Materials From Past -X, -XRD and -XCD Versions

This page contains links to materials that contain information about past versions of McIDAS-X, McIDAS-XRD and McIDAS-XCD, going back to 2005. To find the materials for the current versions of these packages, see the Software pages for McIDAS-X (which now includes -XRD) and -XCD.

Here are brief descriptions of what some of the materials linked in the sections below contain:

  • Cover Letters –
    The Cover Letters are short announcements that are issued each time a major software upgrade is available. They contain brief summaries, in bulleted list form, of what is considered to be the most important software changes since the previous upgrade.
  • Software and Instructions and Programmer Notes –
    The Software and Instructions and Programmer Notes pages list the significant changes and contain the installation files for each version.
  • Upgrade Procedure Documents – (prior to 2009)
    The Upgrade Procedure Documents are somewhat similar to the cover letters, but contain a more comprehensive list of changes, more details about the changes, plus required and optional actions to perform.
  • McIDAS-X User’s Guide and McIDAS-XCD Administrator’s Guide –
    These manuals contain the most comprehensive user and administrator documentation for the particular version of the McIDAS-X and McIDAS-XCD software packages.

McIDAS Versions

Version 2023.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued December 2023)

Version 2022.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued December 2022)

Version 2021.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued December 2021)

Version 2020.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued July 2020)

Version 2019.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued September 2019)

Version 2018.2 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued December 2018)

Version 2018.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued May 2018)

Versions prior to 2018

Note:  Links to versions prior to 2018 reference the old McIDAS webpage and may contain broken links.  If you find a broken link, use the McIDAS search at the top of this page to find current links, or contact the McIDAS Help Desk for more information.

Version 2017.2 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued October, December 2017)

Version 2017.1 (-X, -XRD; issued February 2017)

Version 2016.2 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued October 2016)

Version 2016.1 (-X, -XRD; issued February 2016)

Version 2015.2 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued December 2015)

Version 2015.1 (-X, -XRD; issued June 2015)

Version 2014.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued March 2014)

Version 2013.1 (-X, -XRD; issued January 2013)

Version 2012.2 (-X, -XRD; issued September 2012)

Version 2012.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued June 2012)

Version 2011.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued November 2011)

Version 2010.2/2010.1 (-X and -XRD 2010.2, -XCD 2010.1; issued December 2010)

Version 2010.1 (-X, -XRD; issued May 2010)

Version 2009.2 (-X, -XRD; issued November 2009)

Version 2009.1 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued May 2009)

  • Cover Letter
  • McIDAS-X Software & Instructions: Unix | XP
  • McIDAS-X Info and Documentation: All Changes | Programmer Notes
  • McIDAS-X User’s Guide (no longer available online)
  • McIDAS-XCD Software & Instructions: Unix
  • McIDAS-XCD Administrator’s Guide (no longer available online)

Version 2008 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued May-June 2008)

Version 2007 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued May-June 2007)

Version 2006 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued May 2006)

  • Cover Letter
  • McIDAS-X Upgrade Procedure Document (no longer available online)
  • McIDAS-XCD Upgrade Procedure Document (no longer available online)
  • McIDAS-X User’s Guide (no longer available online)
  • McIDAS-XCD Administrator’s Guide (no longer available online)

Version 2005 (-X, -XRD, -XCD; issued May 2005)

  • Cover Letter
  • McIDAS-X Upgrade Procedure Document (no longer available online)
  • McIDAS-XCD Upgrade Procedure Document (no longer available online)
  • McIDAS-X User’s Guide (no longer available online)
  • McIDAS-XCD Administrator’s Guide (no longer available online)