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Hi Sibylle, First, I apologize for not getting acting on your response below last week! re: > I agree to all of the follwing: > > - you are accessing McIDAS from Unidata for use in a university; please > include > the name of your university in your reply (you have already done this) > - McIDAS must be used for academic classroom instruction or academic research > by students related to obtaining a degree > - your installation of McIDAS is not for use by a government agency, > non-academic > research institute, or private concern > - you agree that you will not re-distribute any portion of the software > > I will use McIDAS solely for academic research projects with students who > will obtain a degree from this research work. > My installation of McIDAS is not for use by a government agency, non-academic > research institute or private concern. > I will not re-distribute any portion of the software. Very good. I have added you (address@hidden) to the list of non-'.edu' that is allowed to download Unidata McIDAS. The procedure for the download is simple: - logon to our website - create the 'mcidas' user on your *nix (Unix/Linux) machine - from your 'mcidas account: - go to the Downloads page - go to the McIDAS section of the downloads page - download v2009 Unix Source Code Distribution to the HOME directory of the user 'mcidas' - follow the instructions in the Unidata McIDAS-X Users Guide: Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Software http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software McIDAS http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas Documentation & Training http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/#documentation Users Guide http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/users_guide/toc.html Please don't hesitate to ask questions if the instructions are not clear enough. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NBD-522942 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed