gEDA-user: Free papers about pcb router theory

[Dave McGuire]

On Dec 4, 2006, at 6:03 AM, Bob Paddock wrote:
>> http://engr.smu.edu/~mitch/ftp_dir/pubs/cnf.ps
>>
>> Do you know others?
>
>  "Autorouting with the A* algorithm",
>  by Randall Nevin , in
> Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools,
> Volume 14, Number 9, September, 1989.
>
> http://www.ddj.com/184408202

   Wow, that brings back some memories.  I took that code and turned  
it into a somewhat interactive X11-based system in about 1991.  Its  
claim to fame was that it could export the layout to HPGL, HPPCL,  
Postscript, or display it in an X window.  I had a lot of fun working  
on that, but eventually some "big life changes" happened and I lost  
interest, and never released it.

   I just dug around and found my last working source tree.  (talk  
about bringing back some memories!)  I think I will see if I can get  
it to build on a modern platform. :)

                    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL