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- Subject: [sci.astro.fits] FITSIO V3.3 is available
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- Date: 5 Nov 1992 12:39:42 GMT
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- FITSIO - Version 3.3
- 29 October 1992
-
- This is to announce that Version 3.3 of the FITSIO package is now
- available from the HEASARC. FITSIO is a powerful yet simple to use
- Fortran subroutine interface for reading and writing files in FITS
- format.
-
- This 3.3 version of FITSIO is completely compatible with the previous
- version and contains the following new features:
-
- - Added a major new port to run FITSIO within the IRAF environment. A set
- of SPP-callable interface routines is also provided.
-
- - Added a new port to run on Macintosh computers with Absoft's MacFortran II.
-
- - The maximumn allowed number of open FITS files has been doubled
- from the previous 6 files to 12 files.
-
- - Added further checks to permit only printable ASCII characters to be
- written to a FITS header.
-
- - Made 7 other small enhancements and fixed 5 minor bugs.
-
- For further details on these new features, see the 'release.doc' file
- in the FITSIO distribution directory.
-
- Programmers interested in using the new IRAF/SPP version of FITSIO should
- note that the HEASARC plans the first release of its FTOOLS software
- utility package next week. This will contain a complete example of how
- to build and use the FITSIO library within IRAF.
-
- The FITSIO software, documentation, and example programs are available via
- anonymous ftp from:
-
- ftp tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (128.183.8.77)
-
- Then type the following:
-
- ftp> user anonymous
- Password: [type your username as a password]
- ftp> cd pub/fitsio3 [to move to the version 3 subdirectory]
- ftp> ls [to see a list of the available files]
- ftp> get read.me [contains latest information about FITSIO]
- ftp> get fitsio.doc [complete user documentation]
- ftp> get fitsio.ps [Postscript version of the documentation]
- ftp> get ... [get any additional desired files]
- ftp> quit
-
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- Dr. William Pence
- USRA/HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center)
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center SPAN: LHEAVX::PENCE
- Greenbelt, MD 20771 Internet: pence@tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Telephone: (301)286-4599
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