PCNUDAT release version 2.8, Mar. 31, 2000.

The PCNUDAT files in this directory (except README's), must be transferred to
your PC's disk using a binary transfer. The current version of the PCNUDAT
program is the release version 2.8. It is contained in the self extracting
file NDT28_32.EXE. These files also contain all the other files and databases
needed to run the program. The only limitation is that the nuclear structure
data (levels, gammas, and radiations) are limited to A's 40 to 50. This 
database uses approximately 3.6 Mb of disk space along with the program and
its supporting files. The full ENSDF adopted levels and gammas and the ENSDF
decay radiations are also available. The full data base uses approximately 
52 Mb of disk space.

INSTALLATION

Create a directory to contain the program and its data files.

C:\>md pcnudat

Change to that directory.

C:\>cd pcnudat

Execute the self extracting ZIP file. (Assume its on a floppy in the A drive.)

C:\PCNUDAT>a:\ndt28_32

You should now be in directory \PCNUDAT on your C drive and the program
PCNUDAT.EXE should be in the directory along with the following files:

LEVELS   DB        Adopted levels from ENSDF as of Feb. 23, 2000.
LEVELS   IDX         (A's 40-50)
GAMMAS   DB        Adopted gammas from ENSDF as of Feb. 23, 2000.
GAMMAS   IDX         (A's 40-50)
RADTIONS DB        Radiations from ENSDF as of Feb. 23, 2000.
RADTIONS IDX         (A's 40-50)
PDATES   DB        Publication year of evaluations.
PDATES   IDX
NUCLEI   DB        Nuclear Wallet Card data.
NUCLEI   IDX
SIGMA    DB        Thermal cross sections and
SIGMA    IDX         Resonance Integrals.
MASS     HLP       Mass Status of ENSDF evaluations.
NUDAT    HLP       Help file for PCNUDAT
PCNUDAT  EXE       Program
DATABASE VER       Dates of updates.
READ     ME        Explanation of ENSDF data included (A's 40-50).
WHATSNEW TXT       Features added to version 2.8 since version 1.01.
PCNUDAT  CFG       Default configuration file for PCNuDat.

Create a subdirectory, C:\PCNUDAT\DB,

C:\PCNUDAT>md db

And move the database files (*.db and *.idx) and the help files (*.hlp) to it.
(You can do as you like with your directories but this is what the initial
version specified in pcnudat.cfg expects when using PCNuDat.) Check CONFIGURE
to see what is currently expected by the program for the database and temporary
file locations.


Full Data Base Installation

Using ftp in the binary mode, transfer the four zip files (LEVELS.ZIP, 
GAMMAS.ZIP, RADTIONS.ZIP, and OTHERDB.ZIP) to your PC. A sample ftp dialog 
would be

  ftp bnlnd2.nndc.bnl.gov
  >login anonymous
  >user@your.machine
  >binary
  >cd pc_prog
  >mget *.zip
...
  >quit

Unzip these to your PCNUDAT directory (i.e. \PCNUDAT\DB) and they will overwrite
and replace your test files with the following files

GAMMAS.DB  
GAMMAS.IDX 
LEVELS.DB  
LEVELS.IDX 
NUCLEI.DB  
NUCLEI.IDX 
PDATES.DB  
PDATES.IDX 
RADTIONS.DB
RADTIONS.IDX
SIGMA.DB    
SIGMA.IDX   
MASS.HLP    
DATABASE.VER


These were updated on Mar. 10, 2002 and correspond to the archival ENSDF data.

In case of trouble:

Did you transfer the files from the VAX to your PC using the binary/image mode
of transfer provided by your software? Is your unzipping code current? (There
is a current PKUNZIP in the VAX directory with the zip files.)