RE: Mark IV Control Quesion

["Albertson, Chris" <CAlbertson@primeadvantage.com>]

I have a Mk IV (sans mechanical parts and CCD) at home.

There are two ways I know of the run Tom's software under
Linux.  The dos emulator can be made to work.  This is OK.
Also you can use VMWare.  VMWare can run DOS under Linux
and also Windows/95/98/me/nt/2k under Linux too.  VMWare
is a bit more robust than dosemu but harder to set up and
it not free except for the 30 day eval period.

With any of the above DOS and Linux can share the same file
system so they both "see" the data at the same time.

If you have a "real" Win 98 system (not running under Linux)
you can move data by using one box as a "file server".  Either
mount a Winows "share" onto the Linux box (see man smbmount)
or use Samba to export a disk from Linux to the Windows system.
If all else fails you can use FTP to move the files.  

All that said, dosemu was the quickest to get going.  Actually
I used "xdos" so I could export the display.  My control
computer which ran Tom's QBASIC is in the attic and I wanted
the display downstairs.  So I just send the X11 display to my
downstairs computer.  I suspect this is the best way to go
for you too.

One more way to move data that I've not tried:  Tom uses CFITSIO
now.  Try naming the file with a full URL like 
ftp://MYSERVER/data/xxx.fits This may work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Droege [mailto:tdroege@veriomail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 2:10 PM
> To: Glenn Gombert; tass@listserv.wwa.com
> Subject: Re: Mark IV Control Quesion
> 
> 
> I run it under Win 95 most often though it will run under Win 
> 98.  I always 
> run it in a DOS window under Windows.  I remember that I did 
> get it to run 
> in the DOS window under Linux.  It is easy to try.  If you 
> have any of the 
> disks I have sent out, there is always a copy of QBX and the 
> then current 
> basic program.
> 
> Load QBX and whatever you find .bas.   Then say:
> 
> qbx foo.bas
> 
> It should load and you should see the code on the screen.  Then
> 
> Alt Enter
> 
> It should say
> 
> "Enter 1 to skip ADC Reading?"
> 
> Hit:
> 
> Return
> 
> It should print out a number:
> 
> Iterations per second = Some big number
> 
> and then in the lower right hand corner of the screen print:
> 
> Sent 681?2005  - with possibly different numbers for the leading and 
> trailing digits.  It should then hang unless you have a 
> serial port and a 
> stamp card.
> 
> If you get this far, then I would suspect that the program 
> will run under 
> your set up.
> 
> Tom
> 
> At 02:54 PM 4/26/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Tom & Chris,
> >
> >Is you QBasic control program (or some version of it running 
> under Linux) 
> >or is it currently just runing under a WinXX platform version ??
> >
> >What OS is Arne currently running his sytem with and how (in 
> general does 
> >he currently get the data into his Linux box for data reduction)...
> >
> >Glenn G.
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