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+==================
+LAPACK README FILE
+==================
+
+VERSION 1.0  :  February 29, 1992
+VERSION 1.0a :  June 30, 1992
+VERSION 1.0b :  October 31, 1992
+VERSION 1.1  :  March 31, 1993
+VERSION 2.0  :  September 30, 1994
+
+DATE:  September 30, 1994
+
+LAPACK is a library of Fortran 77 subroutines for solving
+the most commonly occurring problems in numerical linear algebra.
+It is public-domain software, and can be used freely.
+
+LAPACK is available via netlib, anonymous ftp, world wide web, and a
+tar tape from NAG.
+
+The tar tape contains the Fortran source for LAPACK, the testing programs, and
+the timing programs.
+
+It also contains Fortran code for the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
+(the Level 1, 2, and 3 BLAS) needed by LAPACK.
+However this code is intended for use only if there is no other implementation
+of the BLAS already available on your machine; the efficiency of LAPACK
+depends very much on the efficiency of the BLAS.
+
+The complete package, including test code and timing programs in four
+different Fortran data types (real, complex, double precision, double
+complex), contains some 735,000 lines of Fortran source and comments.
+You will need approximately 33 Mbytes to read the complete tape.
+We recommend that you run the testing and timing programs.
+The total space requirements for the testing and timing for all four data
+types, including the object files, is approximately 80 Mbytes.
+
+A README file containing the information in this letter is located
+in the LAPACK directory. Postscript and LaTeX versions of the Quick
+Installation Guide are in the LAPACK/INSTALL directory, in the files
+lawn81.tex, psfig.tex, lawn81.ps, and org2.ps.  Consult the Installation
+Guide for further details on installing the package and on what is contained
+in each subdirectory.  For complete information on the LAPACK Testing
+and Timing Suites please consult LAPACK Working Note 41 "Installation
+Guide for LAPACK".
+
+It is highly recommended that you obtain a copy of the Second Edition of
+the LAPACK Users' Guide published by SIAM.  This second edition will be
+ready sometime in late 1994.  This Users' Guide gives a detailed
+description of the philosophy behind LAPACK as well as an explanation of
+its usage.  The LAPACK Users' Guide can be purchased from:
+SIAM; 3600 University City Science Center; Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688;
+215-382-9800, FAX 215-386-7999.  It will also be available from booksellers.
+To order by email, send email to service@siam.org.
+
+The C version of LAPACK is now available.  Refer to the index on netlib
+for more information.  
+
+echo "send index from clapack" | mail netlib@ornl.gov
+
+The C++ version of LAPACK is now available.  Refer to the index on netlib
+for more information.  
+
+echo "send index from c++/lapack++" | mail netlib@ornl.gov
+
+Or, for more information on the distributed-memory version of LAPACK,
+consult the ScaLAPACK index on netlib:
+
+echo "send index from scalapack" | mail netlib@ornl.gov
+
+LAPACK has been thoroughly tested, on many different
+types of computers.  The LAPACK project supports the package in the
+sense that reports of errors or poor performance will gain immediate
+attention from the developers. Such reports, descriptions 
+of interesting applications, and other comments should be sent by
+electronic mail to lapack@cs.utk.edu.
+
+A list of known problems, bugs, and compiler errors for LAPACK is
+maintained on netlib.  For a copy of this report, send email to
+netlib@ornl.gov with a message of the form: send release_notes from lapack.
+
+A number of technical reports were written during the development of
+LAPACK and published as LAPACK Working Notes, initially by Argonne
+National Laboratory and later by the University of Tennessee.  Many of 
+these reports later appeared as journal articles.  Most of these working
+notes are available in postscript form from netlib.  To receive a list of
+available reports, send email to netlib@ornl.gov with a message of the
+form: send index from lapack/lawns.
+Otherwise, requests for copies of these working notes can be sent to
+the following address.
+
+LAPACK Project
+c/o J.J. Dongarra
+Computer Science Department
+University of Tennessee
+Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1301
+USA
+Email: lapack@cs.utk.edu