Software
SOFTWARE RECEIVED PSI-Plot Poly Software International P.O. Box 526368 Salt Lake City, UT 84152 801-485-0466; fax 800-485-0480; www.polysoftware. com Version 5.02 $299
PSI-Plot is a scientific graphics, dataprocessing, and numerical analysis software. The updated version of this software offers data management of more than 100 million data points, data interpolation and curve fitting, data import and export, ordinary differential equation solver, algebraic equation solver, digital signal processing, statistics package, 2D and 3D graphics, an object-oriented graphics editing tool, slide presentation and publication-quality output. DOS version reciuires DOS 3 0 or higher; Windows version runs with Windows 3.1 Windows 95 or Windows NT Software uses 5 MB of disk spa.ce
POLARA CRS Robotics 5344 John Lucas Drive Burlington, Ontario Canada L7L 6A6 905-332-2000; fax 905-332-1114; www. crsrobotics. com $26,000
POLARA (Programming Architecture for Laboratory Automation) is a graphical user interface for creating, scheduling, running, and monitoring methods for laboratory automation. The underlying software architecture allows easy modifications or extensions of the methods as application requirements change. Once a method has been specified, the run-time module allows the user to run and monitor the specified method. POLARA offers four levels of error 484 A
messages, and, depending on the level of error and whether the system is running attended or unattended, the software will respond differently. In addition, the program offers multitasking and "plug-andplay" operation. POLARA can be interfaced with most third-party peripherals. System runs on Windows NT.
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Synopsys 175 Woodhouse Lane Leeds LS2 3AR United Kingdom 44(0)113-245-3339; fax 44(0)113-2438733; www.snopsys.co.uk/ Beta version free by downloading from Website
many data systems into popular Windows programs such as Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, Excel, Quattro Pro, ana others. The chromatograms can be resized, relabeled with any Windows font, cropped, zoomed, and reformatted. Various options are available for axis and peak labeling, as well as to insert peak reports into documents. The software is available in German, Japanese, and English. It is compatible with Windows 3.1 or higher and programs that support Object Linking and Embedding or the Windows Cllpboard and data systems that generate the Andi chromatogram file format Program requires 998K of space and supports 16- and 32-bit applications
Dry Lab LC Resources Inc.
Accord ActiveX works with Web browsers 2930 Camino Diablo such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Suite 110 Netscape Navigator to specify chemical que- Walnut Creek, CA 94596 ries to WebCGI search engines, display 800-379-5221; fax 510-930-9136; search results, and perform chemical calcuwww. LCResources. com lations. The software understands chemical Version 1.9 formats such as SMILES strings, ChemDryLab Easy $1495; DryLab GC $1495; Drawfiles,MDL Molfiles and Rxnfiles, and DryLab LC $4995; DryLab LC + GC $6495 Accord. .n addition, ,i provides a selectton of properties and events that can be used with The newest version of DryLab, a software JavaScript or VB Script to develop end-user package for modeling chromatography applications. Publication-quality chemical separations, includes enhanced resolution diagrams can be transferred via the clipmapping, a normal-phase chromatography board to other desktop applications for inmodeling option, and expanded on-line clusion in reports ActiveX is initially availhelp that covers everything from method able for Window95/NT development to basic principles. DryLab bases its modeling on data from two or three scouting runs carried out on the Chrom Merge user's system. The software runs in either LC Resources Inc. Windows or Macintosh environments and 2930 Camino Diablo is available in French Japanese GerSuite 110 man and English. System requirements Walnut Creek, CA 94596 for the IVIacintosh are 68020 or higher 800-379-5221; fax 510-930-9136; 6 05 or higher with at least 8 MB of www. LCResources. com RAM and 4 MB of disk space; Windows $150.00 version requires 486 or better 8 MB of RAM 5 MB of free space and Windows Chrom Merge inserts high-quality chromatograms and customized reports from
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