In article <CqBCMy.GLo at usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, Sam Barnett <salbarne at silver.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
> I am looking for a public domain program for displaying protein
> structures on either an SGI or Sun workstation. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Get XtalView! It's not public domain, but it's free to academic
users (and you can get the source code, if you sign an agreement).
It runs on *both* the SGI *and* the SUN. It can use generic
X-Windows, so it should run on *any* X-windows workstation (RS/6000,
DEC, Stellar, LINUX...), but it can also use SGI's GL as a graphics
accelerator. And it's specifically designed for visualizing
proteins.
It's available by anonymous ftp from CCMS at the San Diego Super
Computer Center (and they also provide phone support -- the first
official telephone support I've *ever* heard of for a free program!).
Send e-mail to ccms-request at sdsc.edu with a blank subject and the
line "get xtalview". Instructions will be return mailed.
If for some reason XtalView doesn't meet your requirements, let
me know; there are some other programs I could mention. But with
the enhancements that I expect will shortly be added to it, I really
think XtalView is going to leave the competition behind.
misrael at csi.uottawa.ca Mark Israel
