Maybe in end-91: Release (Was: Displaying electron density)

[doelz at urz.unibas.ch]

In article <1990Aug16.090611.899 at urz.unibas.ch>, doelz at urz.unibas.ch writes:
> In article <2383953 at mtsg.ubc.ca>, Michael_E._Murphy at MTSG.UBC.CA writes:
>> 
>>      I am intrested in molecular graphics software that is good at
>> displaying electron density contours.  We have been using FRODO on
> 
> We have been writing a prototype of program which does 
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> The performance is great, the code is spagetti. Therefore, 
> we are about redesigning it and will write it in C++. 

Thanks to all who asked for availavility. Sorry to disappoint you, but 
the prorgram prototype won't be available. As I said, we are 
currently considering to have a 'real' programming interface at 
the bottom (E.g., 'INSIGHT' might be an alternative) but want to 
have a standalone version as well. 

Further, we are currently investigating paths to get some 'better'
hardware. We would like to include VGX features but we need to have a 
(financial) platform...

Provided that Christian Henn (who was primarily doing the coding work) 
starts a Ph.D project on the program (which is, again, depending 
on funding, but this should be finalized soon), we hope to have a version 
to be released in the end-91 timeframe. 

Regards. 
Reinhard