The following items are lodged with the Computer Operators in CU Engineering Department. Please note that the Operators are unable to provide technical backup, and have simply agreed to administer loans of media to legitimate users.
If you need to borrow items in order to update your system, please contact them as follows:-
Dear Colleague,
EUROPRACTICE/Cadence Y2K Update for 1998/1999 Release
With this letter, we (the EUROPRACTICE Software Service) are sending you update material for the 1998/1999 EUROPRACTICE/Cadence release. Some users may still be using that release for reasons of compatibility with design kits or ongoing projects. By installing these updates, you should:
This shipment also contains a similar update for the 1999/2000 release to make available the new Signalscan waveform viewer and to fix Y2K problems remaining in that release. A separate letter describes that update.
The table below shows which physical deliverables to expect for each software holding
| IC Update | Systems Update | |
| ASIC Package | Yes | - |
| Systems Package | - | Yes |
| IC Package | Yes | - |
| Combined IC & Systems Package | Yes | Yes |
Installation files, based in a similar way on software holdings, will be sent by e-mail These will be posted on the web, accessible within cam.ac.uk.
One of each type of box has been shipped for the use of all participants at Cambridge.
The contents of each type of box will be as follows:
IC Update |
Systems Update |
| IC 4.42/QSR6 Solaris 2.5.1 HP-UX 10.20 |
PE13.0/ISR Solaris 2.5.1 HP-UX 10.20 |
Each update will contain software for all of the platforms listed above. If you do not currently use some of these platforms, please keep the media safely in case you need them in the future.
If you will need to use the logic simulators with the IC tools from the 1998/1999
release, you will need to install the update for LDV 2.2 with QSR1, supplied for the
1999/2000 release, and use the logic simulators from there. Those simulators use the new
Signalscan waveform tool whereas the ones from the IC 4.42 stream expect to use
Simvision/SimWave tool, which is no longer licensed.
Once shipment is under way, the EUROPRACTICE Software Service will apply these updates to
its own installations and these will be the software revisions for which support will be
provided.
Please see "Obtaining Supplementary Installation Information" for up-to-date guidance on software installation.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) Dr. J. A. G. Morris EUROPRACTICE/Cadence Technical Package Manager.
Dear Colleague,
EUROPRACTICE/Cadence Y2K/SimVision Update for 1999/2000 Release
With this letter, we (the EUROPRACTICE Software Service) are sending you update material for the 1999/2000 EUROPRACTICE/Cadence release. By installing these updates, you should
EUROPRACTICE/Cadence users, who previously received the 1998/1999 release, should now receive (as part of this shipment) a similar update to fix Y2K problems remaining in that release. A separate letter describes that update.
The table below shows which physical deliverables to expect for each software holding
| LDV(*) Update | IC Update | Systems Update | |
| ASIC Package | Yes | Yes | - |
| Systems Package | Yes | - | Yes |
| IC Package | Yes | Yes | - |
| Combined IC & Systems Package | Yes | Yes | Yes |
(*) Logic Design and Verification
Installation files, based in a similar way on software holdings, will be sent by e-mail These will be posted on the web, accessible within cam.ac.uk.
One of each type of box has been shipped for the use of all participants at Cambridge.
The contents of each type of box will be as follows:
LDV Update |
IC Update |
Systems Update |
| LDV 2.2 + QSR1 Solaris 2.5.1/2.6 HP-UX 10.20 |
IC 4.43/QSR3 Solaris 2.5.1/2.6 HP-UX 10.20 DSMSE 5.2/QSR4 |
PE13.5/QSR1 Solaris 2.5.1/2.6 HP-UX 10.20 |
Each update will contain software for all of the platforms listed above. If you do not currently use some of these platforms, please keep the media safely in case you need them in the future.
The LDV 2.2 media with the QSR1 patch contain the new waveform display tool (Signalscan) which replaces SimVision/SimWave. Logic simulators from the LDV 2.2/QSR1 stream should be used in preference to those from the IC 4.43 stream.
Once shipment is under way, the EUROPRACTICE Software Service will apply these updates to its own installations and these will be the software revisions for which support will be provided.
Please see "Obtaining Supplementary Installation Information" for up-to-date guidance on software installation.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) Dr. J. A. G. Morris EUROPRACTICE/Cadence Technical Package Manager.
A definitive list of modules in this release can be found at the EUROPRACTICE Software Services web site.
