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From: Warren DeLano (warren_at_delsci.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2006 - 11:54:16 CST

Peter,

The situation with Chimera, PyMOL, etc. is the same as with VMD...

Unless you have the nVidia FX 4500 card on a newish PowerMac, you are limited to full-screen/blue-line stereo 3D.

I am very much hoping that Apple will offer some lower-end stereo-3D-in-a-window options once they transition their entire system lineup over to Intel.

Cheers,
Warren 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu 
> [mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Engelhardt
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:14 PM
> To: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: vmd-l: Stereo on MacG5 (single processor) for VMD, 
> Chimera UCSF etc.
> 
> Hi all 3D experts,
> 
> It has been announced that MacOS X is now able to show 3D 
> presentations like the good old SGI has been performing 
> elegantly for years.
> 
> We have recently got the hardware equipment: 
> "CrystallEyes" emitter, high frequence and CRT monitor etc 
> parts for our MacG5 (single processor, no additional graphics 
> cards installed yet).
> 
> NOTE: We experienced a positive test using Nanosaurus 2 (demo 
> version, able to show the presentations in 3D, with 
> "CrystallEyes") that worked perfectly with stunning scenarios.
> 
> Further, we have noticed that the emitter does not seem to 
> give any response with other softwares that we have tested so far.
> 
> Now, we would be very happy to know what is wrong and how to 
> get the 3D stereo working in e.g. VMD using our MacG5 and if 
> there is someone who can tell us, as well, how to get the 
> same 3D working e.g. in Chimera UCSF, and in many other 
> visualizing softwares in use,.
> 
> We have experienced the same analogous troubles with has been 
> reported earlier using Linux:
> 
> At 12:32 +0100 07.01.2003, Karsten Suhre wrote:
> >However, when I try to switch to "CrystallEyes" in the Display 
> >pull-Down menu, I only obtain two separate pictures of my 
> molecule (one 
> >above the other, as without a stereo board).
> >
> >Am I missing something (e.g. setting some environment variable)???
> 
> We are most interested to know also if the 3D stereo problems 
> has been solved for VMD (and for other softwares) using Linux.
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> 
> Cheers
> Peter
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