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In article <1992Aug11.113634.1@evax0.eng.fsu.edu> falcon@evax0.eng.fsu.edu writes:
>From: falcon@evax0.eng.fsu.edu
>Subject: WANTED: Info on: SEMPER (a graphics and image processing package)
>Date: 19 Aug 92 07:19:47 GMT
>Hi 
>I would really appreciate it if somebody on the net would tell me 
>anything about a graphics and image processing program called SEMPER.
>The information I am after are things like
>(a) Manufacturer of this program
>(b) Address of the manufacturer if possible.
>(c) Cost of the package.
>(d) Machines on which this program can be run
>Thanks in advance
>----shankar
>email to shankar@evax0.eng.fsu.edu

As a very satisfied user for many years here is the info
a) Synoptics Ltd
271 Cambridge Science Park
Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 4WE
tel UK (44) (0)223 420023
fax                420020

in USA
Synoptics Ltd
400 Amherst Street
Nashua
New Hampshire
03063
USA
tel (603) 881-7035
fax           7078

c)
The cost varies depending on the host machine (i.e. number of simultaneous 
users)

d) It is available on stand alone PC using VGA card
better is a PC with hardware framestore
better still PC with i860 processor (fastest thing I ever saw - beats a sun 
hands down)
Also Silicon Graphics family, Sun workstations, HP, IBM, etc, etc.
They are a very professional outfit and generally there is an annual release 
with new options. Current version is Semper 6.3 (6.4 is in beta).

We use it for general image processing - FFT's and acquire spectroscopic 
data in a Semper data format for dsiplay and manipulation.

Semper is also extendable - which means you can write your own routines and 
re-link them into the main code - there is very good documentation to 
support this.

Give 'em a call 

Neil