Hardware/Software Requirements of LAMPS

Hardware Requirements

Any UNIX-based machine should be able to run the LAMPS programs. So far, it has been successfully run on the following machines:

Software Requirements

The programs are written in FORTRAN 77 and C. You must have a FORTRAN 77 compiler and a UNIX operating system.

The graphics are handled by NCAR Graphics. You need to have this software available to use the graphics programs.

Be aware that each machine might have its own way of handling NCAR graphics. Usually, one needs to enter a `plot' mode, through commands such as plt, ictrans or idt.

User Requirements

Before one attempts to use LAMPS, it is strongly recommended that the user become familiar with the computer operating system (i.e., UNIX), the NCAR graphics library (for plotting any graphs that are made) and an editor (for editing files). This documentation will assume that the user is familiar with these things.

A couple of help files have been included in the package if you are unfamiliar with any of these (look in the docs/help subdirectory of the package).

Last updated: March 21, 2000.

Questions and comments should be directed to Robert Cohen

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