Bioscope 1.3 is a whopping 6.6 Gb!! Officially released for download

Downloading v 1.3 now. Gosh it is a whopping 6.6 Gb download.(270 Mb for v 1.21)

Not sure where the bloat comes from. Guessing it's example data, hope the server doesn't crash under the load. 

btw reason no. 5 for using Bioscope v 1.3 sounds quite flaky...

UPDATE: Argh. the md5sums match my download but I got this error
error [4462069.zip]:  start of central directory not found;
  zipfile corrupt.
  (please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the
  appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly)

UPDATE2: Finally unzipped the 6.6 Gb file in an xp box using 7zip (apparently linux zip is finicky for files > 4 Gb. )
Guess what's inside? tarred zip files. Oh what fun to transfer them back to a linux box!
BioScope-1.3-9.tar.gz           (Regular, application/x-compressed-tar) size 217743781  mode 0744
BioScope-1.3.rBS130-51653_20101021190735.examples.tar.gz                (Regular, application/x-compressed-tar) size 4206422209 mode 0744
BS130-resources.tar.gz          (Regular, application/x-compressed-tar) size 2632156337 mode 0744

UPDATE 2: 
ABI has updated the downloads to a more reasonable 
208Mb Nov 25 04:24 bioscope1.3.1installer_4464106.tar.gz
md5 checksum is b688a8ae7b620d7b2dc7f68c6ca41783
 

Dear Valued Customer,

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I announce the release and immediate availability of BioScope v1.3

BioScope, the modular SOLiD™ data analysis bioinformatics tool, is designed specifically to optimize the accuracy of your SOLiD™ colorspace data.  In addition to streamlining the construction and maintenance of your SOLiD™ pipelines, BioScope provides a simple web interface allowing non command line users the power of running sophisticated NGS data analysis.

SOLiD™ BioScope provides workflow applications including:

• Improved MaxMapper Mapping and Pairing
• BFAST integration
• Improved SAET Accuracy Enhancement
• Resequencing Pipelines
• SNP/diBayes
• Inversion
• CNV
• Small Indel
• Large Indel
• Whole Transcriptome
• Fusion Transcript and Splicing Detection
• Target Resequencing
• Support for ChIPSeq
• Support for Methyl Miner
• Annotation and Reporting
• Improved BAM file compatibility
• Improved BioScope™ Users Guide

Additional details can be found at the following blog:

http://solid.community.appliedbiosystems.com/community/about_solid/blog/2010/10/25/the-top-5-reasons-to-use-solid-bioscope-software-13

Also attached is an in-depth article about our new Target Resequencing pipeline in BioScope™.

Please coordinate with your IT admin, bioinformatician, lab manager, and PI to have BioScope v1.3 installed at your site.

To get your free copy of SOLiDBioScope please go to:

http://solidsoftwaretools.com/gf/project/bioscope

Please ensure that you have an activated account on solidsoftwaretools.comRupert.Yip@lifetech.com before downloading.  If you have problems downloading, please contact

If this is your first time installing BioScope, we strongly recommend working with the BioScope software installation team to ensure a proper installation and configuration of BioScope.  Please contact Rupert.Yip@lifetech.com to inquire about our free BioScope software installation services.

For information BioScope training please contact your local bioinformatics FAS or go to http://learn.appliedbiosystems.com/solid