This Windows XP package was compiled by Brian Toby of XSD for use on 11BM. 
He compiled it with cygwin gnu compiler and the Makefile on an WXP machine. 
Three applications are included:  mda2ascii.exe, mda-dump.exe, mda-info.exe
A library is needed to run it on the command line: cygwin1.dll
This software is in full use at 11BM: http://11bm.xor.aps.anl.gov/
I got these executables and dll from Brian Toby on Feb 21, 2008.

The text below is written by me, E. Dufresne, on how to use it.
A data file is provided for tests: 7idc_0230.mda. 

To do:
I still haven't figured out how to associate mda2ascii to wordpad through 
a script.

11/25/2008


mda2ascii –m1 –x “txt” 7idc_0230.mda       

#generates a file called 7idc_0230.txt which needs to be opened with wordpad

The default 
mda2ascii –m1 7idc_0230.mda to an extension called “.asc”

-m1 (m means merge the positioners into columns) (1 singlefile)  

Preferably pass the stdout of this program to wordpad.


In cmd mode DOS style:

mda2ascii –m1 –o junk.txt 7idc_0230.mda
"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" junk.txt