#Script:
tr -d '\r' < 1.txt >  1nl.txt #replace HP-16500C "0D 0A" newline with UNIX "0A" newline 
tr -d '\r' < 2.txt >  2nl.txt #replace HP-16500C "0D 0A" newline with UNIX "0A" newline 

la2vcd -td 1us -r 16 1nl.txt -r 16  2nl.txt -o vcd-out.vcd

#convert HEX HP-16500C output into binary for expresso:
awk 'BEGIN {
FS = ""
a["F"]="1111"
a["E"]="1110"
a["D"]="1101"
a["C"]="1100"
a["B"]="1011"
a["A"]="1010"
a["9"]="1001"
a["8"]="1000"
a["7"]="0111"
a["6"]="0110"
a["5"]="0101"
a["4"]="0100"
a["3"]="0011"
a["2"]="0010"
a["1"]="0001"
a["0"]="0000"
}
{
getline < "1nl.txt"; for (i=1;i<=length($0);i++)  printf a[($i)]; print ""
}' 1nl.txt > 1nlb.txt

#convert HEX HP-16500C output into binary for expresso:
awk 'BEGIN {
FS = ""
a["F"]="1111"
a["E"]="1110"
a["D"]="1101"
a["C"]="1100"
a["B"]="1011"
a["A"]="1010"
a["9"]="1001"
a["8"]="1000"
a["7"]="0111"
a["6"]="0110"
a["5"]="0101"
a["4"]="0100"
a["3"]="0011"
a["2"]="0010"
a["1"]="0001"
a["0"]="0000"
}
{
getline < "2nl.txt"; for (i=1;i<=length($0);i++)  printf a[($i)]; print ""
}' 2nl.txt > 2nlb.txt


#Merge pattern and PAL-output files:
awk '{ getline a < "1nlb.txt"; getline b < "2nlb.txt"; print a, "   ", b}' 2nlb.txt > out.txt


#Insert following lines on top of out.txt:

.i 16  # .i specifies the number of inputs
.o 8   # .o specifies the number of outputs
.ilb PG15 PG14 PG13 PG12 PG11 PG10 PG9 PG8 PG7 PG6 PG5 PG4 PG3 PG2 PG1 PG0       # This line specifies the names of the inputs in order
.ob LA7 LA6 LA5 LA4 LA3 LA2 LA1 LA0   # This line specifies the names of the outputs in order 


#Espresso solver:
espresso -Dd1merge -s  out.txt > out2.txt #simplify to reduce time
espresso2 -D exact -o eqntott -s out2.txt #find exact solution
espresso2 -D exact -o eqntott -s out2.txt > solved.txt #find exact solution



PAL16L8-Pinout/Pattern/Logic-Connections
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PG0---|1-I      20-VCC|---VCC
PG1---|2-I        19-O|---LA7
PG2---|3-I       18-IO|---PG15/LA6
PG3---|4-I       17-IO|---PG14/LA5
PG4---|5-I       16-IO|---PG13/LA4
PG5---|6-I       15-IO|---PG12/LA3
PG6---|7-I       14-IO|---PG11/LA2
PG7---|8-I       13-IO|---PG10/LA1
PG8---|9-I        12-O|---LA0
GND---|10-GND     11-I|---PG9
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