buchs@Mayo.EDU (Kevin J. Buchs) (01/15/91)
Spice 3d1 is shipping. You can write or call the University of California at Berkeley to get a catalog with order form for Spice, Magic, and many others. Software Distribution Office Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Electronics Research Laboratory 479 Cory Hall University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720 (415) 643-6687 ------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Buchs Internet: buchs@mayo.edu Mayo Foundation Is this my life or is it just an Rochester, MN 55905 incredible, high-speed, simulation? (507) 284-0009 -S. R. Cleaves -------------------------------------------------------------
mayo@wrl.dec.com (Bob Mayo) (01/15/91)
In article <78757@unix.cis.pitt.edu> andrewl@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Andrew Lentvorski) writes: >Can anybody tell me what the newest version of magic is? I have magic >version 6.3, but I heard something about a resistance extraction bug. >Is there a newer release which corrects this? Also, what is the current >version of Spice 3. I have Spice 3c1 and recall a spice 3d1 at some >point. Magic V6.3 is the latest release (and will be for a long time). However, updates in the form of individual notes are available via ftp: machine: gatekeeper.dec.com (16.1.0.2) account: anonymous password: guest directory: pub/DEC/magic Here's a list of notes available. The resistance bug fix you mentioned might be the one covered by note 13: Magic Note #1 - 9/14/90 - Magic V6 is ready (a copy of the announcement) Magic Note #2 - 9/19/90 - Documentation changes (fixed in releases after 9/20/90) Magic Note #3 - 9/19/90 - Mode problem on graphics files (fixed in releases after 9/20 Magic Note #4 - 9/19/90 - rindex macro for new HPUX releases (7.0 and later) Magic Note #5 - 9/19/90 - compiling magic using "gcc", one user's experience Magic Note #6 - 9/19/90 - Public FTP area for Magic notes Magic Note #7 - 9/20/90 - Compiling rsim, one user's suggestions & hints Magic Note #8 - 9/26/90 - Magic tries to open bogus directories Magic Note #9 - 9/26/90 - Mods to X11Helper to prevent core dump if run under shell Magic Note #10 - 10/5/90 - Magic V4 for DOS and OS/2 Magic Note #11 - 10/11/90 - reducing memory usage by 600k Magic Note #12 - 12/19/90 - fixes bug in extflat that caused dropped resistances Magic Note #13 - 12/19/90 - fixed bug in resis that caused coredump. Magic Note #14 - 12/19/90 - new version of scmos.tech to support res extraction. Magic Note #15 - 12/19/90 - contact line in tech file improperly documented As far as SPICE and other Berkeley tools, you may contact: Cindy Manly-Fields ILP Software Distribution Office 479 Cory Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 Phone: 415-643-6687 --Bob