Updates and Bug Reports
The latest version of Image
is always available from the NIH Image Web site (http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/) or by anonymous FTP from zippy.nimh.nih.gov. A reasonably current version, including complete documentation, Pascal source code and example images, is available from one the following sources:
- From a friend. The Image
program, including source code and documentation, is public domain and may be freely
distributed and modified. If you modify it, however,
please update the "About NIH Image" dialog box before distributing your version of the program.
- The latest version is always available by anonymous FTP from zippy.nimh.nih.gov. Enter "anonymous" as the user name and
your e-mail address as the password. The /pub/nih-image directory contains executable versions of Image for both 68000 Macs and Power Macs, documentation in Word format, and complete Pascal source code. There is a plain text README file
(0README.txt)
describing the files, subdirectories
and file formats.
- America On-line. To find the latest version of Image,
go to the Software Center of the Computer forum and use the Search Libraries command
to search all forums for "NIH Image".
- Subscribe to the NIH Image
mailing list by sending a message containing the line "subscribe nih-image <your
name>" to listproc@soils.umn.edu. Next obtain a list of the available NIH Image
archive files by sending an "index nih-image" command to listproc@soils.umn.edu.
These files can then be retrieved by means of a "get nih-image filename" command.
The files are Binhexed and broken into chunks less than 32K in size. The NIH mailing
is maintained by the Soil Science Department at the University of Minnesota.
- Image is on the $35 Apprentice CD-ROM from Celestin Company, Inc. This CD is a collection of source code and utilities for Mac programmers. To order, phone 360-385-3767, fax 360-385-3586, or send email to celestin@celestin.com.
- NTIS (National Technical Information Service), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield,
VA 22161, phone: 703-487-4650, fax: 703-321-8547, order number PB95-500195GEI ($100
check, VISA, or Mastercard). Note that the zippy.nimh.nih.gov FTP site is likely
to have a newer version of Image
than NTIS.
Bug reports and suggestions are welcome, as are corrections or additions to this manual.
Before reporting a bug, please make sure you are using the latest version of Image.
Also try disabling extensions by holding down the shift key while restarting the
computer, try deleting the file "Image Prefs" from both the System folder and Preferences
folder, try switching the monitor to 256 colors, and try to reproduce the problem
on more than one Mac. Send bug reports to Wayne Rasband (wayne@helix.nih.gov), the
author of Image.
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