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Legacy Software

For information on the IT environment of the refurbished JOIDES Resolution, please see iodp.tamu.edu/labs/ship/Tdeck_it.html.

The following software categories are discussed below:

• Software with full support
• Software with limited support
• Software with no support
• Contributed software

Software with Full IODP-USIO Support

Software installed and supported on all Macs, PCs, and Unix Workstations

• Adobe Reader
• Matlab6 R13 (limited licenses)
• Command-line telnet: allows users to log onto the various Unix computers from any other computer
• Command-line ftp: file transfer protocol for transferring files from one platform to another on the local ship network

Software installed and supported on all Macs and PCs

• Internet Explorer: allows Web browsing of the ship's intranet, which includes laboratory documents, the Scientific Prospectus for the current expedition, and access to the Janus database
• Adobe Acrobat 6 Standard (limited licenses): used to edit files in PDF format
• Adobe Reader 6: standard program for reading files in PDF format
• Adobe Illustrator CS: standard program for vector graphics
• Adobe Photoshop CS: standard program for raster graphics
• Groupwise: The e-mail application used for shipboard and shore-based communicationsOld Mac client has VERY limited distributionTesting cross-platform Java client
• Kaleidagraph (version 3.6): for data processing and for generating tables and graphics
• Microsoft Excel (version 2003 for PCs; 2004 for Macs): for data processing and generating tablesWe prefer that final art work used in the publications not be produced in Excel
• Microsoft Powerpoint (version 2003 for PCs; 2004 for Macs): standard presentation software
• Microsoft Word (version 2003 for PCs; 2004 for Macs): standard word processing package

Software installed and supported only on Macs

• AppleCORE: graphics software for generating barrel sheets, which give a graphic description of each core
• Vicomsoft FTP Client
• Stuffit Expander: file expander
• Safari: allows Web browsing of the ship's intranet, which includes laboratory documents, the Scientific Prospectus for the current expedition, and access to the Janus database
• Virex 7: virus protection
• Toast Titanium 6
• Java 1.4.2
• MacDiff
• ZPlot, StereoNet

Software installed and supported only on PCs

• Geotek Image Tools: limited licenses via a hardware dongle
• WinZip: file compression
• Nero: CD burning software
• Composite Log Viewer
• JRE 1.4.2
• McAfee VirusScan 7: virus Protection
• Oracle/ODBC drivers
• LabView: graphic programming package used by many ODP instruments

Software installed and supported only on UNIX Workstations

• Splicer: core correlation software used by the stratigraphic correlator
• SIOSEIS: seismic processing software
• GMT: Generic Mapping Tools, a graphic software package, particularly useful for map making or GIS applications
• Sun StarOffice (version 5.2)
• Netscape: allows Web browsing of the ship's intranet, which includes laboratory documents, the Scientific Prospectus for the current expedition, and access to the Janus database

Software with Limited IODP-USIO Support

The following programs are available on the ship, but there are limited copies (licenses) available

• Fortran and C Compiler: installed on at least one Unix Workstation
• Microsoft Access 2003
• TruVue
• WinFrog

Software with No IODP-USIO Support

On request, the System Manager will assist in the installation of software brought to the expedition by a member of the scientific party. This allows scientists to bring along the software they find most useful for their activities at sea. We do ask that the scientists have a legal license for the software, which will allow us to install it on our equipment temporarily, and that the scientists bring the entire installation kit, including all documentation, optional drivers, etc., so that the installation will be successful.

One caution must be mentioned in this context: Any scientist who brings software that performs a specific task is responsible for the translation of the data into a format which is supported by the IODP database.

Contributed Software

When scientists have a useful routine, perhaps to process instrument data or to correlate results of several measurements, they are encouraged to leave it behind for the use of future participants. The scientist having software to contribute usually coordinates the preparation of a manual for the software and makes sure that it is entered properly into the ship's software library.