ChemConsole v-0.2 By Nathan Stevens nat250@cyberwar.com /* * ChemConsole * Copyright (c) 1999 Nathan Stevens, all rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted. * * This software is provided "as is" and any express or implied warranties, * including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability * or fitness for any particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall * Nathan Steven be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, * exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, * procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or * profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of * liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including * negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this * software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. */ Contents: 1) About 2) Installation About: This is version 0.2 of ChemConsole. It is a Java code -- a Java application. ChemConsole provides a GUI to legacy Chemistry applications and allows network access to those applications. The current version of ChemConsole supports Babel v-1.6 and MOPAC7 on the local computer. Future version will have support for more application such as Gaussian or any other programs I get request to add or some one else decides to add. Installation: To run ChemConsole you must have the JRE v1.1.7 and Swing 1.03 or later installed and configured properly. These programs can be obtained from Sun's JavaSoft web site, www.javasoft.com. ChemConsole may work with earlier version of the JRE and Swing, but I haven't tested it. The first thing you need to do get the correct file for your platform. For Unix get the ChemConsole-0.2.tar.gz file. For Dos get the ChemConsole-0.2.zip file. Next change to the directory in wich you plan to install the program and extract the program file using the appropriate method. For Unix this would be: tar zxvf ChemConsole-0.2.tar.gz or (if you do not use GNU tar): gunzip -d -c ChemConsole-0.2.tar.gz | tar xvf - In Dos/Windows95 (or later) this would be pkunzip ChemConsole-0.2.zip or any other tool that can extract *.zip files. This will create directory name Chemc-0.1 in the directory you extracted the program file. Finally change to the Chemc-0.2 directory and open the start up script, either chemc.sh or chemc.bat, with your favorite text editor and set Java Class Path. Once this is done you are ready to run the program. [jkl -- modified this file slightly]