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I am forwarding the following request from Australia.  Please reply to
him directly.  We will soon forward him voluminous documnentation on our
IRAF system.
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From seismo!munnari!murdu.oz!bvd Thu Jul 18 22:18:45 1985
Date: 18 Jul 85 13:50:54 +1000 (Thu)

To Steve Grandi or Richard Wolff
	I am writing to find out what, if any, astronomical data gathering
or data analysis packages exist under unix (especially public domain or
cheap). 
	I am a member of a physics department that would probably be called 
an astronomy department in the US, since our research is mainly in experimental 
infrared (using the AAT in Australia and IRT in Hawaii) and X and gamma ray
astronomy. We are currently investigating the purchase of a departmental
computer, and the question has arisen as to whether there is anything
comparable to the VMS Starlink system which runs on unix systems. Our contacts
about that system are all VMS oriented, and are not able to tell us anything
about portability to unix or other unix software.
	Unfortunately, we don't get (nor can post to) net.astro or 
net.astro.expert anywhere in Australia, given the costs of transpacific phone
calls. I suspect I could have answered many of the questions I have
by reading these groups or posting questions to subscribers.
	If possible, could you pass on these enquiries to others among the
unix astronomical community.
	Thanks in Advance.

-- 
Steve Grandi, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, 602-325-9228
{arizona,decvax,hao,ihnp4,seismo}!noao!grandi  noao!grandi@lbl-csam.ARPA