Molecular Graphics Display Programs on OS X

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Molecular Graphics Display Programs and Hardware

Hardware

Stereographics

OS X now supports stereographics, both native and X11. However you need a special (expensive) video-card and an appropriate CRT monitor. I don't have either, so I am hoping someone else will help by making a stereographics on os x page.

Dials

Powermate Dials

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Griffin Technologies makes a metal dial that is programmable and can be used with O, PyMOL and Coot, among other applications.

Here are instructions on how to configure it:

PowerMate dial configuration v2.x describes configuring it for O, but most of this is generalizable, for example to using powermate dials with PyMOL and using powermate dials with coot

SGI Dialboxes

David Gohara has figured out how to use SGI dialboxes with Apple computers.

Software