After downloading the gzipped tar-archives you have to unpack them. You can use for instance WinZip, when WinZip asks you "Please enter the full name of the file contained within the archive diskx_tar.gz", enter diskx_tar.tar and when WinZip then asks you if it should decompress it to a temporary file and open it, answer YES. (x equals 1, 2 or 3 of course). Copy all the files contained in diskx to a floppy disk labelled x and use these floppies to install PSpice. Don't forget to setup the display, printerport and printer the first time you use PSpice. The files are normally installed in the directory \pseval50 and the program is started with the command ps.
A tar-ball of a pseval50 directory, this can be used with e.g. dosbox (under Linux: (e.g.: keyb be) and mount c: /home/pdw/pseval50, under Windooz: read README). Full screen mode under dosbox by pressing ALT-enter. pseval50.tgz
I also have a "rough" academic spice 2G5 version. It runs under DOS, even on an XT, it neglects lower case characters! It has a rather peculiar ASCII-editor built in. Oh dear! You don't understand the German readme? Use < CTRL >-C to go in command mode, < CTRL >-N to go in insert mode and to quit go in command mode and enter the easy to remember sequence: XE < ESC > XH < ESC > < ESC > to save your file and quit.
spice2g5 for dos
Due to popular demand I have also put a linux 2g6 version on my website.
How to install it after downloading the gezipped tar-archive?
Become superuser and perform the following steps:
Unpack the archive with gzip -d spice2g6.tar.gz followed by tar xf spice2g6.tar.
Compile the code with the command make in the directory where the code resides.
Copy spice.exe to /usr/bin and change the access rights with chmod 755.
How to run it?
spice < name_of_input_file > name_of_outputfile
spice2g6 tar-ball for linux
If you prefer an rpm-distribution then download
spice2g6-9 rpm for linux
To install the rpm, become superuser and type
rpm -iv spice-2g6-9.i386.rpm
If the above is not succesfull you can also try to drop the executable mentioned below straight in /usr/bin or a local directory
2g6-executable which works on a lot of linux-distributions e.g. Debian Sarge
A new version of 2G6 after editing the source code a bit (many thanks to Bart B.) compiled under Debian Etch (don't forget to install: c-compiler and f2c first).
The executable is also provided in the tar-ball (it is in the spice directory). If you want to compile it yourself just perform a make.
tarball with source and 2g6-executable compiled under Debian Etch
Een recente 2G6-rebuild te vinden op sourceforge (don't forget to install: gcc, f2c and
build-essential first) Deze versie werkt ook prima onder 64-bit b.v. getest onder Kubuntu 11.04 (AMD64)
In plaats van je Spice-output file te manueel te editeren om er de data voor Gnuplot uit te puren, kan je ook het programma spice2data van Bart B. gebruiken. In
deze tarball zitten source en executable getest op Debian Lenny (voorbeeld gebruik: spice < test.inp | spice2data >test.dat).