RasMol works better with Netscape if it is located on the desktop. Make a copy of version 2.6b2 of RasMol (for PC) or RasMac (for Macintosh) and the file rasmol.hlp on your desktop. Configure your web browser to use RasMol or RasMac (hereafter referred to as RasMol) as a helper application for files of MIME type chemical- x/pdb, with suffix .pdb. For help with this task, see Configuring Netscape.
Use your web browser to obtain the atomic coordinate file (or PDB file) with code 3b5c from the Protein Data Bank. For help with this task, see Getting PDB Files. Place the file on your desktop and name it 3b5c.pdb.
The web page PDB
File Contents provides a complete description of the contents of a
PDB file, thus allowing you to learn what information RasMol uses to create
molecular graphics displays. But first, get started with viewing. After
you have learned some basics, the contents of the PDB file will mean more
to you.