A complete set of CAD tools for teaching Digital CMOsVLsI Design in Universities. It includes a VHDL compiler and simulator, logic synthesis tools, and automatic place and route tools. ALLIANCE is the result of a ten years effort at University Pierre et Marie Curie (PARIs VI, France). It runs on sun-4, not well supported: MIPs/Ultrix, 386/systemV. Current version: 1.1, as of 1993-02-16. (1993-02-16)