LBAFRIN@clemson.CSNET (06/18/86)
[Jim Brucker (brucker@ucla.ee.edu) of the UCLA EE Dept. suggested I post
my query here after he saw it in Info-Unix and Unix-Wizards.]
I represent a research organization within the Department of Computer
Science at Clemson University (Clemson, SC). Our group is operating
under a federal government contract, and we've come to the point in the
contract at which we have to purchase a machine in the class of the
Celerity C12xx, the Gould 60xx or 90xx, DEC VAX 8200, or a comparable
Pyramid. I've asked Info-Unix and Unix-Wizards for comments on these
machines and have gotten an excellent response. I and the people above
me (the guys who handle the money and decide which machine we will get)
would greatly appreciate any further input from the members of Info-Pyramid
on their brand of machine.
We're looking for comments on *any* aspect of the machine and the company
behind the machine: quality of hardware and software; quality and quantity
of documentation. Availability of prompt service is a must. And an
absolute, no-compromise requirement is that there must be available *at
purchase time* a certified DDN (Arpanet, Milnet, whatever you call it)
board and supporting software for the machine. (It would be nice if there
were also available a certified GTE TELENET board.)
Our expected job load is about a 50-50 mix, 50% research & development
and 50% non-intensive online interactive transaction processing. Perhaps
1-3 people doing R&D and anywhere from 4-16 people doing the non-
demanding let's-do-simple-stuff-with-menus kind of task.
Money is not a great concern here, not because we love to frivolously
spend taxpayers' money, but because all the machines we're considering
are roughly the same price, a cost we've already allowed for in our
budget. Since the machines cost the same, what we're really trying to
do is get the biggest bang for the taxpayer's buck. Will you help?
Again, *any* comments will be greatly appreciated, and as I mentioned to
Info-Unix and Unix-Wizards, all replies will be acknowledged with a
heartfelt thank-you note. What greater incentive could you want?
-- Larry Afrin
Dept. of Computer Science
Clemson University
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