From chemistry-request@ccl.net Tue Apr 21 14:14:05 1992 Date: 21 Apr 92 10:18:00 EDT From: "STEPHEN R. HELLER" Subject: Software for review To: chemistry Status: R 21 April, 1992 Subject: Computer Software for Review As the Software Review Editor for the ACS Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Science (JCICS) I often get software for review in the journal. I now have some packages in hand (see below) and I am looking for people who are willing to review the software. In return for the review you get to keep the software. The review should be completed in 1-2 months. The length of the review is 4-10 double spaced typed pages. Sample reviews can be found in most of the recent issues of JCICS. I have tried this approach with some software for review in the past few months and it is working reasonably well. As a result, I am continuing this new method to find reviewers using this e-mail/user group system. I hope it continues to work. I reserve the right to abandon this if it is a problem, or inappropriate. I will not notify people if I have found a reviewer. I can be reached on INTERNET (SRHELLER@ASRR.ARSUSDA.GOV), or if necessary, by phone at 301-504-6055 or FAX at 301-946-2704. PLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE AN STREET ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER!!! (I send the software by Federal Express.) Steve Heller The packages I now have are: 1. DERIVE, Version 2.10. This is an IBM PC based program which is called "A Mathematical Assistant". It says it is 2000 of mathematical knowledge on a disk. It does algebra, 2D plots, 3D plots, calculus, vectors and matrices, symbolic equation solving, functions, etc. requires a PC with DOS 2.1 or later, 512K of main memory. It comes with both 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 inch disks. 2. Derek, Version 11.3. The DEREK expert system stands for "Deductive Evaluation of Risk from Existing Knowledge". It is a VAX based program which helps to identify potential toxophores in organic molecules. It is a spin off the LHASA program from Corey. 3. Alchemy III for the Macintosh. This is an update of the Tripos program for 3D molecular modeling. Requires a Mac II or Quadra, 4 MB of memory, a hard disk, color monitor, math- co-processor, and a hardcopy device. 4. EPA' Sampling and Analysis Methods. Volumes I, II and III. From CRC Press. Requires an IBM PC, DOS 2.1 or later and 2 MB of hard disk space. Comes on 7 5 1/4 inch floppies. The program and database are designed to help EPA contractors and other scientists rapidly and easily select the most appropriate methods of sampling and analysis for a particular situation without having to search through the many published EPA volumes of regulations. 5. Microsoft Execl for Windows. Version 4.0. This is a spreadsheet program for the IBM PC. Requires MS DOS 3.1 or later, Windows 3.0 or later, 2 MB of main memory, EGA or higher resolution monitor.