diff --git a/compile_cyg_auto_64.sh b/compile_cyg_auto_64.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# ngspice build script for CYGWIN console (X11), release version, 32 bit
+# compile_min_auto_cons_cyg.sh
+
+#Procedure:
+# Install CYGWIN, plus bison, flex, auto tools, perl, libiconv, libintl
+# Install gcc, activate OpenMP support
+# start compiling with
+# './compile_cyg_auto.sh'
+
+# Options:
+# --adms and --enable-adms will install extra HICUM, EKV and MEXTRAM models via the 
+# adms interface.
+# Please see http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/admshowto.html for more info on adms.
+# CIDER, XSPICE, and OpenMP may be selected at will.
+# --disable-debug will give O2 optimization (versus O0 for debug) and removes all debugging info.
+
+if [ ! -d "release64_cyg" ]; then
+   mkdir release64_cyg
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir release64_cyg failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+fi
+
+# If compiling sources from CVS, you may need to uncomment the following two lines:
+./autogen.sh
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+# Alternatively, if compiling sources from CVS, and want to add adms created devices,
+# you may need to uncomment the following two lines (and don't forget to add adms option
+# to the ../configure statement):
+#./autogen.sh --adms
+#if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo
+cd release64_cyg
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release64_cyg failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices 
+# ../configure --with-x=yes --with-readline=yes --disable-debug --enable-xspice --enable-pss --enable-cider --enable-openmp --enable-relan CFLAGS="-O2" LDFLAGS="-s"
+../configure --with-x=yes --with-readline=yes --disable-debug --enable-relan CFLAGS="-O2" LDFLAGS="-s"
+#../configure --with-x=no --with-readline=yes --disable-debug --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "../configure failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo
+# make clean is required for properly making the code models
+echo "cleaning (see make_clean.log)"
+make clean 2>&1 -j8 | tee make_clean.log 
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make clean failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "compiling (see make.log)"
+make 2>&1 -j8 | tee make.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+# 32 bit: Install to C:\Spice
+# 64 bit: Install to C:\Spice64
+echo "installing (see make_install.log)"
+make install 2>&1 -j8 | tee make_install.log 
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make install failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo "success"
+exit 0
diff --git a/compile_min_relan.sh b/compile_min_relan.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# ngspice build script for MINGW-w64, release version, 32 or 64 bit
+# compile_min.sh
+
+#Procedure:
+# Install MSYS, plus bison, flex, auto tools, perl, libiconv, libintl
+# Install MINGW-w64, activate OpenMP support
+#     See either http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/ or http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/
+#     (allows to generate either 32 or 64 bit executables by setting flag -m32 or -m64)
+# set path to compiler in msys/xx/etc/fstab (e.g. c:/MinGW64 /mingw)
+# start compiling with
+# './compile_min.sh' or './compile_min.sh 64'
+
+# Options:
+# --adms and --enable-adms will install extra HICUM, EKV and MEXTRAM models via the 
+# adms interface.
+# Please see http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/admshowto.html for more info on adms.
+# CIDER, XSPICE, and OpenMP may be selected at will.
+# --disable-debug will give O2 optimization (versus O0 for debug) and removes all debugging info.
+
+
+if test "$1" = "64"; then
+   if [ ! -d "release64" ]; then
+      mkdir release64
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir release64 failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+   fi   
+else
+   if [ ! -d "release" ]; then
+      mkdir release
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir release failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+   fi
+fi
+
+# If compiling sources from git, you may need to uncomment the following two lines:
+./autogen.sh
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+# Alternatively, if compiling sources from git, and want to add adms created devices,
+# you may need to uncomment the following two lines (and don't forget to add adms option
+# to the ../configure statement):
+#./autogen.sh --adms
+#if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+# In the following ../configure commands you will find an additional entry to the CFLAGS
+# '-fno-omit-frame-pointer'. This entry compensates for a compiler bug of actual mingw gcc 4.6.1. 
+
+echo
+if test "$1" = "64"; then
+   cd release64
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release64 failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+  echo "configuring for 64 bit"
+  echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices 
+  ../configure --with-wingui --disable-debug --enable-relan prefix="C:/Spice64" CFLAGS="-m64 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m64 -s"
+else
+   cd release
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+  echo "configuring for 32 bit"
+  echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices 
+  ../configure --with-wingui --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice" CFLAGS="-m32 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m32 -s"
+fi
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "../configure failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo
+# make clean is required for properly making the code models
+echo "cleaning (see make_clean.log)"
+make clean 2>&1 -j8 | tee make_clean.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make clean failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "compiling (see make.log)"
+make 2>&1 -j8 | tee make.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+# 32 bit: Install to C:\Spice
+# 64 bit: Install to C:\Spice64
+echo "installing (see make_install.log)"
+make install 2>&1 | tee make_install.log 
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make install failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo "success"
+exit 0