LBAFRIN%clemson.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (06/13/86)
My organization, acting under contract to the Department of Defense, will have
major input within the next couple of months (I think) into a higher level
decision as to whether a Gould 6040, a Celerity C1230, or a Pyramid ??? (sorry,
don't know the model number) will be purchased to support a job mix of about
50% research and development and 50% low-resource-requirement on-line
interactive transaction processing jobs. Only one machine will be purchased.
Oh, yeah. Also in consideration is a VAX 8200 (and some wise guy in the
background just yelled out, "IBM PC's, too!"). A no-compromise requirement
is that hardware and software must be immediately available to plug the
machine into ARPANET (or MILNET or DDN, call it what you will). We have been
the owners of a Celerity C1200 for one month, and though we are impressed
with the machine, our experience factor with it isn't nearly great enough
to give us any bias against or for the other machines.
The sales reps from each company all make great claims. What we're
interested in hearing from you, the users who have to actually put up with
these various machines and their companies, are what you feel to be the
advantages and disadvantages of each machine and company. We're willing
to listen to fact, experience, and rumor all just as well. Another
important item for consideration is the availability of *prompt* service.
Don't let cost be an (important) consideration. (Don't you just *love*
the way DoD operates? Seriously, though, all the machines we're considering
are more or less in the same price range.) Tell us about documentation,
performance, anything you want to. We'll read every word you send us.
(Hey, we'll even send you a thank-you note! What more could you want?)
So if you know anything about DEC, Gould, Pyramid, or Celerity, we would
*really* appreciate your dropping a line to us via my mailbox. Here's
your chance to have some say in where your tax money goes! Don't pass
up this opportunity! Thanks for the help...
-- Larry Afrin
Dept. of Computer Science
Clemson University
P.S. About DEC: we're actually more interested in the 8200 specifically,
not the company in general. We've got plenty of experience with DEC here
on VAXen (11/750s, 11/780s, and 8600s). Now we'd like to hear the
scuttlebutt on the 8200.
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