george@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (George Travan) (05/06/91)
Could someone give me a brief resume on what CERN's PAW package is, and does? I saw a reference to it recently in the context of APE from OSU and I'd like some elaboration. Anyone? /Geo George Travan University of Adelaide Box 498 G.P.O AUSTRALIA. e_mail: george@frodo.ua.oz.au
ted@aps1.spa.umn.edu (Ted Stockwell) (05/06/91)
The following information was posted to sci.astro in September. > From chuck@mitlns.mit.edu Fri Sep 21 15:45:50 1990 > From: chuck@mitlns.mit.edu > Newsgroups: sci.astro > Subject: Re: Image displays: Mainframe->Amiga: PAWSDisp > Date: 21 Sep 90 19:36:40 GMT > Organization: M.I.T. Lab for Nuclear Science > Status: OR > [stuff deleted] > > Just curious, did you know about PAW (Physics Analysis Workstation) produced > by CERN ( where they found the W and Z particles) when you choose that name? > > The project was stated early in 1986 and first released in 1988. So it > is now quite mature and proven product. > > PAW is not for image analysis, rather it is for data analysis, plots > curve fitting, cuts.... > > This is what you get: > > KUIP - Kit for user interface, macros, command recording, command > parsing, command help, command aliases, and abreviation. > Your choice of command line or mouse based interface. > > HBOOK - Complete histogramming and fitting package (fitting based > on the MINUIT package) > > COMIS - Complete, yes COMPLETE fortran 77 interpreter, means that > if you want to fit a user defined function you don't > have to compile and link > > SIGMA - Vector manipulation package, poor mans (very poor) APL. > Handy for summing histograms, or taking square roots > to calculate errorbars > > HIGZ/HPLOT - Device independent plotting/drawing package needs an > underlying graphics package like X windows or GKS. > automatic scaling, log axis, errorbars, manhatten plots, > shading, pie charts... > > > Supported on many machines, to name the major ones: > > VAX/VMS > VAX/ULTIRX > SUN > APOLLO > CRAY > IBM (mainframe) > IBM R6000 > > > > PAW is available free to academic instituions of member nations of CERN. > This is most western european countries and a few others but NOT the U.S. > It is also available to any University doing work at CERN, this is most > Universties in the U.S. that have high-energy physics programs. It is > available for a fee otherwise, but you'll have to ask them about that. > > >From the inside cover of the PAW manual. > > > BEGIN quote > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Copyright Notice > > PAW - Physics Analysis Workstation > > CERN Program Library entry Q121 > > Copyright CERN, Geneva 1989 > > Copyright and any other appropiate legal protection of of these computer > programs and associated documentation reserved in all countries of the world. > > These programs or documentation may not be reproduced by any method without > prior written consent of the Director-General of CERN or his delegate. > > Permission for the usage of any programs described herein is granted apriori to > those scientifiec institutes associated with the CERN experimental program or > with whom CERN has concluded a scientific collboration agreement. > > Requests for information should be addressed to: > > > CERN Program Library Office > CERN-DD division > CH-1211 Geneva 23 > Switzerland > Tel. +41 22 767 4951 > Fax. +41 22 767 7155 > Bitnet: CERNLIB@CERNVM > DECnet: VXCERN::CERNLIB (node 22.190) > Internet: CERNLIB.CERN.CH > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > end quote > > > Be prepared, the CERN libraries are quite large, comparable in size to > GNU or Xwindows. 99% of the code is in Fortran 77, a bit in assembler > and C. -- Ted Stockwell U of MN, Dept. of Astronomy ted@aps1.spa.umn.edu Automated Plate Scanner Project