In the late 1980s, as I recollected here[cite]10.59350/g4j62-4xk50[/cite] the equipment needed for real time molecular visualisation as it became known as was still expensive, requiring custom systems such as Evans and Sutherland PS390 workstations.
As a personal retrospective of my use of computers (in chemistry), the Macintosh plays a subtle role. 1985: In the previous part, I noted how the Corvus Concept computer introduced a network hard drive (these still being too expensive for any one individual to afford one); the same principle applied to the 1985 Macintosh but now relating to the remarkable introduction of the laser printer.
Click on the static image to get an active model.