
The real Cadence 16.2 is way too expensive for a student & the Demo version is too crippled. PSpice is a critical application for students. I believe some of the IC models exceed the Demo limitations. The Demo version works on XP/Vista, but is limited and will run few of my previous 9.2 schematics.
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