> > > XRT - Doesn't even have a SUN. Part of Asterrix? Does ship with Starlink
> > > license though.
There was a Starlink manual written by Vito and Clive I think. I
certainly recall proof reading one last summer. I think it was a Guide
or Cookbook rather than a SUN.
> > XRT was extracted from Asterix. It comprised the Asterix functionality
> > that wasn't available elsewhere, specifically the routines to access
> > some flavours of ROSAT data.
> >
> > It is a while ago, but my memory is that there were serious problems
> > with XRT, ie. lots of it simply didn't work. However, it might
> > subsequently have been fixed (or my memory might simply be playing up).
Vito did eventually get some of it going, but my recollection is that
there were still a few outstanding problems. The coding was arcane to
say the least with dynamic code writing...
> ASTERIX (the non-starlink and starlink versions) and XRT. I also had to
> make some fixes to the non-starlink ASTERIX (and to XRT) to make things
> work well enough to get the job done. I doubt any of this was rolled back
> into XRT. I also doubt I've still got these fixes (although they may be
> hanging around somewhere)...
Had XRT been in CVS those fixes would not have been lost.
I can prod Vito when he's next in on the status of XRT and the
documentation.
Malcolm
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