Explaination of SPICE3C1 Messages Needed

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From: Edward P. Ratazzi
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1991 21:54

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I came across the following messages while attempting a simulation using
SPICE3C1 on our Sun 3/470.  Note that the same simulation runs fine using
SPICE2G6.  My question is:  does anybody have any idea why this is happening,
and what would be a typical fix for this type of problem (i.e. do I tweak
certain analysis options?)?

SPICE3 3 -> run
Warning: resuming run in progress.
Warning: Gmin step failed
Warning: Gmin stepping failed
Warning: source stepping failed
doAnalyses: Improperly formed matrix - shouldn't happen!(preOrd)

simulation interrupted
SPICE3 4 ->

Many thanks.
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Subject: Explaination of SPICE3C1 Messages Needed
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Date: 11 Mar 91 21:54:49 GMT
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