"SpectraGraph" and "SpectraSort": mass spectral display and interpretation software for the Macintosh

Two computer programs entitled "SpectraGraph" and "SpectraSort" have been written for te Apple Macintosh. SpectraGraph allows graphical display, manipulation, storage, and printing of an input mass spectrum list that has been imported from a mass spectrometer or entered manually. SpectraGraph gives the user the ability to display, normalize, and multiply different mass ranges, annotate peaks, and perform various other operations on the spectral display. Also the mass spectrum and other graphics may be copied to and from other Macintosh application documents. SpectraSort has been developed to aid in the interpretation of mass spectra, particularly those of biopolymers, by calculating the mass differences between peaks in a mass spectrum. The user then has the option of matching the mass differences with masses of fragments or residues stored in several user-definable look-up tables.