If you download and install LTSpice from the link I posted above, you will be able to open the .asc files. You will see the circuit diagram and can interact with it like it was a real circuit by feeding a signal in and connecting scopes, analysers etc to the circuit and see how it behavesI am very frustrated by the fact that so many post attachments are in .ASC files....these are unreadable on a Mac without installing
3rd party software. Surely .pdf format is preferable to what is a very old security orientated format?
Convention usually specifies a file extensions, but as you point out above, .tar.gz works and has two extensions. I usually use .tgz myself, but again, the file could be named anything, even something like foo:tz or even just foo. Another example (as I am a command line kind of guy) is evince foo where foo is a pdf file. Works fine. You really can get into alot of trouble security wise if your code assumes a file type based on name. You should always assume the file contents are a malicious attempt to hack your system via a buffer overflow or some other hack.^ It's been a long time for me but .tar.gz comes to mind. .html .css .php .js aren't they invented on an UNIX machine? And what about the "shebang" is that not more or less the same?
If you download and install LTSpice from the link I posted above, you will be able to open the .asc files. You will see the circuit diagram and can interact with it like it was a real circuit by feeding a signal in and connecting scopes, analysers etc to the circuit and see how it behaves
There is a whole thread on how to install and use LTSpice in the software section that has everything you need to know
It’s a steep learning curve if you haven’t done anything like this before, but it really is worth it
Brian
Oh, it installs just fine. It executes too. But all it gives you is a menu bar. No window opens where you can draw a schematic. Admittedly, my patience is limited for most things and extremely so for software, so maybe it is possible to make it work but I haven't been able to despite several tries.Does the official Mac version not work on new M2 Macs? Works on intel ones
Sure. But all I'm interested in is to see the schematic in a thread. Having to download the schematic file and install a program to view it seems like a lot of work compared to just looking at a picture in a thread. It's not hard to take a screenshot. I use CMD-4 on Mac all the time. I'm pretty sure Shift-PrtSc still works on Windoze, though it isn't smart enough to allow you to crop.If you download and install LTSpice from the link I posted above, you will be able to open the .asc files.
ASC files are simply text files, and can be opened with TextEdit (Open-with), and Vi/cat in any terminal.attachments are in .ASC files....these are unreadable on a Mac
Right click or two finger click the background and the menu is there. It’s different, but works ok when you are used to itOh, it installs just fine. It executes too. But all it gives you is a menu bar. No window opens where you can draw a schematic
Sounds like an interesting project for someone to write a forum plug in or something to convert .asc to an image to show in the forum, but that’s beyond me I’m afraidBut all I'm interested in is to see the schematic in a thread. Having to download the schematic file and install a program to view it seems like a lot of work compared to just looking at a picture in a thread
tomchr clearly has underlined the purpose of my original post. 😇Are you for real right now? I ran simulations for 8-10 hours a day, every day when I worked for National Semiconductor and Texas Instruments. This isn't about not being willing to run a simulation. This is about communication. What do you think communicates a circuit more easily; a CAD file that I need to download and open using crappy software or an image showing the schematic attached to a forum post?