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Manuals by FTP (1Jun94)
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 38, 1 June 1994)

A number of user manuals for KPNO instruments, computers, and
telescopes are available for electronic retrieval from the NOAO
anonymous ftp area, within the kpno/manuals subdirectory.  These
manuals are in a compressed PostScript format, as denoted by the .ps.Z
filename extension.  The README file contains a current listing of the
available manuals within this directory as well as instructions on file
retrieval and decompression for printing out on a PostScript
laserwriter.  Asummary of the retrieval procedure follows:

      ftp ftp.noao.edu (or 140.252.1.24)
      login as anonymous
      use your e-mail address as the password
      cd kpno/manuals
      bin(set binary mode)
      get README
      get manual_name.ps.Z
      quit(exit from ftp)

The manuals currently available are:

      4mechspec.ps.Z    Echelle Spectrograph
      ccdlog.ps.Z       Observation logging
      ccdphot.ps.Z      CCD Photometer
      coudespec.ps.Z    Coude Spectrograph
      crsp.5.ps.Z       Cryogenic Spectrograph
      direct.ps.Z       Direct CCD Imager
      hydramanual.ps.Z  Hydra/Bench Spectrograph
      ice.ps.Z          CCD Observing
      mountman.ps.Z     Mountain Computers
      rcspx.ps.Z        R-C Spectrograph
      schmidt.ps.Z      Burrell Schmidt
      0.9manual.ps.Z    0.9-m Telescope
                                                                                Dick Joyce

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