MIDASPLUS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

MidasPlus仍然是由分发的主要软件包 计算机图形实验室。1997年年末，MidasPlus 2.1是 释放了。万维网(WWW)文档再次被 扩展到包括发行说明、常见问题和错误 修复和解决方法。一如既往，我们将继续提供帮助。 通过电话和电子方式发送给MidasPlus许可方。 为MidasPlus 2.1开发的半自动测试脚本 确定了平台之间的一些不一致之处(数字 Unix、Silicon Graphics IRIX、NextStep、IBM AIX和Linux)。时间 解决这些不一致所需的时间比预期的要长 并导致更可靠版本的发布相对较晚 MidasPlus的。虽然MidasPlus没有得到官方支持， MidasPlus许可证持有人可以通过电话或向 Midas-Bugs电子邮件列表。一般来说，这些问题可能是 无需修改软件即可解决；但偶尔会有新的 程序的版本可以通过ftp获得，以修复具有 没有容易的变通办法。一个原型分子建模协作室 (用于远程协作的软件)是使用 MidasPlus代表。样机在Netamorphsis上进行了演示 3月初在华盛顿特区。Netamorphsis被宣传为``a 展示先进的网络技术和应用 在克林顿政府的下一次联邦计算的支持下， 信息、通信(CIC)研发计划 ``[i]n与1号高速公路和高性能计算的合作 和通信联盟，来自白宫的代表， 七个联邦机构、学术界和工业界展示了 国会如何进一步发展互联网技术将导致 医疗保健、环境、制造、国防、 和教育。原型合作实验室也在我们的 3月中旬举行的咨询委员会会议。

MidasPlus continues to be the main software package distributed by the Computer Graphics Laboratory. In late 1997 MidasPlus 2.1 was released. The World Wide Web (WWW) documentation has again been expanded to include release notes, frequently asked questions, and bug fixes and workarounds. As always, we continue to provide assistance to MidasPlus licensees, both over the telephone and electronically. The semi-automated testing scripts developed for MidasPlus 2.1 identified a number of inconsistencies among the platforms (Digital Unix, Silicon Graphics IRIX, NEXTSTEP, IBM AIX and Linux). The time required to resolving these inconsistencies was longer than expected and resulted in the relatively late release of a more reliable version of MidasPlus. Although MidasPlus is not officially supported, MidasPlus licensees can report problems either via telephone or to the midas-bugs electronic mailing list. Generally these problems may be solved without modification of software; occasionally, however, new versions of programs are made available via ftp to fix bugs that have no easy workarounds. A prototype molecular modeling collaboratory (software for collaboration at a distance) was developed using MidasPlus delegates. The prototype was demonstrated at Netamorphosis in Washington, D.C. in early March. Netamorphosis was billed as ``a demonstration of advanced networking technologies and applications enhanced by the Clinton Administration's Next Federal Computing, Information, and Communications (CIC) R&D programs,'' and ``[i]n cooperation with Highway 1 and the High Performance Computing and Communications Consortium, representatives from the White House, seven Federal agencies, academia, and industry showed members of Congress how further development of Internet technologies will lead to advancements in health care, the environment, manufacturing, defense, and education.'' The prototype collaboratory was also shown at our advisory committee meeting in mid-March.