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COMMERCIAL: Linux for Astronomy cdrom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Fri Jan 26 22:04:58 1996
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 22:54:51 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: rfactory@earthlink.net (Dave Mills)
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linux for Astronomy cdrom
Organization: The Random Factory
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Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
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ANNOUNCEMENT - Linux for Astronomy CDROM
'The Random Factory' is pleased to announce the production of
a CDROM packed with Astronomical software built for use with the
'free' operating system - LINUX. (a U**X clone for i386/486/586
processors).
Finally, it is possible to run the same packages you previously
could use only on expensive workstations. Linux is a full workstation
environment (X-windows, networking, NFS, etc). Thanks to recent
hardware advances, it is even possible to use a laptop computer.
The `Linux for Astronomy' packages cover data processing fuctions
useful in all areas of Astronomy, from pre-processing and enhancing
CCD images, to analysing spectra, and photometric data.
CDROM DETAILS
Price (single issue) $35.00
Subscription (2 issues per year) $55.00
The CDROM is formatted using the industry standard ISO9660
format (with RockRidge extensions). The first release contains a
full 650Mb, so future releases may have to be 2-disk sets.
PACKAGES
The following packages are included on the CDROM
AIPS (radio astronomy and image processing)
ASSIST (gui for IRAF and other packages)
glish (distributed processing)
IRAF V2.10.4 + contributed packages (general purpose)
ared
egodata
finder
fitsik
mem0c
psikern
rvsao
tables
stsdas
KARMA (image processing)
NEMO (stellar dynamics)
MIDAS (general purpose)
PGPERL (graphics)
SAOIMAGE (image display)
SAOtng (imaging/graphics)
StarBase (astronomy database)
All packages are the most recent versions available. Subscribers
receive two issues per year to keep their collections up-to-date.
The collection has been assembled with the assistance
of the worldwide astronomical software community. Many of the
packages may be run directly from the CD, or may be copied
to a local disk for increased efficiency. The product also contains
software developed by the University of California Berkeley and its
contributors.
Many packages contain general purpose image processing capabilities
which can be used in other subject areas (e.g. medical image
analysis).
DOCUMENTATION
The CDROM includes an integrated set of documentation
in HTML format, and many packages also includes .ps
format documents. The documentation is searchable using
included WAIS tools, and facilities are provided to setup a server to
provide WWW based searching of the database on your local
network.
A searchable database cataloguing over 6000 Astronomy related
World-Wide-Web resources is also included.
Source code is included where permitted by the package license
holders.
NEW TO LINUX ?
In case you have not yet experienced the advantages of LINUX,
the disk also includes a Linux 'test drive' which can be
installed and run directly from MSDOS.
For serious use, we recommend you obtain one of the many
cdrom based distributions and dedicate a disk partition to Linux.
AVAILABILITY
The single issue cost is $35 (+s&h), and the
CDROM is also available on a subscription basis,
which is updated twice per year to track new releases
of the main packages ($55 per year + s&h).
HOW TO ORDER
An compressed .ps order form may be downloaded from
http://home.earthlink.net/~rfactory/lfa/orderfrm.ps.gz
or you can print and complete the ascii form appended to this message.
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION
A full listing of the disk contents and an on-line order form
are available on the World-Wide-Web at the URL.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rfactory/lfa.html
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Linux for Astronomy CD-ROM ORDER FORM
Tel:
+1-520-327-1687
The Random Factory, Fax:
+1-520-327-3381
2217 E. Copper St, email:
rfactory@earthlink.net
Tucson AZ 85719 USA
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Item Price Qty
Total
Linux for Astronomy CD-ROM (Nov 1995).....
$35.00 x =
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Linux for Astronomy CD-ROM subscription (2 releases)...
$55.00 x =
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Subtotal:
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(NOTE: Arizona residents please add 5.5% Sales Tax).....
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Shipping:
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USPS Mail US/Can/Mex $ 8.00
Int'l Airmail (overseas) $12.00
Total:
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All orders require pre-payment.
International payments by check *must* be drawn on a U.S. Bank
Electronic payment can be made via First Virtual..
See http://www.fv.com for information on setting up an account.
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