
                     AVS Training Materials

	Manchester High Performance Training and Education Centre 
                     Computer Graphics Unit
                   Manchester Computing Centre
                    University of Manchester
                         United Kingdom                              


What do the materials contain ?
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The following documents comprise the AVS introductory and advanced
courses developed by Manchester High Performance Training and
Education Centre (MAN T&EC) and is based on an earlier version
produced by Manchester Computing Centre (MCC) for the UK Advisory
Group on Computer Graphics (AGOCG).

   o Introduction, syllabus and overview of the introductory course

   o Slides for the introductory course

   o Practical workbook for the introductory course

   o Introduction, syllabus and overview of the advanced course

   o Slides for the advanced course

   o Practical workbook for the advanced course

There are also a number of data files and modules which support the
practical exercises described in the course notes.


How do I obtain the materials ?
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The materials are available in postscript format along with the
supporting data files and modules via anonymous FTP from the
University of Manchester (ftp.mcc.ac.uk or IP address 130.88.203.12).

For example to obtain the materials from the University of Manchester
you would first type the following:

  ftp ftp.mcc.ac.uk 

When you are connected to the server you should login in as anonymous
and supply your email address as the password.  To access the training
materials you must move to the subdirectory /pub/mantec/avs and set
the transfer to binary mode before getting the files:

 ftp> cd /pub/mantec/avs
 ftp> binary
 ftp> mget *

The materials can also be obtained from the MAN T&EC World Wide Web server
at URL:

 http://www.hpctec.mcc.ac.uk/hpctec/ 

and then by following the links to "Course materials available".

What do the files contain ?
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The following files can be found in the avs subdirectory:

   o This file (README)

   o The introductory course syllabus (intro-syllabus.ps.Z)

   o Slide masters for the introductory course (intro-slides.ps.Z)

   o Slide overview for the introductory course (intro-slides-overview.ps.Z)

   o Practical workbook for the introductory course (intro-wbook.ps.Z)

   o Data files for the introductory course (intro.tar.Z)

   o Practical workbook for the AVS Data Interchange Application (ADIA)
     (adia-wbook.ps.Z)

   o Data files for the ADIA workbook (adia.tar.Z)

   o The advanced course syllabus (adv-syllabus.ps.Z)

   o Slide masters for the advanced course (adv-slides.ps.Z)

   o Slide overview for the advanced course (adv-slides-overview.ps.Z)

   o Practical workbook for the advanced course (adv-wbook.ps.Z)

   o Modules and data files for the advanced course (adv.tar.Z)


Reproducing and using the materials
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The following acknowledgement should be made when using these
materials or if you develop any documents based on these materials:

     ``The original AVS training materials were developed by
     Manchester High Performance Training and Education Centre
     (MAN T&EC), based on an earlier version produced for the 
     UK Advisory Group on Computer Graphics (AGOCG) Visualisation 
     Support Project at the Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester 
     Computing Centre, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.''


Copyright of the material remains with the University of Manchester
but these materials may be freely copied for educational use by staff
and students in academic institutes.  Commercial users and/or
companies should first contact the MAN T&EC at the address given at
the end of this note.


Any comments or suggestions
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Any comments or suggestions on the training materials should be sent to:

MAN T&EC
Manchester Computing Centre
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Tel No :  +44 (0)61 275 6095
FAX    :  +44 (0)61 275 6040
Email  :  hpc-info@mcc.ac.uk

