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<LI><A NAME="tex2html44"
HREF="node2.html">List of Figures</A>
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HREF="node4.html">Introduction</A>
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HREF="node5.html">How to use the MIDAS Manual</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html50"
HREF="node8.html">General Concept of MIDAS</A>
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HREF="node11.html">Requirements for Running MIDAS</A>
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HREF="node18.html">Getting Started</A>
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<TT>SHOW/GRAPHIC</TT></A>
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<TT>COPY/GRAPHIC</TT></A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html134"
HREF="node92.html"><TT>PLOT</TT> and <TT>OVERPLOT</TT> commands for plotting data</A>
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HREF="node93.html">Plotting text, symbols, and lines</A>
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HREF="node102.html">Using the Cursors</A>
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HREF="node103.html">Look-Up Tables</A>
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HREF="node104.html">Intensity Transformation Tables</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html171"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html194"
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HREF="node177.html">Tape Input and Output</A>
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HREF="node188.html">Spectral Analysis</A>
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HREF="node189.html">Least Squares Fitting</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html233"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html235"
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HREF="node194.html">Libraries</A>
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HREF="node195.html">AGL</A>
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HREF="node198.html">Site Specific Implementation</A>
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HREF="node201.html">Printer and Plotter Queues</A>
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HREF="node203.html">Film Hardcopy</A>
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HREF="node205.html">Processing of Film Hardcopies</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html248"
HREF="node206.html">Tape I/O</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html251"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html252"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html253"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html254"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html255"
HREF="node213.html">Software Modifications</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html256"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html257"
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<I>Petra Nass</I>
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