IMD is written in the IDL language, and will run on any platform supported by IDL. Little or no IDL expertise is required to use IMD.
You will need a valid, licensed copy of IDL to run IMD. IDL version 5.0, 5.1 or 5.2 is required; Version 5.1/5.2 is strongly recommended, especially for Windows and Macintosh platforms. IDL is available from Research Systems, Inc, <http://www.rsinc.com>
Note: IMD will not run with the Student Version of IDL.
Note: It is possible to run IMD as an 'extension' to the XOP program, which is available for Unix and Windows platforms, free of charge to research institutes and non-profit organizations. Information on XOP can be found at <http://www.esrf.fr/computing/expg/subgroups/theory/idl/xop/xop.html>. Please consult the instructions in Section 7 of the IMD README file for further details on using IMD as a XOP extension.