hu@smu (10/09/86)
SPICE III: Does anyone knows how to get a copy of SPICE III which seems to be written in C from Berkeley? Thanks in advance. Yu Hen Hu hu@smu
faustus@ucbcad.BERKELEY.EDU (Wayne A. Christopher) (10/11/86)
In article <29100008@smu>, hu@smu writes: > Does anyone knows how to get a copy of SPICE III which seems to be written > in C from Berkeley? Spice 3 is written in C and runs on lots of machines, including IBM PC's, VAX UNIX, VAX VMS, etc, and has lots of new features like graphics and new device models. Send mail to the following address for ordering information: Cindy Manly EECS/ERL Industrial Support Office University of California Berkeley, Ca. 94720 (415) 643-6687 I think it's something like $100 processing and shipping fee, but write to be sure. Wayne
levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) (10/12/86)
In article <1075@ucbcad.BERKELEY.EDU>, faustus@ucbcad.BERKELEY.EDU (Wayne A. Christopher) writes: >In article <29100008@smu>, hu@smu writes: >> Does anyone knows how to get a copy of SPICE III which seems to be written >> in C from Berkeley? >Spice 3 is written in C and runs on lots of machines, including IBM ^^^ >PC's, VAX UNIX, VAX VMS, etc, and has lots of new features like ^^^^ ????? >graphics and new device models. Send mail to the following address for >ordering information: > Cindy Manly > EECS/ERL Industrial Support Office > University of California > Berkeley, Ca. 94720 > (415) 643-6687 >I think it's something like $100 processing and shipping fee, but write >to be sure. > Wayne DISCLAIMER: THIS IS FROM MEMORY Last time I looked, it was $150, may have gone up (or down?) by now. The info sent to a friend who ordered SPICE in C indicated that it did not yet run successfully on PCs (IBM or otherwise) because of the poor job that the C compilers available for the PC did on the SPICE code (Lattice was said to be the closest to working right, I think). If anyone HAS succeeded in getting SPICE (in C [or even the older Fortran version]) to run successfully on a PC, speak up please. -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer or the administrator of any computer | at&t computer systems division | upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | -------------------------------- Path: ..!{akgua,homxb,ihnp4,ltuxa,mvuxa, go for it! allegra,ulysses,vax135}!ttrdc!levy
faustus@ucbcad.BERKELEY.EDU (Wayne A. Christopher) (10/13/86)
In article <1235@ttrdc.UUCP>, levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes: > The > info sent to a friend who ordered SPICE in C indicated that it did not yet > run successfully on PCs (IBM or otherwise) because of the poor job that > the C compilers available for the PC did on the SPICE code (Lattice was > said to be the closest to working right, I think). If anyone HAS succeeded > in getting SPICE (in C [or even the older Fortran version]) to run > successfully on a PC, speak up please. It runs on PC AT's and compatible machines, compiled with the Lattice C compiler. We distribute source only, so you will need to buy the compiler also. Of course, because of memory constraints you can't run large circuits or compile in all the device models simultaneously, and you have to run the post-processor (nutmeg) seperately as opposed to running the interactive version of spice with the plotting, etc routines built in. Wayne
stern@princeton.UUCP (10/14/86)
Spice 3.0 is available from Berkeley. To get it, you need to send
a check for $150.00 (US dollars) to:
Cindy Manly
ILP/ISO Office
497 Cory Hall
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
(415) 643-6687
Specify the version you desire (VMS, UNIX, etc). It takes 4-6 weeks
for the tape to arrive. You *must* send a check with the order.
We got this about a week ago; haven't installed it yet but from
a quick scan of the manuals it looks real good.
--Hal Stern
Princeton University
{ihnp4, allegra, seismo}!princeton!sternjames@reality1.UUCP (james) (10/16/86)
In article <1235@ttrdc.UUCP>, levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes: > The info sent to a friend who ordered SPICE in C indicated that it did not yet > run successfully on PCs (IBM or otherwise) because of the poor job that > the C compilers available for the PC did on the SPICE code (Lattice was > said to be the closest to working right, I think). Microsoft has an excellent compiler that should do just fine. It is as clever at optimizations as most C compilers, and is a complete implementation of the language. Microsoft version 4.0 is the current version of the compiler, although version 3.0 should also be capable of compiling anything. -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!ut-ngp!utastro!osi3b2!james "Live Free or Die"
faustus@ucbcad.BERKELEY.EDU (Wayne A. Christopher) (10/16/86)
In article <33@reality1.UUCP>, james@reality1.UUCP (james) writes: > Microsoft has an excellent compiler that should do just fine. It is as clever > at optimizations as most C compilers, and is a complete implementation of the > language. Microsoft version 4.0 is the current version of the compiler, > although version 3.0 should also be capable of compiling anything. The problem we have run into with most PC compilers is that they simply haven't been tested well enough with large floating-point programs like spice3. I think we had some problems with earlier versions of the Microsoft compiler in this area. If you are able to compile spice3 with any compilers you have besides lattice, we'd like to hear about it... Wayne