Distribution

The FTOOLS software package is available to the public with access to the internet. It is distributed as a compressed tar file through anonymous ftp from heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov (128.183.8.233). In the directory software/ftools/release you will find a README file, release notes, source code, reference data for ASCA data analysis, and documentation covering the installation, usage, and development of the FTOOLS software. Further information on the FTOOLS can be found on the World Wide Web at the FTOOLS Home Page http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/ftools_menu.html.

I am grateful to all the member of the FTOOLS group at the HEASARC for the effort they have made in bringing together under one paradigm, a significant and useful astronomical software package.