Description
Vintage SCICARDS System Format Summary Booklet – PCB CAD Software Reference – 83.01
Scarce vintage technical reference booklet for the SCICARDS System, an early professional computer-aided design system used for printed circuit board (PCB) design and layout.
This booklet provides a condensed summary of commonly used SCICARDS commands and formats and references Volumes 1 through 7 of the larger SCICARDS Program Reference Guide.
Sections shown include commands relating to data management and interconnects, analyses and reports, user libraries and circuit storage, post processors, off-grid editing, drafting, interfaces, pads/lines/holes, and the SCICARDS Data Exchange System.
Interior reference pages cover numerous PCB/CAD functions including bus paths, cards, components, conductors, connectors, nodes, pads, layers, artwork formats, plotter configuration and other specialized electronic design commands.
The booklet is marked 83.01, making it an interesting surviving piece of early-1980s CAD/EDA and printed circuit board design history.
Condition: Vintage pre-owned condition with age-related toning, spotting/foxing, edge and corner wear, handling wear and some handwritten notation on an interior page, all visible in the photographs. Pages remain readable. Please review all photos carefully for exact condition and contents.
Excellent niche collectible for vintage computer enthusiasts, PCB designers, electrical engineers, CAD/EDA software collectors, electronics historians, or former SCICARDS users.
Strong features / keywords
- Original SCICARDS System Format Summary Booklet
- Marked 83.01
- Vintage early-1980s technical documentation
- PCB / printed circuit board design reference
- CAD / EDA software documentation
- SCICARDS command reference
- Data management and interconnect commands
- Circuit storage and user-library commands
- PCB component and connector commands
- Bus paths and conductor functions
- Pads, lines and holes
- Off-grid editor
- Drafting package
- Post processors
- Data exchange system
- Artwork output formats
- Plotter commands
- Technical computer-history collectible
- Engineering / electronics ephemera
One particularly useful confirmation from your photographs is the ARTWORK section. It names output types such as Gerber PC740 Card, Applicon, Perkin Elmer PECAD, CV 9, Calma, etc. That makes the PCB/CAD identification extremely solid.
Historical sources independently describe SCICARDS as a PCB design/layout system and show it interfacing with other engineering CAD systems.
“Some handwritten notation is present on an interior page as shown in the photos.”
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