This directory contains the FFEXTRACT and PVROT executables if you are 
   running a PC.

    FFEXTRACT -
       a command-line utility that gives the user the ability to convert
       UCLA/IGPP Flatfiles from the native SUN binary format (MSB/IEEE)
       to other formats
    PVROT -
       a program written by PDS which will read the Pioneer Venus
       Orbiter PVO) high resolution magnetometer data from the Magnetometer /
       Electric Field Detector / Ephemeris data CDROMs (PV01_00xx) and rotates
       the data from spacecraft into Venus Solar Orbital (VSO) coordinates

Please refer to the files FFEXTRAC.TXT and/or PVROT.TXT
for an explanation on the software usage.

   NOTE: Source code is available by request by contacting the PPI pds_operator

This directory also contains software for use with some or all of the data
contained on this CD-ROM. These software are for use on IBM/Windows95 or
IBM/WindowsNT platforms and are designed to be usable 'in place' (on this
CD-ROM). No object or source code are provided.

  key files:

    INFO.TXT     - (this file) describes directory contents
    LBLTOOL.EXE  - Labeltool executable
    NASAVIEW.EXE - NASAView executable
    NASAVIEW.TXT - NASAView AAREADME and licensing information
    PDSEXP.EXE   - PDS Explorer executable
    PDSEXP.HLP   - PDS Explorer on-line help file
    SPLASH.EXE   - Splash executable
    SPLASH.HLP   - Splash on-line help file
    SPLASH.TXT   - 'Using Splash,' an introduction to Splash
    TEXTVIEW.EXE - text viewer for use with PDS Explorer
    *.DLL        - dynamically-linked library files required by various of
                   executables

Software description:

  LBLTOOL    a label (.LBL) and catalog (.CAT) file viewer for use on
             IBM/Windows95 and IBM/WindowsNT platforms. This software was
             developed at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
             at UCLA.

  NASAVIEW   a display tool which may be used with this volume to view PDS
             labeled tables, or time series as ASCII tables. This software
             may also be used with PDS qube or image data (neither of which
             are included on this volume). This software was developed at
             the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an operating division of the
             California Institute of Technology and is available for use by
             the public without need of a license. To obtain information on
             new releases of this software please contact the PDS Central
             Node at JPL.

  PDSEXP     PDS Explorer (for use on IBM/Windows95 and IBM/WindowsNT
             platforms). May be used to navigate through this CD-ROM with a
             point and click interface. This program should run
             automatically upon inserting the CD-ROM into a Windows95
             machine. This software was developed at the Institute of
             Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA.

  SPLASH     plots PDS Version 3.2 labeled data files (for use on
             IBM/Windows95 and IBM/WindowsNT platforms). For information on
             using this software, please refer to 'Using Splash,' found on
             this directory (SPLASH.TXT) as well as at
             /DOCUMENT/SOFTDOCS/SPLASH.ASC. SPLASH was developed at the
             Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA.

  TEXTVIEW   a text viewer (for use on IBM/Windows95 and IBM/WindowsNT
             platforms) used by PDSEXP to view text files when no other
             viewer is available. This software was developed at the
             Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA.

In addition to the software contained on this CD-ROM, the following sources
have software designed to work with some of the data contained on this
CD-ROM:

The PDS has produced a number of general purpose software tools designed for
use with PDS labeled files. This software is distributed by the PDS Central
Node. For more information, or to obtain this software, contact the PDS Home
Page website (http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov), and select the 'PDS Data and
Services' link.

The NAIF Toolkit, designed for use with the SPICE kernels, is available
through the PDS Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) Node.
For additional information on the Toolkit or how to obtain it please contact
Chuck Acton (INTERNET: cacton@spice.jpl.nasa.gov, DECNET: NAIF::CACTON,
PHONE: (818) 354-3869) or check the PDS website's link to the NAIF node for
current NAIF contact information.

Finally, the PDS/PPI node is aware of software, either under development or
already available, which may be used with some or all of the data found on
this volume. This includes software for performing coordinate
transformations between various Jovian coordinate systems as well as
generating additional ephemeris in these systems. For information about this
software or help with any of the other software found on this CD-ROM, please
contact the PDS Operator at the PDS/PPI node (INTERNET:
pds_operator@igpp.ucla.edu, PHONE: (310) 206-6073).

          U.S. Mail
               PDS Operator
               c/o Dr. Raymond Walker
               3845 Slichter Hall
               UCLA - IGPP
               Los Angeles, CA 90024-1567