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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Summary of SPICE on Personal Computers
Message-ID: <20135@cup.portal.com>
Date: 5 Jul 89 02:41:32 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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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
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