Really dumb Multisim question

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Michael A. Covington

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OK folks... This is probably a RYFM question, but...

I'm trying to use Multisim after about 4 years of not having done any
circuit simulation.

I can't get a 555 relaxation oscillator to work, and I can't even simulate
the charging of a capacitor. (Hook up a 12-volt source with negative side
grounded, 1k resistor, 1uF capacitor, all in series... put the virtual
oscilloscope on the high side of the capacitor... flip the switch... and
it's at V+ all the time; we don't get to see it charge.)

I seem to recall something about having to tell it that the capacitors start
out with zero charge. Is that right? What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks!
 
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Now can someone tell me why Multisim 6.11 is giving so many "Memory error"
pop-ups under Windows XP? Admittedly this is not the latest release of
Multisim...
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Try using it in Windows 95/98 compatibility mode.

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"Chaos Master" <linux_sysadmin_slackware@brasnet.org.INVALID> wrote in
message news:MPG.1b6e67c67c4f08b598977c@news.individual.net...
rm -rf /home/Michael A. Covington:

Now can someone tell me why Multisim 6.11 is giving so many "Memory
error"
pop-ups under Windows XP? Admittedly this is not the latest release of
Multisim...

Try using it in Windows 95/98 compatibility mode.
Click to expand...
Useful suggestion. Thanks!
 
Now can someone tell me why Multisim 6.11 is giving so many "Memory
error"
pop-ups under Windows XP? Admittedly this is not the latest release
of
Multisim...

Try using it in Windows 95/98 compatibility mode.
Click to expand...
In Win98/Me mode, it can't see its dongle. In Win2000 mode, it runs, and
time will tell whether this helps with the memory problem. There is also an
NT4 compatibility mode.

I do wonder how much difference there could be between Win2000 and WinXP!
 
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I do wonder how much difference there could be between Win2000 and WinXP!
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Windows XP, AFAIK, is just the nice graphical themes, over Win 2000, and some
networking utilities removed. Since I rarely use XP (I am a Win 98 user for
mantaining old hardware)...

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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 23:35:56 -0400, "Michael A. Covington"
<look@ai.uga.edu.for.address> wrote:

"Chaos Master" <linux_sysadmin_slackware@brasnet.org.INVALID> wrote in
message news:MPG.1b6e67c67c4f08b598977c@news.individual.net...
rm -rf /home/Michael A. Covington:

Now can someone tell me why Multisim 6.11 is giving so many "Memory
error"
pop-ups under Windows XP? Admittedly this is not the latest release of
Multisim...

Try using it in Windows 95/98 compatibility mode.

Useful suggestion. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Or more useful still, try dumping it altogether.

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"Paul Burridge" <pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote in message
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Or more useful still, try dumping it altogether.
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In favor of what?
 
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:28:23 -0400, "Michael A. Covington"
<look@ai.uga.edu.for.address> wrote:

"Paul Burridge" <pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote in message
news:vmo9g0lmgk5a26v97lbt3kfjmb6oikcbuk@4ax.com...

Or more useful still, try dumping it altogether.

In favor of what?
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LT Spice from www.linear.com


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