TclActor is a set of classes that allow one to write an actor for the 3.5m control system. ... Thus, to the extent that the underlying hardware controllers support it, an actor based on TclActor can execute multiple commands at the same time. ... Commands must be in the following format: [cmdId [msgId]] [verb [arguments]] where: . ... The device code tends to fall into several categories: code to support executing commands, code to handle replies and code to represent the internal state of the device. ...

... Currently a 50MHz 486DX PCBrand personal computer, located on the fourth floor in the warm room in lab number 443C, is used to control the charge coupled devices (CCDs). ... The PC is connected to a monitor and keyboard in the warm room and another pair in the dome itself. ... An intercom system simplifies communication between the dome and the warm room. ... The second intercom in the dome is used for two way communication between the dome and the warm room. ...

... The user database is traditionally contained in the /etc/passwd љ file. Some systems use shadow passwords , and have moved the passwords to /etc/shadow љ . ... However, installing shadow passwords later onto a system that did not support them can be difficult. ... The crack љ program can be used to crack passwords; any password it can find is by definition not a good one. ... The user group database is kept in /etc/group љ ; for systems with shadow passwords, there can be a /etc/shadow.group љ . ...

Fortran 90 properties already in CF77 . ... Only the old form (fix form) of the source code is available. ... LOGICAL Default KIND number = 8 INTEGER Default int7 int15 KIND number = 6 1 2 digits = 46 7 15 radix = 2 2 2 range = 13 2 4 huge = 70368744177663 127 32767 bit_size = 46 8 16 INTEGER int31 int46 int64 KIND number = 4 6 8 digits = 31 46 63 radix = 2 2 2 range = 9 13 18 huge = 2147483647 70368744177663 9223372036854775807 bit_size = 32 46 46 REAL half Default,single double KIND ...

... Up: Adaptive and Active Optics . Previous: NAOS Real-Time Computer for Optimized Closed Loop and On-Line Performance Estimation. ... The Computer Aided Control (CAC) developed for the Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System (NAOS) of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), will provide the astronomer with an extensive support, from the preparation of optimized observations to the automated operation of the instrument at the telescope either for hardware control, real time computing, or even preventive maintenance. ...

A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

. An operating system is the program that controls all the other parts of a computer system - both the hardware and the software. Most importantly, it allows you to make use of the facilities provided by the system. Every computer has an operating system. The UNIX operating system has three important features; a kernel, the shell and a filesystem. The Kernel . The Shell . UNIX file system . More about the UNIX operating system .

... useful to make html . HTML-standarts . Characters for html . ... Research computing center at MSU . ... Fortran . ACME-brand Unix software . Screen Savers (Lunar craters, Sky and others for Windows and for Unix) . Golden Software: Surfer, Grapher, MapViewer and Didger . ... Scientific Research Computational Center in MSU . Fortran Library Mark 18 . NAG library . ... ISM-computers . ... White Wind - computers . R-style computers . ...

A very important stage in a story of formation of any new science is the shift from discussion of situation which are possible but do not occur in practice due to some reason to recognition of real phenomena of interest. ... We suggest to consider computer viruses as this new specific form of life which is coming in the contact with our form of life. ... Computer life has been created by human being, the role of independent evolution of computer viruses seems to be still negligible. ...

This is Zeiss-1000 main server computer zserv.sao.ru . ... In-dome" TV-camera . and Control room . To-BTA" TV-camera . and it's last images . Outdoor TV-camera . and it's control . ... All-Sky Sky140 TV-cameras . All-Sky archive . Sky140 archive . ... control interfaces . for Sky 140 o . for AllSky 180 o . Zeiss 20sm guiding telescope . TV-camera . ... draft interface for Zeiss guide . Last demo image observed . ...

... fork() . ... A process is basically a single running program. ... System is prototyped in <stdlib.h> . ... Each command and sorresponding arguments are put in a args array */ /* execvp is called to execute these commands in child process */ /* spawned by fork () */ /* cc -o fork fork .c */ #include stdio.h #include sys/types.h #include unistd.h main() { char buf [1024]; char * args [64]; for (;;) { /* * Prompt for and read a command. */ printf( Command: ); if (gets( ...