EUROPRACTICE Software Services can be contacted by email at: europractice_sss@rl.ac.uk
Shipment for: University of Cambridge (EUROPRACTICE No. A35780)
Shipment Type: Y2K/SimVision Update
Shipment Reference: CDS/06142600
To install and run this software, you will need the following components:
All necessary Cadence CDROMs should be included in this shipment.
| SPARC/Solaris 2 | HPPA/HP-UX | |
| LDV 2.2 CDROM Kit | Enclosed | Enclosed |
| LDV 2.2 QSR1 CDROM Kit | Enclosed | Enclosed |
| LDV 2.2 QSR1 Install File | On Web | On Web |
| BuildGates 2.3 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| BuildGates 2.3 Documentation | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| Licence file(s) | On web | On web |
Shipment for: University of Cambridge (EUROPRACTICE No. A35780)
Shipment Type: Y2K Update
Shipment Reference: CDS/06142600
The full set of components needed to install and run the EUROPRACTICE/Cadence 1998/1999 IC Software Release are as follows:
The expected contents of the present shipment are shown below. This is an incremental shipment and some of the parts will have to be found from previous 1998/1999 shipments to your institution.
| SPARC/Solaris 2 | HPPA/HP-UX | |
| IC 4.42 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| IC 4.42 QSR6 CDROM Kit | Enclosed | Enclosed |
| IC 4.42 Release Doc. | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| IC 4.42 QSR6 Install File (ASIC Package) | On Web | On Web |
| IC 4.42 QSR6 Install File (IC Package) | On Web | On Web |
| IC 4.42 QSR6 Install File (DRAC Package) | - | - |
| HLDS 3.4B CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| HLDS 3.4B Release Doc. | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| IC Craftsman 3.2 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| IC Craftsman 3.2 Release Doc. | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| Licence file(s) | On Web | On Web |
Shipment for: University of Cambridge (EUROPRACTICE No. A35780)
Shipment Type: Y2K Update
Shipment Reference: CDS/06142600
To install and run this software, you will need the following components:
The expected contents of the present shipment are shown below. This is an incremental shipment and some of the parts will have to be found from previous 1999/2000 shipments to your institution.
SPARC / Solaris 2 |
HPPA/HP-UX |
|
| IC 4.43 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| IC 4.43 QSR3 CDROM Kit | Enclosed | Enclosed |
| IC 4.43 QSR3 Install File (ASIC Package) | On Web | On Web |
| IC 4.43 QSR3 Install File (IC/Combined Packages) | On Web | On Web |
| IC 4.43 QSR3 Install File (DRACULA Package) | - | - |
| DSMSE 5.2 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| DSMSE 5.2 QSR4 CDROM Kit | Enclosed | Enclosed |
| DSMSE 5.2 QSR4 Install File (IC/Combined Packages) | On Web | On Web |
| DSM DP 3.4C CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| IC Craftsman 4.0 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| IC Craftsman 4.0 Install File (IC/Combined Packages) | On web | On web |
| CCTTrans 2.0 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| Licence file(s) | On web | On web |
Shipment for: University of Cambridge (EUROPRACTICE No. A35780)
Shipment Type: Y2K Update
Shipment Reference: CDS/06142600
To install and run the full EUROPRACTICE/Cadence 1998/1999 Systems Software Release you will need the following components as well as the IC 4.42 CDROM Kits which are shipped separately:
The expected contents of the present shipment are shown below. This is an incremental shipment and some of the parts will have to be found from previous 1998/999 shipments to your institution.
| SPARC/Solaris 2 | HPPA/HP-UX | |
| PE 13.0 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| PE 13.0 ISR CDROM Kit | Enclosed | Enclosed |
| PE 13.0 Release Documentation | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| Systems Install File (for PE13.0 CDROMS) | On web | On web |
| Systems Install File (for IC 4.42 QSR6 CDROMS) | On Web | On Web |
| SPECCTRA 7.1 UNIX CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| SPECCTRA 7.1 Release Documentation | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| Licence file(s) | On web | On web |
Shipment for: University of Cambridge (EUROPRACTICE No. A35780)
Shipment Type: Y2K Update
Shipment Reference: CDS/06142600
To install and run this software, you will need the following components:
The expected contents of the present shipment are shown below. This is an incremental
shipment and some of the parts will have to be found from previous 1999/2000 shipments to
your institution.
| SPARC/Solaris 2 | HPPA/HP-UX | Windows/NT | |
| PE 13.5 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| PE 13.5 QSR1 CDROM Kit | Enclosed | Enclosed | - |
| PE 13.5 QSR1 Install File | On Web | On Web | - |
| SPECCTRA 8.0 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| SPECCTRA 8.0 Tutorial Book | Sent previously | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| SPECCTRA 8.0 QSR3 CDROM Kit | Sent previously | Sent previously | Sent previously |
| Licence file(s) | On web | On web | On web |
We would like to remind you that the conditions of the EUROPRACTICE Agreement, which your institution has signed, do not allow you to contact Cadence directly for support and do not currently include the right for individual institutions to have access to Cadence's Web-based support service, SourceLink.
Instead, all enquiries should be addressed us (the EUROPRACTICE Software Support Service) through one of the contact points given in the letterhead. We have access to Cadence's technical support and SourceLink on your behalf. Normally, we will obtain patches to fix the specific bugs which you have experienced rather than distributing additional QSRs which attempt to fix all possible problems.
Please see "Obtaining Supplementary Installation Information" for up-to-date guidance on software installation.
EUROPRACTICE/Cadence Technical Package Manager.
D M Holburn Last Updated: 25 April 2000