Tango Schematic capture, PCB layout and autorouting programs

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Fri Oct 27 18:01:22 2000

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Joe wrote:

> 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?

At June of 1992 pricing, that is about $2600 worth of software. They
are a San Diego company and are still in business according to the phone
book.
                                                 - don
 
> 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 - 18:01:22 BST