diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 9263b8148..537debca9 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -4634,10 +4634,13 @@ static void inp_compat(struct card *card)
                y1, x2, y2, x2+(x2-x0)/2, y2)
             */
             if ((str_ptr = strstr(curr_line, "table")) != NULL) {
-                char *expression, *firstno, *ffirstno, *secondno, *midline,
+/*                char *expression, *firstno, *ffirstno, *secondno, *midline,
                         *lastno, *lastlastno;
                 double fnumber, lnumber, delta;
-                int nerror;
+                int nerror; */
+                char *expression, *firstno, *secondno;
+//                char *m_ptr, *m_token;
+                char xar[1024], yar[1024];
                 cut_line = curr_line;
                 /* title and nodes */
                 title_tok = gettok(&cut_line);
@@ -4678,6 +4681,57 @@ static void inp_compat(struct card *card)
                         *str_ptr = ' ';
                     if ((str_ptr = strchr(cut_line, '}')) != NULL)
                         *str_ptr = ' ';
+#define newcode
+#ifdef newcode
+                    /* E51 50 51 E51_int1 0 1
+                       BE51 e51_int2 0 v = V(40,41)
+                       ae51 %v(e51_int2) %v(e51_int1) xfer_e51
+                       .model xfer_e51 pwl(x_array=[-10 0 1m 2m 3m]
+                       + y_array=[-1n 0 1m 1 100]
+                       + input_domain=0.1 fraction=TRUE)
+                     */
+                    ckt_array[1] = tprintf("b%s %s_int2 0 v = %s", title_tok,
+                            title_tok, expression);
+                    ckt_array[2] = tprintf(
+                            "a%s %%v(%s_int2) %%v(%s_int1) xfer_%s",
+                            title_tok, title_tok, title_tok, title_tok);
+                    /* (x0, y0) (x1, y1) (x2, y2) to x0 x1 x2, y0 y1 y2 */
+                    xar[0] = '\0';
+                    yar[0] = '\0';
+                    while (*cut_line != '\0') {
+                        firstno = gettok_node(&cut_line);
+                        secondno = gettok_node(&cut_line);
+                        if ((!firstno && secondno) ||
+                                (firstno && !secondno)) {
+                            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Missing token in %s\n",
+                                    curr_line);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        else if (!firstno && !secondno)
+                            continue;
+                        strcat(xar, firstno);
+                        strcat(xar, " ");
+                        strcat(yar, secondno);
+                        strcat(yar, " ");
+                        tfree(firstno);
+                        tfree(secondno);
+                    }
+                    ckt_array[3] = tprintf(
+                            ".model xfer_%s pwl(x_array=[%s] y_array=[%s] "
+                            "input_domain=0.1 fraction=TRUE)",
+                            title_tok, xar, yar);
+                    // comment out current variable e line
+                    *(card->line) = '*';
+                    // insert new lines immediately after current line
+                    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+                        card = insert_new_line(card, ckt_array[i], 0, 0);
+
+                    tfree(expression);
+                    tfree(title_tok);
+                    tfree(node1);
+                    tfree(node2);
+                }
+#else
                     /* get first two numbers to establish extrapolation */
                     str_ptr = cut_line;
                     ffirstno = gettok_node(&cut_line);
@@ -4741,7 +4795,9 @@ static void inp_compat(struct card *card)
                 tfree(title_tok);
                 tfree(node1);
                 tfree(node2);
-            }
+#endif            
+             }
+
             /* Exxx n1 n2 VOL = {equation}
                -->
                Exxx n1 n2 int1 0 1