From: talus.com!steve (Steve Sarich III)
Subject: Russian beta software
Reply-To: steve@talus.com
Organization: Talus Corporation
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 00:26:56 GMT

Houston, TEXAS, USA  August 12, 1992----Talus Corporation and the  
Electronic & Computer Science Center (ECSC) of the Moscow Institute of  
Physics & Technology are happy to announce the beta release of the first  
program written in Russia for the NeXT computer.  

Their first program, "pVisor",  is a 3D molecular visualization program  
that allows the user to display any complex-molecule on the screen, rotate  
the molecule in space and clip the molecule. There are several ways to  
display the molecule using the surfacing mode, lines, and balls, in any  
combination.  It uses a very fast renderer and gives the user extremely  
flexible control over the molecule display.  pVisor will read Cambridge  
Structural Database, Protein Data Bank, Alchemy, and pVisor proprietary  
formats.

The French version of pVisor will be ready for beta testing on August  
15th, and will be followed by the German version in late August.  A Kanji  
version of pVisor  will be released to coincide with the release of the  
Kanji version of NeXTSTEP 3.0.

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology is the premier physics  
institute in the former Soviet Union.  If you've followed this story in  
NeXTWORLD Magazine, you'll know that the programmers at ECSC have only had  
their two NeXTStation computers since late April.  This is a truly  
phenomenal feat by any standard and Talus anticipates several leading edge  
programs from this institute over the next twelve months. 

The ECSC expects to have their second program, PhysicsED, released to beta  
sites in September.  PhysicsED is a course consisting of a physics guide  
and a group  of simulation programs designed to demonstrate various  
physical processes and phenomena.  The course targets universities and  
secondary education, and was designed for use in both lecture  
demonstrations as well as for individual study.

Talus Corporation will distribute and support ECSC products in the U.S.,  
Europe and Japan.  Talus Corporation expects to release a new Russian  
written NeXTSTEP software product every two months through 1992.  New  
product releases for September and October are already scheduled.

If you're interested in assisting us in the beta testing process, please  
send us the following information:

1) Name & position
2) Name of school or company
3) Address
4) Office & home phone
5) E-mail address
6) The NeXT hardware that you'll be testing it on.
7) Your profession, along with a brief description of your field of  
expertise                
and how you might make use of a molecular visualization program.
 
Please send your information to: ed@talus.mipt.su

The final release of pVisor is scheduled for September 15th, 1992.
Thanks for your help and please feel free to drop us a line in  
Moscow...just to say hi. 

If you've already sent us mail you need not respond again...thanks!

--
Erik DASQUE	'the French kid'
Systems Engineer,
Talus Corp.
Seattle-Moscow-Houston

MOSCOW:
Tel : (+7-095) 255 9698
E-Mail : ed@talus.mipt.su  (NeXTmail happily accepted...)
HOUSTON:
Tel : (713) 561-0700
E-mail: info@talus.com  (NeXTmail happily accepted...)

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Thanks,

David Breese
Product Manager
Talus Corporation