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From: skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L)
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Subject: Re: SPICE (Simulation Prog w/Emphasis on I.C's)
Message-ID: <1990Nov24.074219.15575@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 24 Nov 90 07:42:19 GMT
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>In article <1990Nov23.035020.8041@ameristar>, rick@ameristar (Rick Spanbauer) writes:
> 
> 	There is a version of Spice (3C1) written in C that runs over
> 	Unix or MSDOS.  3C1 would be a better starting point for an Amiga
> 	port than the older Fortran versions, eg 2G6.  3C1 also has a
> 	rather nifty display program called nutmeg - a vast improvement
> 	over the line printer graphics 2G6 provided.
> 
> 					Rick Spanbauer
> 					Ameristar

     I'd like to ask a favor of anyone that undertakes the project of
converting this (or even version 2G6, the Fortran version), could you please
relase a version compiled with the coprocessor options TURNED ON!  Please??
Actually, what would probably be better, more in the spirit of Amiga
programming anyway, would be to compile it under 2.0 using the new 2.0 math
library; it automatically selects the coprocessor for floating point math if
one is available.  I don't think this route would be usefull to people until
everyone is running 2.0, but neither is the option with inline coprocessor
code (unless you have a coprocessor).

                                        --George