READ2.ME

Entire contents of this disk Copyright (C) 1986,1987,1988 Thomas F. Droege
Permission is granted to computer print the contents of this disk for purpose 
of instruction.  Complete copies of the two disk set can be made for purpose 
of distribution of this program material.  Partial copies are not allowed.  
Reproduction by means other than computer print out is not allowed.  

DROEGE - Design Robot for Origination of Exacting Graphic Engineering

Version 1.86    September, 1988

DROEGE is a general purpose Computer Aided Design (CAD) program for the manual 
layout of printed circuit boards.  This free version can normally handle 
circuits of about twenty chip equivalents.

FEATURES

* 65000 by 65000 point layout area.  Normally 65" by 65" to one mil precision 
  but scale can be arbitrary.

* Twelve Layers.

* Three colors can be assigned to any of the twelve layers.

* Fifteen Line Widths.

* Very powerful symbol concept.  A symbol can be as simple as pads on several 
  layers, an IC layout, or a complete memory.  Symbols can call symbols to 
  level 20.  Symbols can be rotated.  

* Objects supported are lines, pads, symbols, labels, and arcs.

* Fifteen viewing screens allow redraw to any preset part of the layout 
  and to any scale.  

* Sixteen arrays allow quick changes between levels, line sizes, and colors.  

* Any layout grid is allowed and it can be changed during use.

* Stitch function allows fast switching between layers with automatic 
  insertion of vias.

* Symbols can be saved as libraries.  Symbol libraries can be merged.

* Complete job parameters are saved with the job so that the exact working 
  setup can be restored when work is continued.

* About 70 pages of documentation including several demonstration circuit 
  boards and step by step exercises.

* Scaled check copy output to late model Epson (must support graphics mode 5) 
  dot matrix printers. 

ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF THE PURCHASED VERSION ($100.00 post paid)

* EGA support gives 3.5x the the number of working pixcells as the CGA.

* 16 Colors

* User installation of:

        Foreground, background color.
        Allocation of memory.
        Symbol table size.
        EGA/CGA Monitor.
        Mouse.
        Rubber band to cursor position.
        Printer width

* Edit by move, copy, insert, and change.

* Use of full 640K memory allows about 20,000 item entry.

* On screen setup table available with the EGA allows view of the many levels 
  and colors  assigned.

* Line drawings on HP plotters.

* Additional function allows redraw of a single level, or redraw of everything 
  with a specified level "on top".

* Instruction manual, 130 indexed pages with additional exercises.

Print FIRST.DOC on this disk to get started.

DROEGE DISK2 - Documentation and Libraries

READ2    ME      Brief Program Description - This File
FIRST    DOC     Summary and Index of the Documentation
INTRO    DOC     Introduction and design philosophy.
DEMO     DOC     Demonstration of features.
TUTOR    DOC     Step by step instruction in use.
ABOUTPC  DOC     How printed circuit boards are made.
LEARNSYM DOC     Step by stem instruction in use of symbols.
QUICK    DOC     Quick command summaries.
HOWTO    DOC     How to do some more complex operations.
MANUAL   BAT     Prints the primary manual - or print separately.
APPENDIX BAT     Prints the appendices below - or print separately.
COMMANDS DOC     Complete command reference.
KEYTREE  DOC     Map of the key sequences.
ERRORS   DOC     Listing of the errors and their meaning.
STANDARD DOC     A set of standards to get you started.
PLOTOUT  DOC     The output plot file format.
MISC     BAT     Prints the following miscellaneous documents.
PHOTOOL  DOC     How to Get a Phototooling Set
PRICE    DOC     Price list for photoplotting service.
PROD     DOC     Product specifications summary.
USERS    DOC     Form for User Submissions.
REGISTER DOC     Registration form (Free).
UPDATE   DOC     Calender list of Bug Fixes 
PRINTALL BAT     A batch job to print everything
ORDER    DOC     Order form for photoplotting service.
ROLAND   BAS     A BASIC program to print on Roland D x-y 100