[daip] AIPS on a MacBook Pro

[Eric Greisen]

Michel Fich wrote:
> Hi Eric, I haven't "talked" with you in years.  I see you have moved to 
> Socorro... I haven't been there since 1987!  When I was observing that 
> time I took a lot of pictures.  Someone asked me "After all of the times 
> you've been here, why are you taking all of these pictures this time?" 
> to which I replied "Because I will never be back here again!"  ... and I 
> haven't yet after 20+ years!
> 
> this is probably a trivial question:
> 
> One of my list of things to do this summer is to finish a couple of old 
> VLA projects.  Accordingly I have just installed AIPS (for the first 
> time in perhaps 10 years).  I am now using a MacBook Pro for almost 
> everything...
> 
> I did manage to get AIPS working, although I had to go far down into the 
> FAQ to get a last few details...  I am not sure if I set the memory 
> large enough to handle the 30" Apple Display I use at the office - it 
> wasn't working when I left campus - but I just tried AIPS at home on my 
> 20" and the TV came up fine...  but I don't know how to set up the 
> buttons A, B, C, and D for the TV display.  I vaguely remember something 
> about this from years ago installing this on a RedHat machine, but I 
> can't find where the information might be the webpage.
> 

I suspect this is in the CookBook early on - but A, B, C, D are just the 
keys on your keyboard labeled a, b, c, and d (either case should work). 
  F3, F4 F5, and F6 are also accepted as A, B, C, and D.  F2 does 
full-screen and back, F7 and F8 turn on debugs you do NOT want to see.

Cheers,

Eric Greisen