Yes, the world was so simple then. No link between schematic and layout. And that XY plotter output that hammered the ends of our plotter pens flat in a few minutes. But paradise compared with crepe tape and rub- on footprints. Didn't we feel bold when we laid tracks 25 thou apart!
I later defected to Boardmaker, because it had design rule checking and would import Easy-PC files. Little did I know of the behind the scenes shenanagins that led to such a situation. Boardmaker developed a bit - to Boardmaker 2 - then stuck fast. I returned to Easy-PC after experiments with Ranger and EdWin (and others) showed me how very not green the transepetic grass could be.
Oh the days when I upgraded from black crepe tape to red and blue. And how the hand cream manufacturers used to love the fingers with lots of straight cuts slicing into the upper layers of skin, leaving a criss-cross pattern from the scalpel all over my finger tips. But at least I got adept at removing wood splinters with a 10A scalpel blade . I remember the first upgrade to a PET based Wayne Kerr Artworker 3000 with it's 5" floppy drives.
The progression of EasyPC.
Posted - 15 Dec 2014 : 00:46:40
