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From: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman)
Newsgroups: comp.lsi
Subject: Re: spice 3b1
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Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 15:00:13 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 15 15:00:13 1987
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In article <3381@venera.isi.edu> sllu@venera.isi.edu (Lien Lu) writes:
>I heard Berkeley has released SPICE 3b1 this May. Has anyone used it?
>What is your evaluation?
>Thanks in advance.

I *just* finished compiling and installing 3b1 here.  Only two things
to note:

(1) There seems to be a difference in input formats - some older spice
    decks don't work.  I'm not sure why yet.
(2) The distribution was excellently done.  Included are files capable of
    building versions for BSD UNIX (4.2, 4.3, Ultrix), Sys V UNIX (HPUX),
    and MS-DOS (w/ Lattice C), all from the same source code (except for
    2 include files - and I only had to change 1 :-).  All I had to do
    for Ultrix was edit prefixbsd.h into prefix.h, say "make", and
    copy the binaries where I wanted them.  (Well, it turned out I had
    to grab /usr/include/X/* from a uVAX GPX to enable X window support,
    but that wasn't the distribution's fault.)  Also, each circuit
    element type is completely modularized and can be eliminated from
    the program if desired.  That is, if you know you're never going to
    use current-controlled current sources, you can delete one word
    from one line in the Makefile, and they go away and your binary gets
    smaller.  I learned a few good tricks here!

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