Re: Molecular Modeling software on PCs

 To:   >internet:CHEMISTRY' at \`ccl.net
 Dear Fellow Netters,
 MOBY 1.5, a commercial program distributed by Springer-Verlag
 should do the job. It reads structures and alows to superimpose
 them - even displaying the distances of centers that do not
 match. It imports many file formats and also allows for
 defining new once - the only limitation is that all information
 related to a center has to be in one line. Output format from
 many standard programms can be read into MOBY. MOBY has a steep
 discount for multiple copy orders; if you order 10 copies the
 price per copy is equal to popular game software.
 MOBY has been written by a computational organic chemist - so
 it has everything one would look for. Here is a list of
 features (but words cannot substitute for the look and feel).
 MOBY is a molecular modelling program for IBM-PC-compatible
 personal computers. MOBY offers an extensive range of
 modelling functions:
    -  Display of up to 2000 centers
    -  Fast 3D graphics
    -  Independent manipulation of freely-definable
       fragments
    -  Structure comparison
    -  Property comparison
    -  Force field calculations on up to 150 centers
       interacting        with up to 2000 other centers
    -  Geometry optimization
    -  Conformational analysis
    -  Molecular dynamics simulation
    -  Extensive tools for the energy analysis of
       structures
    -  Quantum chemical calculations based on the
         semi-empirical  MNDO and AM1 methods
    -  Display of:
     - IR spectra and normal coordinates
     - UV/Visible spectra
     - Molecular orbitals
     - Isopotential surfaces for electrostatic potentials
    -  Freely-definable format for reading non-MOBY
       geometry data
    -  Library of important structures and their
       geometries
    -  Construction and maintenance of an individual
       structure
       library
    -  On-line help
    -  PROTOCOL mode for recording a program session
    -  DEMO mode for re-running a previously recorded
       program session
 This latest version, MOBY 1.5, is for IBM-PC-compatible
 personal computers with the following minimum specifications:
    -  640 kb errandom access memory (530 kb free)
    -  80x87 arithmetic coprocessor
    -  graphics adapter: Hercules, EGA, or VGA (1024x768
       maximum)
    -  a mouse and
    -  a hard disk are strongly recommended
       running under MS-DOS version 2.0 or later.
 Since MOBY requires 530 kB of random access memory to be free,
 MS-DOS Version 4.0 is not a good choice; MS-DOS 5.0 is strongly
 prefered.
 A free interactive demo availbale for download:
 from our server. Just send the commands:
      get /chemistry/mobydemo.exe
      get /chemistry/manualps.exe
 to:  SVSERV' at \`DHDSPRI6-BITNET
 via FTP by the following procedure:
                 ftp benny.bsc.mass.edu <cr>
              or ftp 134.241.41.5 <cr>
                 anonymous <cr>
                 your_email_address <cr>
                 cd pub <cr>
                 cd moby <cr>
                 binary <cr>
                 get mobyread.me <cr>
                 get mobydemo.exe <cr>
                 get manualps.exe <cr>
                 quit
 For more information write to:
 In North America:
 Springer-Verlag New York
 Electronic Media Services
 c/o Ms. Raye Hazan
 175, Fifth Avenue
 New York, NY 10010
 USA
 Phone: (212) 460-1653
 Fax:   (212) 473-6272
 InterNet: Hazan' at \`SPINT.CompuServe.com
 elsewhere:
 Springer-Verlag
 Corporate Development
 c/o Dr. U. Hebgen
 TiergartenStr. 17
 D(W)-6900 Heidelberg
 Germany
 Phone: +49-(0)6221-487 406
 Fax:   +49-(0)6221-487 288
 InterNet:Griepke' at \`SPINT.CompuServe.com
 Yours Sincerely
 Dr. Rainer Stumpe
 Chemistry Editorial
 Springer-Verlag
 Tiergartenstr. 17
 D(W)-6900 Heidelberg
 Phone: +49-(0)6221-48 73 10
 Fax:   +49-(0)6221-41 39 82
 INTERNET:stumpe' at \`spint.compuserve.com