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Pcb is a handy tool for the X Window System to design
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printed circuit boards. All coordinate units are 1/1000 inch.
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For details see the manual.
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The only requirements are:
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1. An installation of X11 including header files and the athena
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widget library (HP users that means you), GNU M4, flex
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and bison. X11R6, GNU flex and GNU bison are highly recommended.
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2. An ANSI compiler (eg GCC) and maybe a newer version of bison and flex
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as a replacement for yacc and lex. See 'Problems' in the manual.
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3. A 'long' filesystem
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For installing the release refer to the file 'INSTALL'.
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For additional information read the manual (doc/pcb.pdf)
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If you are updating you may wish to read the ChangeLog
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README.xxx this and some other files
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doc/* source for manuals, texinfo...
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preformatted manuals exist here too.
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example/* some examples
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lib/* circuit definitions
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newlib/* newer library format circuit definitions
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src/* sources, icons, ...
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tools/* some additional scripts...
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There is also a bug tracking system and user forum available on the
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sourceforge project page which can be found from http://pcb.sourceforge.net
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PCB, interactive printed circuit board design
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Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Thomas Nau
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Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 harry eaton
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Copyright (C) 2001 C. Scott Ananian
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Contact addresses for paper mail and Email:
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haceaton@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu