Mark IV operation under linux

[Thomas Droege <tdroege2@earthlink.net>]

This is mostly to Rob Creager, but the rest of you might want to comment.

As I bring up TOM4 and TOM5 I want to start at least one of them under
linux.

What is the state of the linux software for the Mark IVs?

1) Every thing I might possibly want to do has been programmed and I just
have to load it an run under linux.

2) If 1) is not true, then what modules are available to me to use with
calls from perl?

a) A module that reads the memory board and writes out a fits file.  This
program read a parameter file to get all the fits items.

b) A module that does an arbitrary operation with the present stamp code. 

Possibly now is the time for all of us to get together and produce a good
Mark IV code package.  This might encourage operation of more of the Mark
IVs???

Tom Droege


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