OpenVMS version of RasMol_2.6_CIF

Herbert J. Bernstein (yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 07:59:19 -0500 

There is an updated release of the CIF-aware version of RasMol which now
includes OpenVMS binaries.  This is version 2.6_CIF(Rev 2), based on Roger
Sayle's version 2.6, at:

  http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/rasmol/

Version 2.6_CIF(Rev 2) is a minor update to version 2.6_CIF(Rev 1) which
now provides the following list of precompiled binaries via links on

  http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/rasmol/INSTALL.html

System                   Binary

SGI (IRIX 5.3):          RasMol_2.6_CIF.SGI/IRIX_5.3/rasmol_8BIT.gz
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF.SGI/IRIX_5.3/rasmol_16BIT.gz
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF.SGI/IRIX_5.3/rasmol_32BIT.gz

SGI (IRIX 6.4):          RasMol_2.6_CIF.SGI/IRIX_6.4/rasmol_8BIT.gz
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF.SGI/IRIX_6.4/rasmol_16BIT.gz
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF.SGI/IRIX_6.4/rasmol_32BIT.gz

Alpha (OpenVMS 7.1):     RasMol_2.6_CIF.DEC/OpenVMS_7.1/rasmol_8bit.exe
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF.DEC/OpenVMS_7.1/rasmol_16bit.exe
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF.DEC/OpenVMS_7.1/rasmol_32bit.exe

VAX (OpenVMS 6.2):       RasMol_2.6_CIF.DEC/OpenVMS_6.2/rasmol_8bit.exe
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF.DEC/OpenVMS_6.2/rasmol_16bit.exe
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF.DEC/OpenVMS_6.2/rasmol_32bit.exe

Mac:                     RasMol_2.6_CIF_mac_FAT
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF_mac_PPC
                         RasMol_2.6_CIF_mac_68K

Windows:                 RasWin.exe

Note that the SGI the binaries are "gzipped".  Don't forget to "ungzip"
them before trying to use them.  A problem with the prior build of the Mac
68K version has been corrected, and you should re-download that version if
your platform is a 68K Apple Macintosh.

Distribution of additional precompiled binaries would depend on
arrangements for access to appropriate systems.

If you use the switch "-cif", this version will read a core CIF or mmCIF
dataset.   Coloring of alternate conformers and multiple NMR models is
supported.  Fractional coordinates are supported.

  THIS IS A PRELIMINARY RELEASE INVOLVING EXTENSIVE MODIFICATIONS
                  ***** USE WITH CAUTION ******

This is _not_ the combination of RasMol variants (RasMol 2.7.0) which is
coming in a few weeks.  Many thanks to those who have reported bugs and
made suggestions for that project.

Our thanks to David Atkinson at BU, Bob Sweet at BNL, Helen Berman at John
Westbrook at Rutgers for access to computers used for some of the
compilations for this release.

Comments and suggestions to

     rasmol@bernstein-plus-sons.com

very much appreciated.

   -- Herbert J. Bernstein
      yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com

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