cfreese@super.ORG (Craig F. Reese) (09/21/89)
Greetings,
I realize this is probably the 2nd most asked question (after
where to get the tools) but I've never seen the answer...
I recently dusted (and I do mean dusted) off our VLSI86 tape and
loaded it up. What I'd like to know is:
1) Are there patches, upgrades, etc... since the tape was released?
2) Where can I get them. (FTP or low/no cost tape copy
preferred {i.e. I'm willing to mail a blank tape with return
postage})
I am specifically interested in getting the tools up to speed to work
with Sun4/60s, Sun3/80s & Sun3/60s (in decreasing order of interest).
Anything that enables one to use bigger machines (ZYCAD, Convex,...)
for simulation, DRC, etc... would also be welcome.
I'm not opposed to a bit of hacking, but I don't have much time
to devote to this effort.
Information on other _PD-like_ tools would be appreciated. I
haven't done any of this design stuff since the days of CAESAR.
Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree altogether.
I'll summarize any responses for the group.
Thanks,
Craig
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Craig F. Reese Email: cfreese@super.org
Institute for Defense Analyses/
Supercomputing Research Center
17100 Science Dr.
Bowie, MD 20715-4300mayo@decwrl.dec.com (Bob Mayo) (09/21/89)
In article <14502@super.ORG> cfreese@super.org (Craig F. Reese) writes: >I recently dusted (and I do mean dusted) off our VLSI86 tape and >loaded it up. What I'd like to know is: > > 1) Are there patches, upgrades, etc... since the tape was released? > 2) Where can I get them. (FTP or low/no cost tape copy > preferred {i.e. I'm willing to mail a blank tape with return > postage}) I maintain a set of cad notes related to Magic and some of the other Berkeley tools. Contributions are welcome. Just send me mail if you want any (or all) of these. --Bob Mayo INDEX OF CAD TOOL NOTES (current through 9/20/89) This index is maintained by Bob Mayo (mayo@decwrl.dec.com). The notes are available from Bob Mayo via electronic mail. * indicates a recent addition to this list. Note # Date Description of problem ------+---------------+------------------------------------------- AERO-1 6/29/88 EQNTOTT: Fixes for Suns UCB-1 12/31/85 MAGIC: Slashes in cell names UCB-2 2/5/86 MAGIC: Old SCMOS tech file UCB-3 2/13/86 MAGIC: Core dumps on Sun3 UCB-4 4/25/86 MAGIC: Wrong resistance extraction UCB-5 8/3/86 MAGIC: Cell selection core dump UCB-6 11/24/86 MAGIC: Calma output has wrong coordinates UCB-7 9/9/87 MAGIC: How to get SCMOS tech file from MOSIS UCLA-1 4/15/88 SIM2SPICE: Running on a non-VAX machine UTEX-1 6/22/88 MAGIC: Removing references to ~cad UTEX-2 6/22/88 MAGIC: Running on an AED 512 WISC-1 4/13/88 MAGIC: Removing assembly language from Magic WISC-2 4/13/88 MAGIC: Porting Magic to the Sun4/110C WISC-3 4/13/88 ESIM: Porting Esim to the Sun4/110C WISC-4 4/13/88 MAGIC: Porting Magic to the Sun3/110C WISC-5 4/13/88 CRYSTAL: Porting Crystal to the Sun4/110C WISC-6 4/18/88 MAGIC: Curing "window lock broken" on Suns WISC-7 4/29/88 X.V10R4: Porting to the Sun4/110C WISC-8 6/6/88 MAGIC: Relaxed copyright on the graphics drivers WISC-9 10/26/88 MAGIC: Running under SunOS-Rel-4.0