Version 5.2 of Spice for the Amiga has some changes from the earlier
versions, as follows:

1. The input files to Spice are now typed in EXACTLY as they appear on
your disk (or in ram). If the file is 741.inp, type the follwing:

SPICE 741.inp

that's all there is to that. If you get an error 205, Spice couldn't
find the input file. If it's on a different device, make sure that
you tell it!! Like df1:741.inp  or RAM:741.inp.

2. Spice will now have 2 output files. The first, with the suffix .OUT
is the same output file as before, except in tables, there are no
extra "X"'s at the beginning, and no extra "Y"'s at the end. Also, the
execution time format has been changed to make more sense.

3. The second output file will have a suffix of .DAT and is a table of
the printed data from AC, DC. and Transient analysis. I added this to
make it easier to get the data to plot. The first item has the type
of data which follows, and can be one (and only one, at a time) of the
following (AC ANALYSIS, DC ANALYSIS, TRANSIENT ANALYSIS). The next
line in the file is the same column headers that appear in the standard
print tables in the usual output file. From there on is the data, at 
least until the next type of analysis is printed. Some notes on this:
If you don't have an AC, DC, or TRAN analysis, the data file will
be 0 bytes long. If you don't specify .PRINT in your input file, again
the data file will be 0 bytes long. See the enclosed sample .inp files
to see how to use .PRINT. 

4. If you have a long list of printed data, the limits of which are set on
the .OPTION card, the .DAT file will grow in direct proportion to the
number of data items printed out. Beware if you don't have much RAM.

5. If you have a machine with 1 meg of ram, see the file "important" included
   with this archive.

6. A new program by Ashok Vadekar called splot is included. This program
provides a Probe type display of data in the printed data tables. To
run type     splot <filename>   
Note the filename is the one with .OUT on it.

******************************************************************************
*****   BE SURE TO SET STACK TO 60000 BEFORE RUNNING THE SPLOT PROGRAM  *****
******************************************************************************
You will have to copy the file req.library to your libs directory to
be able to use Splot
******************************************************************************

7. Thanks for all the feedback people!! Keep it up, I need to know
what you think, and want me to add, or change.

Dan Warns  6/26/90
2704 32nd Street
Lubbock, Texas  79410
806-792-8266
Comp$erve 72060,101
Genie D.Warns

	        Special Thanks to:

			Ashok Vadekar

			Jim Fiore, Dissidents

			Bob Metzler

			George Smoot

                	Herb Simms