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- From: dsmith@uoft02.utoledo.edu
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- Subject: Re: AVS and chemistry
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.173629.81@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 17:36:29 EST
- References: <83837@ut-emx.uucp> <1992Nov19.184745.18291@cc.ic.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Nov19.184745.18291@cc.ic.ac.uk>, rzepa@ic.ac.uk (Henry Rzepa) writes:
- > An alternative [to AVS and the AVS Chemistry Viewer] is Explorer from SGI,
- > which certainly costs less than AVS.
-
- Probably true, but AVS is platform independant and runs on about 10-12
- different vendor's hardware. There is also the National AVS Center at the
- North Carolina Supercomputer Center for support. NCSC also maintains a
- repository of free modules. I don't think Explorer can offer all this.
-
- > Graphically, both are stunning. From a developers view, both offer an
- > excellent
- > programming platform. Certainly the way to go (provided they can be
- > afforded).
-
- Very true. Graphics is the wave of the future, and the future is now.
-
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