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- CAOS/CAMM Center - Dutch Expertise Center
- for Computer Assisted Chemistry
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- CAOS/CAMM Center
- Faculty of Science
- University of Nijmegen
- Toernooiveld
- 6525 ED NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands
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- _E_m_a_i_l: post@caos.caos.kun.nl
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- _P_h_o_n_e: +31 80 653386
- FAX: +31 80 652977
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- The CAOS/CAMM Center is the Dutch National Expertise center
- for Computer Assisted Chemistry, funded by the Dutch
- National Science Foundation NWO. It is an Academic Institu-
- tion and it offers chemists an elaborate package of software
- tools, for remote use on a "central" computer system.
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- The emphasis is on easy accessibility, achieved by the
- application of menu controlled front-ends and interfaces and
- on integration of the various tools and data bases. An exam-
- ple of the latter is the interconversion of molecular struc-
- ture files between structural databases, modeling software
- and computational chemistry programs. All available tools
- are presented to the user in a hierarchy of simple menus,
- where the tools are arranged according to their application.
- The Center supports its users through a combination of on-
- line Help facilities, practical courses and the
- (re)production of manuals. E-mail facilities, NEWS and Con-
- ferencing systems are used to improve the exchange of infor-
- mation and experience among the users, including the
- Center's picstaff.
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- All tools and programs are arranged in packages, covering
- four major chemical areas:
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
- of this guide.
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- September 7, 1992 NNSC Section M.9, Page 1
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- A: CAOS (Computer Assisted Organic Synthesis)
- Available tools are Reaction Retrieval Systems and
- Fine directories and Synthesis Planning programs.
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- B: CAMM (Computer Assisted Molecular Modeling)
- Available tools are 3-D Structural data bases and a
- variety of modeling programs.
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- C: CompChem (Computational Chemistry)
- Available tools are Advanced modeling programs, visu-
- alization tools, the quantum chemistry literature
- database and computational tools for both Molecular
- Mechanics/Dynamics and Quantum Chemical calculations.
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- D: Area CAMMSA (Computer Assisted Macromolecular
- Sequence Analysis; BioInformatics)
- Available tools are all major nucleic acid and pro-
- tein sequence data bases and programs for data base
- query and retrieval, homology searching, protein
- analysis, nucleic acid analysis, alignment and phylo-
- geny construction.
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- Expert help is available on each of the systems supported by
- the Center. All data bases supported by the Center are
- updated on a daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly basis,
- dependent on the rate with which new material is being pro-
- duced and available. User interaction with the tools sup-
- plied is fully structure oriented whenever applicable, i.e.
- most input is by means of structural formulas to be drawn on
- the screen and output is structure oriented where appropri-
- ate.
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- It is the Center's policy to provide users with all documen-
- tation that is available with a program or data base, and to
- complement this information with on-line Help, with extra
- manual and "introductions" where necessary and with document
- files in a central document directory from which all
- material can be down loaded.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
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- Access to the Center is possible in many different ways. The
- route to be chosen will depend on a user's local situation.
- Many routes connect to the Center's terminal servers which
- will distribute incoming calls over the available resources.
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- 1. DECnet. Only possible if you are setting up the con-
- nection from a local VAX in The Netherlands.
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- Use the command SET HOST CAOS
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- 2. TCP/IP Available if your local machine has access to
- Internet. (In principle world wide).
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- Use the command TELNET
- caos1.caos.kun.nl(131.174.82.227) or
- caos2.caos.kun.nl(131.174.82.228)
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- 3. X.25 In principal available world wide when you
- have access to an X.25 packet switching net-
- work.
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- "Dial" number (0)204 18802008099 or if you
- are in Europe and have access to the IXI
- backbone (0)204 3044008699. This connection
- is slower than routes 1 and 2 because they
- use a 9.6 kb PAD. On response from the PAD
- answer with a <return> to connect to a termi-
- nal server which will prompt with <Local>.
- Type C(onnect) CAOS in response to be con-
- nected to one of the Center's nodes.
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _T_h_e _R_e_s_o_u_r_c_e
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- Use of the Center's resources is open for all chemists
- employed by Dutch Chemical Research institutions, and as far
- as the Center's resources allow, for users outside Holland.
- Currently sufficient resources available.
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- Access is only possible at a subscription basis. Requests
- for a Userid and a Password should be mailed to the above
- e-mail address.
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- A subscription includes:
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- o+ a maximum of 2 simultaneous interactive processes
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- o+ free use of all CAOS/CAMM utilities for e-mail, NEWS
- bulletin boards, downloading, plotting, etc.
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- o+ 10 MB free disk space (additional space will cost Hfl.
- 500,- per 5 MB/year).
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- o+ NO additional charges (i.e. free CPU use etc.)
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- Current subscription rates are:
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- Hfl. 1500/year for each of the packages A,B and C mentioned
- above.
- Hfl. 2250/year for package D.
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- A reduction is applied for combinations of packages;
- Hfl. 2625/year for any two packages and Hfl. 3000 for more
- than 2.
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- For accounts opened after July 1st., the charge will be 50%
- of the yearly fee.
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- Subscriptions are automatically renewed for another year,
- unless the Center receives written (e-mail) notice of can-
- cellation before November 1st.
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- All prices quoted above refer to Academic accounts in The
- Netherlands. Not-for-profit organizations pay a surcharge
- of 25%, as do Academic Institutions abroad. For commercial
- companies, individual licenses have to be negotiated on the
- basis of each software tool requested.
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
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- Short (1 week) trial accounts may be granted on request, at
- the Center's discretion. E-mail requests to the address
- above.
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- _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s
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- GOPHER access to Service description at
- camms1.caos.kun.nl(131.174.82.237)
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