Tango Schematic capture, PCB layout and autorouting programs

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Fri Oct 27 18:05:19 2000

   I was in a library book sale store yesterday and found the complete
packages for Tango Schematic (schematic capture program), Tango Route Plus
(autorouting program) and Tango PCB Plus (PCB layout program). These date
from about 1991. Has anyone used them? Are they any good?

   I was out of money so I went back early today to pick them but someone
had taken the Tango Schematic. The funny thing is that all three were in a
box together and they didn't take the other two. What's nore, they require
a dongle and the dongle was in the Tango Route package so they can't even
run the Schematic program. I went ahead and got the other two programs.
Has anyone got a copy of Tango Schematic that they're willing to part with?

  Why was I out of money? Because they also had "Bit-Slice Design:
Controllers and ALUs" by White and "Bit-Slice Microprocessor Design" by
Mick and Brick and some other GOOD books and I spent my money on those
first. FWIW both of these bit slice books are VERY good and very easy to
understand. I highly recommend them.

  One of my other COOL finds there was a September 1977 issue of Scientific
American. It's filled with articles about microelectronics (almost
completely computers). There's also a LOT of ads from the various S-100
computer manufactures. BUT the coolest thing in it is an article
(Microelectronics and the Personal Computer) by Alan Kay. Alan was one of
the guiding lights at XEROX PARC. This article has a pile of pictures and
information about XEROX's then experimental graphical computers. It even
mentions a new pointing device called a mouse. Does anyone know what that
might be? :-)

    Joe
Received on Fri Oct 27 2000 - 18:05:19 BST