INTEGRAL Science Data Centre
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               ***** ISDC-News 19-JUL-2004  *****
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INTEGRAL Data Analysis Software
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Release 4.0 of the Off-line Scientific Analysis (OSA) software
package is now publicly available for download at:

  http://isdc.unige.ch/index.cgi?Soft+download

This fourth official release contains instrument specific
analysis software for the four INTEGRAL instruments (IBIS, SPI,
JEM-X and OMC), and some generic tools.

OSA 4.0 was successfully installed on Solaris and on various Linux
platforms, see:
http://isdc.unige.ch/Soft/download/osa/osa_sw/osa_sw-4.0/reported_platforms.html

Changes since the last release:
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Since OSA 3.0, the software was improved in several areas. The
scientific validation reports describe the current status.

A new option is the possible software installation without the NAG
Library.

More information:
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For more information on portability, system requirements and
changes since the last release, please refer to:

  http://isdc.unige.ch/Soft/download/osa/osa_sw/osa_sw-4.0/README


INTEGRAL Data Public Release
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About 6 months worth of INTEGRAL data are becoming public today
and more data will become publicly available regularly. Science
window data can be obtained through the archive interface:

http://isdc.unige.ch/index.cgi?Data+browse
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