BatchMan is available

[Eric Vangrevelinghe <eric.vangrevelinghe at.at univ-orleans.fr>]

 Dear CCLers,
 I am pleased to announce BatchMan (Batch Manager),
 a free program for Windows environment.
 It runs on Windows 9x and NT (mono or multiprocessors).
 BatchMan consists of a graphic interface with two quantum
 calculation programs (MOPAC V6 and GAMESS) and a file format
 conversion utility (Babel) which allows one to import input
 files or to export results.
 The major features are:
 - run calculations as serial jobs like in a batch mode.
 - distribute the calculation tasks across a network (by a
 shared directory), jobs can be carried out on various
 connected computers and the results are automatically
 centralized. This greatly reduces the computing time required.
 - easily display and edit the input files and allow the
 modification of keywords on a whole series of files.
 This option is of particular utility when handling a large
 number of files provided by a conformational analysis.
 - monitor the status of calculation.
 - allow an interface with a third party additional program.
 BatchMan appears very practical as well for the execution
 of a simple quantum calculations as for the processing of
 a great number of files on several PC across a network.
 The BatchMan Web Site:
 http://www.univ-orleans.fr/SCIENCES/ICOA/batchman/index.html
 Any feedback will be highly appreciated.
 Best Regards
 Eric.
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