Edgar Meyer and Norma Field Funkhouser (1998)
J.Chem.Infor.& Comp.Sci. 38:951-955.

Abstract:
The history of computer networking goes back 40 years. With few exceptions (e.g.,libraries), the U.S. Government established
a creative environment or directly supported early developments. Chemical networking goes back to the year 1971, when
three groups virtually simultaneously initiated access to chemical and structural databases.
Surprisingly, one of these groups was at Texas A&M University and, in any event, can thereby lay claim to being the first to initiate networking in the life sciences.

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Viewing the red-green BRAD images with red-green spectacles or filters affords a 3-D view
 
 

Figure 1 Depicts early (1968) 3-D color raster graphics from the BRAD system using red-green stereo separation	First use of color raster graphics - 1968 - now the standard
Figure 3 Illustrates the 3-D display capabilities of program DISPLAY on the BRAD system...  A 15A scoop around the haem Fe atom in myoglobin...	Figure 4 Depicts the first use of computer graphics for the complete  construction and  structural analysis of a protein, Staph nuclease 1975
First published color molecular graphics image  Brookhaven National Laboratory Annual Report, 1968	Electron density coutours (20s) of Tyrosine 408 in the active site of termite  cellulase   "Structure of an endoglucanase from termite,  Nasutitermes takasagoensis" (2002) S. Khademi, L.A. Guarino,  H. Watanabe, G. Tokuda & E.F. Meyer, Acta Cryst., D58, 653-659.