Oh, I just saw elCap's post re this very subject: PCB/EDA Software List, so I'll read that now. Still, I hope someone will have something to add here.
Later:
Re EEVblog, elCap's PCB/EDA software list:
(although he seems more interested in the PCB part of it)
So here is my take on these:
CircuitMaker: been there, done that.
DesignSpark: tried it.
EasyEDA: no web-based stuff. I want it on my computer.
FreePCB, Fritzing: I'm skipping everything that doesn't do schematics/simulation.
gEDA, KiCAD: I will be trying both of these.
Open Circuit Design: digital simulator only.
Orcad DOS (old): link broken, besides, I alredy have something old.
OrCAD Lite (Cadence): possibility; I've heard good things about PSPICE. (I have used Berkley SPICE in the past, but I want something integrated.)
The rest of the freebies have limited schematic capture capabilities and no integrated simulation.
Limited free versions and Commercial are not my cuppa coffee. So I'll try the three I've got here (gEDA, KiCAD, and OrCAD Lite).
Later: Gee it looks like I'm SOL finding what I want.
OrCAD Lite is limited (of course) so I could only make small designs with up to 60 components and limited number of SPICE models.
KiCAD doesn't have a built-in simulator.
gEDA only has an "experimental" Windows-XP version. And has to be linked and compiled, I can do it, but is it worth my time and effort? Or would that be better spent looking around for something better?
So I'm still in the same boat. Looks like I'll be using CM-2000 for a while. I had a ton of .lib and .mod files on my old computer. I'm hoping to get that up again, but there are also other projects hanging fire. Priorities suck. Cheers everyone.