Compatibility to ATP

As usual and well known from the area of engineering software, several ATP release will be launched each year. In addition to this continuously growing number of releases, two different EXE-files of the ATP will be compiled for Windows OS: the MingW32 Version and the Watcom Version. Unfortunately both ATP versions MingW32 and Watcom have some special features e.g. regarding the command line or the format of the .PL4-files. Therefore new ATP releases must be tested regarding the compatibility to ATPDesigner. The ATP release can be easily identified. The header information stored in the .LST-file contains the Source Code Date as shown below. This source code date can be used to identify ATP releases.

Alternative Transients Program (ATP),  GNU Linux or DOS.  All rights reserved by Can/Am user group of Portland, Oregon, USA.
Date (dd-mth-yy) and time of day (hh.mm.ss) = 03-Sep-06  18:49:16   Name of disk plot file is  C:\ATPDESIGNER\DATA\NETWORK_3.pl4
Consult the 860-page ATP Rule Book of the Can/Am EMTP User Group in Portland,  Oregon, USA.  Source code date is 31 July 2006.
Total size of LABCOM tables = 10913313 INTEGER words.  31 VARDIM  List Sizes follow:  6002  10K  192K  900  420K  1200  15K
  120K  2250  3800  720  2K  72800  510  90K  800  90  254  120K  100K  3K  15K  192K  120  45K  260K  600  210K  600  19  200
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Descriptive interpretation of input data cards.   |  Input data card images are shown below, all 80 columns, character by character
                                                  0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
                                                  012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
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Users of ATPDesigner shall follow this general recommendations.

• MingW32 releases (standard or atpfast) of the ATP C-like .PL4-format

• Important setting in the ATP file startup

ATPDesigner supports GNU-, Watcom- and PISA-format (NEWPL4 = 0 or NEWPL4 = 1 or NEWPL4 = 2).

ATP Release	Source Code Date
MingW32: tpgigg64.exe (GIGA ATP)	25 September 2016
MingW32: tpbig.exe	27 March 2016
MingW32	18 November 2012
MingW32	09 October 2011
MingW32	16 August 2010
MingW32	10 April 2010
MingW32	25 September 2009
MingW32	28 July 2009
MingW32	23 January 2009
MingW32	12 August 2008
MingW32	9 July 2008
ATPFast	9 July 2008
MingW32	13 May 2008
ATPFast	13 May 2008
MingW32	17 December 2007
MingW32	15 October 2007
ATPFast	15 October 2007
MingW32	23 July 2007