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- From: akcs.mahler@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Jason Grant)
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 06:40:01 GMT
- Subject: Re: How good is SPICE48?
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- I bought SPICE48 too, and sadly, I have to agree with Mr McGuire. This
- spice models only linear circuits, which can be a major limitation. The
- userinterface looks good and is fairly easy to use. Drawing all but the
- simplist of circuits, though, takes quite a while. Drawing = inputting.
- I was tollerably satisfied with this card until today when I decided to
- take a peek at the code. From what I saw, its all USER_-RPL!! I did
- find an occasional SYSEVAL, but I am still dissapointed. For $115, I
- want system RPL. user RPL is just too slow and bulky for an application
- like spice. I'm sure a system RPL version would be much quicker,
- smaller, and alltogether better. For a commercial product such as this,
- I feel that writing the bulk of it in user RPL is just plain lazy. (Keep
- in mind that by no means did I look through the whole 110K, so I could be
- exaggerating) Oh well, maybe next version...
- Jason Grant
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