Miriad

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There is of course an official Miriad web page though we also maintain more timely notes in this Wiki tree:

Contents 1 Installing Miriad 2 Mailing lists 3 Developer Miscellany 4 Various MIRIAD links

Installing Miriad

• Look at these Requirements to see if your computer is suitable for Miriad, then pick a method to install:
  • miriad binary releases for those who are lucky to have the right architecture
  • installation from source for those who are more adventures or less lucky with their architecture
• sanity tests you should run after miriad has been installed
• helpful non-miriad tools you can optionally install
• installation problems

Mailing lists

• miriad-users (majordomo) mailing list for users
• miriad-dev mailing list for developers

Developer Miscellany

• Miriad Future a list of things we like to change/add to Miriad
• CARMA bugzilla, which also contains miriad (you will need to create an account).This is where you should file bugs. The is a list of known MIRIAD issues.
• Miriad Benchmarks might help you decide what to buy

Various MIRIAD links

• CARMA, SMA and ATNF
• Tony Wong's weblog (link seems to be dead now)
• Miriad Party - pre-summerschool (feb 2007 at OVRO)
• 2007 CARMA Summer School (July 8-18)
• CARMA Cookbook
• carma data reduction links contain some user contributed recipes