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Subject: Replies to SPICE query.
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Here are the replies I received in response to my query about SPICE
for SUNS.

First the query ...
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>X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 278, message 18 of 24
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>Does anyone know of a public domain, general purpose circuit simulation
>program for SUN 3 computers? I know that DECUS distributes SPICE2 (version
>2G.6 in TAR format on 9 track tape). This requires UNIX V4.1 BSD. Will
>this compile under SUNOS 3.5?
>
>Thanks in advance for all replies.
>
>John Cargill
>Asst. System Manager
>Ontario Cancer Institute
>Toronto, Ontario
>Bitnet: CARGILL@UTOROCI

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Date:    Tue, 9 May 89 08:39:25 PDT
From:    dgh@Sun.COM (David Hough)
Subject: spice2g6 & spice3b1

Are sold by the industrial liason office of the EECS department
at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Date:    Tue, 9 May 89 11:55:59 EDT
From:    Phil Regier <peregier@watvlsi.waterloo.edu>
Subject: Re: PD SPICE for SUN 3?

We have both spice2g6 and spice3b1 here and they both run under
SUNOS 3.5.  I can't vouch for what DECUS distributes,
but ours works OK (it's all fortran except for one C file containing
some auxiliary routines and one small C post-processing program).
Spice 3b1 is a newer version with some additions and it is written
in C.  Both are public domain.

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Date:    Wed, 10 May 89 17:43:10 +0300
From:    Sakari Jalovaara <sja@sirius.hut.fi>
Subject: Re: PD SPICE for SUN 3?

> I know that DECUS distributes SPICE2 (version
> 2G.6 in TAR format on 9 track tape). This requires UNIX V4.1 BSD. Will
> this compile under SUNOS 3.5?

SPICE 3B1 compiles fine under SunOS 3.5.  3B1 is written in C (2G is
in FORTRAN?) and is available through DECUS.

I don't know how usable 3B1 is, I'm still trying to hack a plotting
interface for the X Window System version 11 (3B1 comes with X10
support.)

Not public domain, but not too expensive.  I understand that
commercial versions of SPICE have more extensive device libraries.

Sakari Jalovaara (sja@sirius.hut.fi/uunet!santra!sirius!sja/sja@fingate.bitnet)
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In closing ...

Thanks to all who took the time to reply to my query!

It would appear that SPICE (3B1 at least) is not public domain - but
reasonably priced.

If I get any more info I will post it to SUN-SPOTS.

John Cargill