DFS component: MIDAS release no.: 05SEPpl1.2 delivered by: K. Banse on: Dec. 1. 2005 release type: commissioning deadline for deliv.: Dec. 6, 2005 required config: as is now specific test data: on ESO ftpserver, in dir.: /pub/midaspub/demo_data/demo_data.tar.gz already checked: on Sun/Solaris, HP-UX, ALpha/Linux, Alpha/OSF1, Intel/Linux, Mac/OSX 10.3, AMD64/Linux (64bit), Intel/WinXP (Cygwin) no updated doc. comments: 1) adapted to work as backend for PyMidas, the Python based interface to Midas provided by the SAMPO project 2) system ported to 64bit Linux on AMD Athlon 64 3) system ported to Windows XP via cygwin (Unix emulation software)