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   I have gotten a lot of email reqesting more information about 
XSPICE; particularly, most folks seem to want to get more info on
the tools prior to reqesting a copy. This is a reasonable request,
unfortunately, we do not currently have the resources to do much
toward that end, at least not in real time. I may try to get more
information in the form of a spec sheet or attempt to move portions
of the User's Manual onto the xspice@gtri.gatech.edu host machine
to allow for anonymous FTP of that information. In the mean time,
I am trying to answer as many of the questions I receive as possible...
please bear with me.

   For those of you who just can't wait (and I hope there are at least
a few of you ;-), let me suggest that you get hold of your nearest
technical library, and obtain a copy of the Proceedings of the 1992
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. One of the papers
presented (authors are F.Cox, W.Kuhn, S.Tynor and myself) introduces
XSPICE and details an example of syntax, lists the models included,
and works through an example using XSPICE to simulate the analog and
digital portions (all in one netlist) of a MIDI-controlled music
synthesizer. The paper should provide enough information to cover the
most basic questions that have come up, but I will continue to see
about getting all or portions of the User's Guide up and running.

Again, bear with me. XSPICE is not a commercial product, just as
"plain vanilla" SPICE is not...we don't have the resources of a
MicroSim (=PSPICE) to promote the tools or help new users, although we
would certainly like to. The "cost" of XSPICE is really just for
documentation, cutting tapes, etc. and doesn't provide any real margin
for support...we want folks to use these tools because we know ourselves
how powerful they are. We are convinced that XSPICE provides most of the
capabilities of a PSPICE and in many ways goes beyond it; it's up to the
user community to decide if we're right.

   Regards,

   Jeff Murray
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MURRAY,JEFFREY P
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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