realistic 741 opamp model. gEDA is friendly to everything BUT Windows,
and is nowhere near as refined as OrCad. I would like students to be
able to run the software on their laptops without a network
connection, which eliminates more options. Any suggestions?""



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