mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) (07/05/89)
One person told me (names removed 'cause nobody indicated whether they wanted to be public or not): We have the Intusoft 386 version of SPICE running on a Compaq 386 machine. It is a very nice enviroment for developing analog circuits. The full blown system cost about $1000 and it seems worth it. It is very easy to enter schematics, run simulations, and see results. So far I have not used it on large circuits. Some transient analysis runs have taken 2-3 minutes. Usually it is much faster. I recommend it to you. Another person recommended another package which has a "real slick interface": I checked with the guy who got PSPICE for us. It is made by MicroSim, and the full-blown version is $1900. There is a demo version which is limited to 25 nodes for $150. I think all other capabilities are included. He also said he remembered a product called ZSPICE from Ztech for $350 - $400. A few other people mentioned that a PD/sharware version of SPICE has come out for the Amiga. One person mentioned that this program requires 1.5 megabytes minimum. No one reports having used it. [copyright 1989 Mark Thorson; all uses of this document are allowed, except for republication in moderated news services, such as that provided by Anterior Technology.]