In article <9103132046.AA20620 at genbank.bio.net>,
SMITHJC%SNYSYRV1 at PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU ("Joseph C. Smith") writes:
|>|> I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
|>|> Date: 13-Mar-1991 11:00am EST
|> From: Joseph C. Smith
|> SMITHJC
|> Dept: EDUCATIONAL COMMUNIC
|> Tel No: 464-4860
|>|> TO: Remote NJE Network User ( _JNET%BIO-SOFT at IRLEARN )
|>|>|> Subject: Looking for Some Software
|>|> Does anyone know of Macintosh versions of the following two pieces of
|> software - or other "freeware" alternatives for the MAC.
|> 1. UC Berkley Image Data Base
|> 2. Chromosome Information System
|>|> Thanks,
|> Joe Smith
|> Director, Educational Communications
|> SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
|> 766 Irving Avenue
|> Syracuse, New York 13210
|> VOICE- 315-464-4860
|> FAX- 315-464-5564
|> EMAIL- SMITHJC at SNYSYRV1
Sorry for the late reply, but I have been lazy reading the news due to
work overload.
Here is the info you requested:
1. UC Berkley Image Data Base: codename ImageQuery
This software package has been developed at UC Berkeley to bring
order into a huge
archeological slide collection. We at the LBL Human Genome Center
have adapted this system to be used with gel images and
autoradiograms and the like. We added software to handle and analyze
those images.
ImageQuery runs on a UNIX workstation (SUN 4), with color monitor,
the implementation we use runs under the X11R4 windowing system,
but a previous version ran under SunView. The data are
stored in a database which is either a flatfile, a Sybase or Ingres
relational database on a UNIX file server (SUN 4).
2. Chromosome Information System: codename CIS
CIS is a package to store and retrieve many kinds of maps: genetic,
physical, ...
It allows you to pose questions to the database by defining a region
on a picture of a
chromosome. The maps are displayed in graphical form with MacDraw
like capabilities for
editing and manipulation of the data.
CIS like ImageQuery has 2 main parts: a user interface front end and
a database backend.
The current implementation of the UI runs with SuperCard on a
MacIntosh (the faster the
better). The back end is a Sybase relational database management
system on a UNIX file
server (SUN 4).
For more information please contact me personally:
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| Manfred D. Zorn | Internet: MDZorn at lbl.gov |
| Human Genome Center MS 50B-3238 | Bitnet: MDZORN at LBL |
| Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | |
| 1 Cyclotron Road | telephone: (415) 486-5041 |
| BERKELEY, CA 94720, U.S.A. | FAX: (415) 486-6363 |
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does not mean
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