spice@Berkeley.EDU (Spice@UCB/CAD Group) (12/07/90)
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
forbes@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Jeff Forbes) (12/07/90)
In article <1990Dec7.003545.26920@agate.berkeley.edu> spice@berkeley.edu writes: > > > > Spice3 Availability \Stuff deleted\ >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). I fail to see how giving temporary ftp accounts takes more time than making copies of tapes and disks. I suspect that the real reason is that Berekely wants $250.00. If that is the case why not just say so instead of telling us about staff limitations. Jeff Forbes "....I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison
ricks@puligny-montrachet.objy.com (Rick L. Spickelmier) (12/09/90)
Jeff Forbes writes: > I fail to see how giving temporary ftp accounts takes more time than > making copies of tapes and disks. I suspect that the real reason is that > Berekely wants $250.00. If that is the case why not just say so instead > of telling us about staff limitations. When at Berkeley I created temporary ftp accounts for SPICE and the OCTTOOLS in order to get new releases out as soon as possible. However, I found myself spending far too much of my time dealing with collecting and verifying letters, responding to requests from outside of the US and Canada, creating accounts, and other such administration. This service was in addition to (and totally separate from) what our software office did in terms of making and shipping tapes (by the way, the $250 goes for staff to do tape making, the software office is non-profit). When I left the University the new SPICE administrator had a decision to make as to whether he wanted to waste his time administering ftp accounts or do SPICE research and development and leave the software office to deal with distribution of SPICE. So the staff limitation was that I left. -- Rick L. Spickelmier Objectivity, Inc. ricks@berkeley.edu, ricks@objy.com