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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 22 2005 - 10:34:41 CDT

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 03:09:11PM +0200, Bogdan Costescu wrote:
....
> > Is CHARMM an alternative solution to these problems and can treat
> > large files faster because doesn't need graphics?
>
> A bit simplified view is that CHARMM might not need much memory for
> analysis because it can load the trajectory frame by frame, so at any
> given time only one frame is in memory. The disadvantage is that it

This can also be done in VMD using the 'bigdcd' script:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/script_library/scripts/bigdcd/

  John 

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