• Use the 'FoldIt (light) FAT' version if you are using a Power Mac or a Macintosh equipped with a 68LC040 CPU.
• Use the 'FoldIt (light) FPU' version if you are using a machine equipped with a 68030 CPU (+68881/82 coprocessor) or with a full 68040 CPU (not a 68LC040!)
This application works on Macintosh computer running under System 7 and higher.
A 256-color monitor is recommended.
Put the 'FoldIt Prefs' folder (delivered with this application) into the 'System Folder'.
'FoldIt (light) Help' is a stand alone document which contains all what you need to know to make the best use of 'FoldIt (light)'. You can print it. It is recommended to put its alias in the 'Apple Menu Items'. Balloon help is also supported.
Three 'FoldIt (light)' binary files (suffix '.FIT') can be found in the 'FoldIt (light)' Folder. To start and get used to the program just double-click on the myoglobin file '1MBA.FIT'.
A fourth binary file ('Batch35.RamW') shows the capabilities of 'FoldIt (light)' to batch process structural data.
A PDB text file ('3PCY.PDB') has also been put in this folder as a remainder of what PDB files look like (in order to view this text file in a clean fashion, set font to monaco 9).
Finally, the text file 'HEM.PDB' containing the coordinates of an hem group illustrates the capability of 'FoldIt (light)' to display the structure of any compound as long as the PDB format is respected.