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- From: cseb@frodo.lfi.uni-hannover.de (Christian Sebeke)
- Subject: Re: [Q] Spice sources ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.083010.25027@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de>
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- Organization: Univ. Hannover, LFI, Abt. Design&Test
- References: <1993Jan11.160231.7708@siemens.co.at>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:30:10 GMT
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- Guten Morgen Netz!
-
- Do you want this for the PC?
- PC:
- You may get an evaluation copy from Microsim, that's PSPICE. This
- evaluation version has a memory restriction built in, so you cannot
- simulate very big circuits. It has a very nice postprocessor (probe).
- Have a look at articles in electronisc magazines. E.g. Thomatronic
- in Germany distributes PSPICE in germany. Check out archie also for
- FTP sites.
-
- OTHER:
- The original SPICE program may be obtained directly from Berkeley.
- I'll include an old posting from Berkeley. Due to the changes in the
- east, the restrictions mentioned have become less.
-
- Archive-name: lsi/circuit-simulator/spice/1990-12-07
- Original-posting-by: spice@Berkeley.EDU (Spice@UCB/CAD Group)
- Original-subject: Info on how to get the latest Spice3
- Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)
-
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- Spice3 Availability
-
-
- What is Spice?
-
- SPICE is a general purpose circuit simulator with several
- built-in semiconductor device models. SPICE performs
- several analyses, including nonlinear dc, nonlinear
- transient, and linear ac analysis. Device types include
- resistors, capacitors, inductors, mutual inductors,
- switches, linear and nonlinear sources, BJTs, JFETs, GaAs
- MESFETS, and MOSFETs. SPICE was developed by the CAD Group of
- the EECS Department at the University of California.
-
- Please note that Spice is _not_ public domain software.
-
- The current version of Spice is 3d2 and is written entirely
- in C. (Version 2g6, the last FORTRAN version, is still available).
- The distribution is in source form only; $250 covers the materials
- and handling fee.
-
- Supported Systems
-
- Spice3d2 has been compiled on a variety of UNIX systems and under
- MS-DOS. Although previous releases have also been compiled under
- VMS (from DEC) and CMS (from IBM), neither system was available
- for testing at the time of this release. UNIX varieties that
- have been tested include:
- Ultrix 4.0, VAX and MIPS
- SunOs 4.0, Sun4/SPARC
- HP-UX 7.0, 68k
- AIX 3.1, RS6000
- IRIX System V, Rel 3.2, SGI personal IRIS
- The MS-DOS version was compiled with Microsoft C v5.1 on an IBM-PC/AT
-
- Plots can be displayed via a terminal independent graphics interface
- (supplied with Spice3), an X11 interface (R4, R3 compatible),
- or Spice2-like line-printer output.
-
- New features in Spice 3d2 (since version 3c1):
-
- (Note that the last publicly released version of Spice was 3c1;
- version 3d1 was an internal release only).
-
- * Distortion analysis
- * Noise analysis
- * Improved Pole-Zero analysis
-
- * A new BSIM MOS model
- * A new analytic MOS model
-
- * Numerous bug fixes
-
- Ordering Information
-
- All orders for Spice3 must include agreement/assurance letters.
- Please request "forms for ordering Spice3" from:
-
- Cindy Manly-Fields <cindy@janus.berkeley.edu>
-
- (please include your physical mail address) or (via physical mail):
-
- Cindy Manly-Fields
- Software Distribution Office
- 479 Cory Hall
- University of California at Berkeley
- Berkeley, CA 94720
-
- There are additional complications ordering from outside the U.S.
- or Canada; details are available from the above addresses.
-
-
- Distribution Media:
-
- 9-track, 1600 BPI; 600-ft. magnetic tape
- 3.5" DS/HD diskette (5 diskettes)
- 3.5" DS/DD diskette (10 diskettes)
-
- Documentation:
-
- Installation Notes. Available separately for $1.00.
- Spice3D.2 User's Manual. Available separately for $3.00.
-
- Analysis of Performance and Convergence Issues for
- Circuit Simulation (UCB/ERL M89/42, April 1989).
- Available separately for $7.50.
- Benchmark Circuits: Results for SPICE3 (UCB/ERL M89/47,
- April 1989). Available separately for $5.00.
-
- Adding Devices to SPICE3 (UCB/ERL M89/45, April 1989).
- Available separately for $2.50.
- The Front End to Simulator Interface (UCB/ERL M89/43,
- April 1989). Available separately for $2.50.
- SPICE3 Implementation Guide (UCB/ERL M89/44, April 1989).
- Available separately for $7.50.
- Nutmeg Implementation Guide (formerly SPICE3C.1 Nutmeg Programmer's
- Guide). Available separately for $2.50.
-
- FTP access
-
- Anonymous ftp access to spice is not available due to Federal
- export restrictions on CAD software. Any access via anonymous
- ftp in the past to Spice was accidental.
-
- Non-anonymous ftp access to spice has been given after receipt
- of assurance letters, though due to staffing limitations this
- service is no longer available.
-
- (In summary: there is no ftp access to SPICE).
-
- Further Questions
-
- If you have further questions about Spice, e-mail to:
- spice@berkeley.edu
- ucbvax!spice
-
-
-
-
- hope that helps.
-
- PS.: I wonder why SIEMENS has no SPICE ...
-
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-
- Christian Sebeke, Univ. Hannover/LFI, Schneiderberg 32, D-3000 Hannover 1 Tel: +49 511 762 5035 sebeke@frodo.lfi.uni-hannover.de
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