Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!dftsrv!nssdcs!grobbins From: grobbins@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov (Grobbins (IDM)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: need NCSA Image or equivalent for IIfx Summary: more info on NCSA software Message-ID: <2659@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 29 Jun 90 18:37:31 GMT References: <2575@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: grobbins@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NSSDC Greenbelt Md. Lines: 88 In article <2652@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> neural@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov writes: >The current version of NCSA Image is 2.1.3. It works on all Mac IIs. >It is available by anonymous ftp from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu (128.174.20.50) Here's more information, for you software junkies... (In response to a letter to NCSA asking about Image...) Grobbins. grobbins@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov ___ From jfile@ncsa.uiuc.edu Tue Jun 26 11:08:16 1990 Subject: Re: need NCSA Image or equivalent for IIfx I am Jennie File, technical support for NCSA's software tools. Please feel free to contact me with any questions and/or comments you might have about our software. 2.0 is an old version of NCSA Image. Version 2.1.3 does work on a Mac IIfx. I am sending information of how to obtain our software. Keep an eye out for NCSA Image v3.0 due out this fall. It will include the image processing functions of NCSA ImageIP and new 3-D imaging capabilities. Jennie File Technical Support jfile@ncsa.uiuc.edu NCSA Software Tools Group How to obtain a copy of NCSA SDG software: 1) From a friend The documentation, program and source code are in the public domain. Copy, modify, distribute and be happy. 2) Anonymous FTP from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu (128.174.20.50) You may want to ftp the README file(s) to determine which files to transfer to your home machine. a. Log on to a host at your site that is connected to the Internet and is running software supporting the FTP command. b. Invoke FTP on most systems by entering the Internet address of the server: ftp ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu or ftp 128.174.20.50 c. Log in by entering anonymous for the name d. Enter your local login name for the password. e. Enter get README.FIRST to transfer the instructions (ASCII) to your locat host. f. Enter quit to exit FTP and return to your local host. g. Review the README.FIRST file for complete instructions concerning the organization of the FTP directories and the procedure you should follow to download the README files specific to the application you want. 3) Diskette or Tape On-disk copies and printed manuals are available for a small fee which covers materials, handling and postage. The anonymous FTP tape covers the contents of all disks. Orders can only be accepted if accompanied by a check in U.S. dollars made out to the University of Illinois. You can get an order form by contacting: NCSA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Attention: Documentation Orders 152 Computing Applications Building 605 E. Springfield Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 4) Archive server Electronic mail a request to archive-server@ncsa.uiuc.edu. Include in the subject or message a line with "help" and a line with "index". This is a controlled-access server which will email the distribution to you one segment at a time. It is slow, but will gateway to BITNET and overseas.