SPICELINE V1.30 DEMO_E.TXT February 1993 Spiceline --------- Spiceline has been designed for reading and processing the data-files produced by Spice(*). All data-rows included in the lists can be selected individually. These selected data can be combined to a complete diagram in which the individual data-curves can be put either in one big diagram or in several smaller diagrams each one below another. Of course there's a zoom you can control either by hand or by mouse. Most of the elements of the diagram can by aktivated/deactivated and/or varied in their size in steps of 1/1000 inch. When ever you're satisfied with the diagram you see on your screen, you can save it as an IMG-graphics-file in a freely choosable size as well as freely choosable resolution. This will give you full control over the diagrams quality. Spiceline has been programmed for all of you who want to work with SPICE but don't want to draw the diagrams out of the data-lists by hand. I think, this means most of you! Spiceline will offer great help for professionell Users as well as for people who work with SPICE just for fun or for improving their knowledge. The simple usage of Spiceline will guarantee even newcomers in SPICE to get best and fastest results out of their simulations. Of cours Spiceline is a complete GEM-apllication which means that it works on every TOS-version (probably also all coming version) and is _really_ easy to use. Of course working with Spiceline does not afford any special Hardware. It runs: - on an old 520ST as well as on a TT030 or even a FALCON030 - from floppy-disk or hard-disk - on all screens that have at least 640x400 dots in monochrome or color and on every graphic-card The programming has been done in a memory-saving manner. It takes only that part of the RAM, that it really needs. If your ATARI is a TT030 and does have FAST-RAM, then Spiceline will prefer this type of memory. This behaviour and the window-handling are the best steps towards working with MultiTOS or MultiGEM. Even on a singletask-TOS you can work on several diagrams at the same time. Inside Spiceline you can work on as many windows as the system will offer you (in combination with WINX it could be up to 40 windows) and each window can contain a diagram. Spiceline can process the following data-lists: - DC-analysis - AC-small-signal-analysis - transient analysis - Fourier analysis Finally, you can use Spiceline as a SPICE-shell. This means you can call SPICE out of Spiceline for simulating a circuit-description and then turn back to Spiceline, where you process the data-lists, without having to leave and reenter Spiceline manually. (*) Spice --------- SPICE is a circuit simulation program for different types of analysis. This means nonlinear dc, nonlinear transient, linear ac analyses and fourier analysis. Spice simulates with very high reliability and precision. It was developed at the University of California, Berkeley, Ca. and during the last last years, it was transferred to the computers of the ATARI-ST-family. It's only disadvantage is the fact, that it only creates lists of the calculated results - the data-lists. For any kind of useful analysis or documentation of these tables you have to build diagrams out of the data and this was the reason for the programming of Spiceline. Demoversion ----------- The demoversion has no limitations within its functions compared to the full version except that it can't read the output-files of SPICE. For this reason, we have included some files with the ending 'SPL', which are already processed data-files, we have saved in the Spiceline-format. These files you can load into Spiceline and process into diagrams however you wish to do. The INFILES and OUTFILES are included in te LZH-archive 'SOURCES.LZH' that can be extracted if you want. This demo-package can be forwarded as long as all files are included. The files of the demo-package are: SPICLN_E.APP SPICLN_E.RSC DEMO_E.TXT BEGR.SPL FOURAN.SPL NETZTEIL.SPL PEEKPULS.SPL SOURCES.LZH including > BEGR.OUT > BEGR.SPI > FOURAN.OUT > FOURAN.SPI > NETZTEIL.OUT > NETZTEIL.SPI > PEEKPULS.OUT > PEEKPULS.SPI The complete Spiceline-package (full version without any limit) as well as the SPICE-Package can be ordered at DLM-Datentechnik Dirk Lehmann Saarlandstr. 74 2080 Pinneberg GERMANY Tel.: 049 4101 512199 Since we don't know how many people from outside Germany want to have Spiceline, we don't have an english manual. At this moment there are two possible versions of Spiceline: o german program / german manual o english program / german manual If you are ordering to an adress outside of Germany we have to insist on advance payment.