jana@tahoe.unr.edu (Jana Dunn) (11/21/89)
We are once again shopping for a sequence analysis package to run on our Sun 3/280 under SunOS 4.0.3. We currently have R. Staden's analysis package (our own buggy port from VMS) Hugo Martinez' ARP package from UCSF, and Pearson's FASTA package. We'd like to replace the three with a single package. What's available? I would appreciate addresses, prices, and phone numbers. Here's our wishlist: We would like the package to be relatively inexpensive--ideally about $2000 or less. We can go somewhat higher, if we must. We need to be able to access GenBank and NBRF protein (PIR) databases, at the minimum. If the package does not handle multiple formats, there needs to be a sane way for dealing with reformatting. We would like to be able to get support, particularly in the form of regular updates to the databases in the correct format for the package. We must be able to do library searches. We would like to use the following for graphics output: tek4010 (i.e. kermit), tek4105 (macintosh emulator) and (maybe) Sun3. We do not want to be restricted to graphics terminals for those who are not interested in graphics output. It would be GREAT if we could write postscript output to a file so we could send it to our laser printer. Possibly we would want to run this on a (Sun 3/50) workstation or two, as well as our Sun 3/280 fileserver. We haven't go the manpower to do our own port or maintain a buggy package, so whatever we get has to be pretty much plug and play. Please respond by email, if possible. I will summarize to the net if it seems appropriate. Jana Dunn Academic Services UNS Computing Services University of Nevada at Reno Reno, NV 89557-0023 jana@unssun.nevada.edu jana@unsvax.bitnet
elliston@msdrl.UUCP (Keith Elliston) (12/01/89)
In article <3146@tahoe.unr.edu>, jana@tahoe.unr.edu (Jana Dunn) writes: > > > We are once again shopping for a sequence analysis package > to run on our Sun 3/280 under SunOS 4.0.3. We currently have > I think yo should take a look at the prophet system. It has been written by the folks at BBN under a contract from the NIH. It runs on SUN, Ultrix and some other flavors of Unix. . . > Here's our wishlist: > > We would like the package to be relatively inexpensive--ideally > about $2000 or less. We can go somewhat higher, if we must. I believe it goes for about $500. > > We would like to use the following for graphics output: tek4010 > (i.e. kermit), tek4105 (macintosh emulator) and (maybe) Sun3. It does great graphics on a sun, and pretty good tek output as well. > > We do not want to be restricted to graphics terminals for > those who are not interested in graphics output. Does this too... In fact, it does just about everything you listed.... > > Please respond by email, if possible. I will summarize to the > net if it seems appropriate. > Sorry I posted this... but I think more people should know about the package, after all it has been developed using our tax dollars. You can get a hold of the Prophet people at: BBN Laboratories Inc. 10 Moulton St. Cambridge, Mass 02238 A good person to talk to is either Wayne Rindone or Howard BIlofsky. Have fun... Keith
cfoeller@bbn.com (Carl Foeller) (12/07/89)
In article <460@msdrl.UUCP>, elliston@msdrl.UUCP (Keith Elliston) responded to: > In article <3146@tahoe.unr.edu>, jana@tahoe.unr.edu (Jana Dunn) > writes: > > > > > > We are once again shopping for a sequence analysis package > > to run on our Sun 3/280 under SunOS 4.0.3. We currently have > > with information describing the NIH Prophet software package. The following is more complete contact information for inquiries regarding the NIH Prophet package: email: prophet-help@bbn.com telephone inquiries: (617) 873-2669 full mail address (mail just addressed to the company with the contract may not get correctly routed by the mailroom) Prophet Group BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation 10 Moulton St. Cambridge, MA 02138 We welcome your inquiries, whether your interest is in the sequence analysis, molecular structure modelling, clinical data analysis, mathematical modelling, or data management aspects of the system.