Upgrade to Solaris 2.x

ODP/TAMU intends to obtain, install, test, and implement shipboard Underway Laboratory data acquisition, processing, and display software running under Solaris 2.x on the present Sun workstations. A project plan has been submitted for FY97 for this upgrade. The JANUS project Steering Committee has defined that the operating system supported on shipboard Sun workstations will be Solaris 2.x and that the currently installed underway computer operating system (SunOS 4.1.x) will not be supported. Upgrading the operating system of the Sun workstations in the Underway Laboratory is desirable to enhance compatibility, to keep computer support requirements at a minimum, to support JANUS system utility functions, and to maintain our ability to implement new software. In addition to a relatively straightforward operating system upgrade, this project includes

Writing a new driver for the data acquisition a/d board (none presently exists under Solaris 2.x), and
Installing and testing numerous software upgrades of packages essential to U/W Laboratory and Core Laboratory services (e.g., seismic processing and display, map/ship track plotting and display).

All of these changes must be extensively tested and proved before being installed on board the JOIDES Resolution.

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