Other Relevant Documents

There are several other documents relevant to the MIDAS system. General descriptions of the system can be found in the following references:

• Banse, K., Crane, P. Ounnas, C., Ponz, D., 1983 : `MIDAS' in Proc. of DECUS, Zurich, p.87
• Grosbøl, P., Ponz, D. , 1985 : `The MIDAS Table File System', Mem.S.A.It. 56, p.429
• Banse, K., Grosbøl, P., Ponz, D., Ounnas, C., Warmels, R., `The MIDAS Image Processing System in Instrumentation for Ground Based Astronomy: Present and Future, L.B. Robinson, ed., New York: Springer Verlag, p.431.
• Grosbøl P., Banse, K., Guirao, C, Ponz, J.D., Warmels, R.H.: 1988, `MIDAS Benchmarks of Workstations' in ESO Messenger, ESO, Garching, 54 , 59
• Grosbøl, P.J., Ponz, J.D.: 1990, `The MIDAS System' in Acquisition, Processing and Archiving of Astronomical Images,, G. Longo and G. Sedmak (eds.), OAC and FORMEZ, 1990, p.109
• Warmels, R.H.: 1991, `The ESO-MIDAS System', in Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems I , PASP Conf. Series, Vol. 25, p. 115.

For general bibliographic reference to the MIDAS system (VAX/VMS version), the first reference in the above list should be used.

Detailed technical information of software interfaces and designs used in MIDAS is given in the following documentation:

• MIDAS Environment Document
• MIDAS IDI-routines
• AGL Reference Manual

Users who want to write their own application programs for MIDAS should read the MIDAS Environment document which gives the relevant information and examples.

For users who have to work with both the IHAP and MIDAS systems a cross-reference document has been made for the most commonly used commands:

• MIDAS-IHAP/IHAP-MIDAS Cross-Reference

All documents, either in postscript or in ascii format, are available via the MIDAS anonymous ftp acccount.

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