Some of the software we provide can be tricky to use. That’s why we’re here – to help simplify ease-of-use of this software. In the Software Hints section of our newsletters, we’ll provide a hint or two on selected software.
This month’s hint: Opening an “o” binary file on a newly-licensed computer
You might open an old o binary file on a computer that has been recently licensed, only to find out that all save features are still disabled. All you will need to do is to read the license file after the binary file is open. From your O prompt: read /programs/share/o/access.o
Have a hint to contribute? Please submit your hint to hint4ipod@sbgrid.org. All hints will be included in an iPod drawing scheduled for Dec 31st.
SBGrid Consortium - News and Events
Software Hints
Published November 15 2006
Issue 3
Published November 15 2006
Dear Consortium Members and Affiliates,
Time to announce our software updates for November. This month’s highlighted updates include CNS version 1.2, HKL2000 696, EMBOSS and 2DX version 2. Updates will begin on Friday and you should be able to use all the new software on Saturday. In this newsletter, we will also welcome our newest members and update you on our support of the latest Fedora Core release. Also read on for your chance to win an iPod shuffle in our Software Hints section.
Kind Regards,
Piotr Sliz
Group Leader
Structural Biology Computing Group, SBGrid
New Software Updates
Published November 15 2006
The following software will be available after this weekend's updates:
CNS 1.2 will be available exclusively to SBGrid members. New improvements include
- updated bulk solvent model and scale factor calculations (developed for robust refinement and low resolution applications)
- new bulk solvent and scaling routines in structure deposition files
- fixed bug when a structure has a lower resolution that the default Wilson limit
- automatic and fixed bulk solvent parameter options
Thank you Axel for providing this distribution to SBGrid members ahead of general public. Since all users are likely to take advantage of new improvements immediately we will make version 1.2 the default version. If you want to keep using version 1.1 instead please execute the command sbgrid -h for more info. The …
Newest Members
Published November 15 2006
A number of labs joined SBGrid in the past month. Our new groups include the Yifan Cheng and JJ Miranda labs from UCSF, the Jin, Ealick, Cerione, Ke, Sondermann and Crane groups from Cornell University and the Swairjo laboratory from Western University.
Issue 2
Published October 3 2006
Dear Consortium Members and Affiliates,
Time to announce our software updates again! This month we added seventeen applications to our MacIntel distribution. The installation will make the branch fairly complete, and comparable with Linux and PPC branches. We also purchased a full set of Intel compilers and will use them to further optimize Macintosh software.
Additional applications for NMR, X-ray crystallography, and EM were also installed. Please provide feedback (www.sbgrid.org/bugs) if there are any problems. While we do preliminary testing, we rely on all consortium members to provide feedback and make the distribution better. If needed, we will run emergency updates after the scheduled upgrade to rapidly fine-tune the installation. Software upgrades and updates are scheduled for Friday night, October 6th, and you should be able …