The AVS Chemistry Viewer Version 1.5 Price list current as of 12/1/93 The AVS Chemistry Viewer is now marketed and supported by DASGroup of Toledo, OH. Until Q2/1994, tapes will still be distributed through Molecular Simulations, Inc. (MSI). Prices for all platforms, includes technical support (some restrictions apply, see platform specific notes), maintenence releases, and upgrades for one year. Current prices and availability for a single license on a single workstation are: Commercial license, single machine $5000 U.S. Government agency $2500 Academic $500 Additional 1 year maintenance, commercial $1000 Additional 1 year maintenance, gov. and academic $500 HP 9000/700 series: HP-UX 8.07 or greater; HP-UX 9.01 strongly preferred due to many bugs in HP-UX 8.07. Distributed on 4 mm tapes. SGI (all platforms): IRIX 4.0.5 or greater. Distributed on QIC tapes. IBM RS/6000 (all current platforms; not tested on newer platforms, especially PowerPC models): AIX 3.2 or greater. Distributed on QIC tapes. DECStation 5000/PGX Turbo: Ultrix 4.2A. Distributed on TK50 tapes.1* Titan 3000 (P3/G3): Titan OS 4.2. Distributed on QIC tapes.2* Sun SPARCStation 2: SunOS 4.1.3. Distributed on QIC tapes.3 User training courses are available. Custom development of tools is also available. For more information, contact: Douglas A. Smith DASGroup 3807 Elmhurst Road Toledo, OH 43613-4209 voice (419)537-2116 fax (419)537-4033 email dsmith@uoft02.utoledo.edu _______________________________ 1 The Chem Viewer is not compatible with ULTRIX version 4.3 or higher. Technical support is limited to non-hardware and non-operating system specific problems. 2 The Chem Viewer has not been tested with operating systems higher than version 4.2. Technical support is limited to non-hardware and non- operating system specific problems. 3 The Chem Viewer has not yet been tested with the Solaris operating system. * Support for this platform is not anticipated past Q2/1994. Migration pathways will be provided to purchasers of the Chem Viewer for this platform. ===================================================================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DASGROUP AND MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS SIGN AVS CHEMISTRY VIEWER DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING AGREEMENT Burlington, MA, December 20, 1993 -- DASGroup of Toledo, OH and Molecular Simulations Inc. (MSI) announced that they have finalized an agreement under which DASGroup will undertake scientific development, technical support, marketing and sales of the AVS Chemistry Viewer, a program for the visualization of the results of computational chemistry calculations. Under the terms of the agreement, DASGroup will immediately begin marketing and sales efforts of the product throughout most of the world. Teijin Molecular Simulations Inc. (TMSI), a joint venture of MSI and Teijin Limited, will continue as the exclusive distributor of AVS Chemistry Viewer in the Far East. In addition, DASGroup will immediately take over scientific and technical development and worldwide support of the Chemistry Viewer. "The Chemistry Viewer is an excellent, extensible tool for visualization of computational chemistry input and output, analysis of results, and transfer of information between various programs," said Dr. Douglas A Smith, President of DASGroup. "We plan to enhance and extend the Chemistry Viewer to be a user friendly graphical interface to as many computational chemistry programs as possible over the next year, including programs for quantum mechanics, molecular mechanics and dynamics, Monte Carlo and FEP, crystallography and more. Protein display and analysis tools are high on our list of priorities as well." "MSI is delighted that it has found an excellent home for the continued development and distribution of the AVS Chemistry Viewer product," said Michael J. Savage, President and CEO of MSI. "This arrangement will allow MSI to focus additional resources on the continued development of computational chemistry applications within MSI's own development environment". Founded in 1984, Molecular Simulations Inc. is a privately-held company with yearly revenues in excess of $20 million. MSI's products enable scientists to predict the behavior and properties of organic and inorganic materials through molecular modeling, a technique that simulates and visualizes materials at an atomistic level. Companies and academicians around the world have found that simulation technology can help increase the efficiency and productivity of research, development, and manufacturing processes in industries as diverse as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, agriculture/food processing, and materials sciences. The company has the world's largest installed base of licensed applications and the industry's broadest line of modeling and visualization software. MSI develops products for many major workstations and scientific computing platforms. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company has 130 employees worldwide. DASGroup, founded in 1992, is a privately-held company which specializes in molecular modeling and computational chemistry, both products and applications. The company performs contract research and development in a variety of areas and sells products including software for visualization. DASGROUP CONTACT: Douglas A. Smith, Ph.D. President DASGroup voice: 419-537-2116 or 419-472-9160 fax: 419-537-4033 email: dsmith@uoft02.utoledo.edu mailing address: 3807 Elmhurst Road Toledo, OH 43613-4209 MSI CONTACT: Steve Herbert, VP Marketing (617) 229-9800