RE: CARI Software

["Clement, Christopher" <clementc@aecl.ca>]

Radsafers:

Out of curiosity, I did download the CARI software a couple of days ago.  It
did take some work to find it, but after some time I managed to download it,
and print out the web page with heliocentric potentials (although the newest
one was for Feb '99).  However, once I "installed" the software, I found it
quite difficult to use.  In addition to my HP background, I have a degree in
Computer Science and many years of experience with computers and software.
I cannot imagine that a user with little computer experience could get it to
work, never mind interpret the results.  If the FAA wants to provide a
USEFUL software tool for airline crews to calculate their estimated doses,
the CARI software needs some serious work on its interface.

Obviously, these opinions are my own.

Chris Clement

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> From: 	ROBBARISH@aol.com[SMTP:ROBBARISH@aol.com]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	August 13, 1999 1:31 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	CARI Software
> 
> Dear Radsafers:
> 
> The FAA has made it harder to find the CARI software, but it's still on
> their 
> website. You need to enlarge the URL slightly to:
> www.cami.jccbi.gov/aam-600
> Once you are there choose the radiobiology option from the list and the
> next 
> page will give you access to CARI and a bunch of heliocentric potentials.
> 
> Rob Barish
> robbarish@aol.com
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