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Hello,

Anyone that needs to convert PCB or 274-D to 274-X Gerbers and also merge drill files please head on over to my SprintLayout group
and join up. [email protected]

There in the files section you will find a step by step document that will take you through the process, some sample files from Protel products for testing, and a software
tool needed to do the conversion.

There is a section near the end of the document that will guide you through the process of importing the converted files into SprintLayout to make a editable
PCB file as well. This is a bonus feature of the conversion process. It works really well.

Anyone who is using these older DOS tools will immediately see the advantage of moving to newer very low cost tools that will run in Windows or Linux.
You can also easily use the Sprint program to do Toner Transfer and even CNC routed PCB's.

I hope that you find the document and the conversion utility useful as many hours have gone into it.

There is a link in the document for the utility author and his web site, as well as a copy of the utility (V4.2) in the files section in the SprintLayout Group.

If you find the software tool to be useful to you, please send an email to Les and thank him for so graciously updating the program adding features to make the 274-X file import almost effortless for SprintLayout. There is a email address in the document for the author and also for his web site.

P.S. The tool was recently modified to be able to handle ASCII TangoPCB Series II DOS files as well. This feature is new and has been tested with a few layout so if you use it and find anything that needs attention please contact the utility author.

The usual disclaimer: I do not have any financial or other interest in the company that wrote the SprintLayout program. I am just a very satisfied customer who has used
the amazingly powerful PCB layout program for over 10 years and I have made nearly 1000 PCB designs from it during that time. Great program, easy to learn and use,
about the cost of dinner for six at McDonalds, permanent license, no weird keys or dongles, excellent support (very rarely needed) and amazing resolution and graphics. Probably the most bug free PCB CAD program I have ever used and I have probably tried them all!

I hope that the conversion process helps you make your own boards!

All the best,

Sam Reaves
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