dan@lclark.UUCP (Dan Revel) (09/20/89)
We are considering a classroom/research workstation facility
to support
a) upper-level undergraduate computer courses in graphics,
object-oriented programming (Smalltalk, maybe C++),
operating systems, simulation, etc.
b) individual faculty/student projects involving in some
cases number crunching (probably FORTRAN) and in some
cases applications with critical data retrieval requirements.
One possibility we are considering is three DECstation 3100's
plus a DS3100 file server and four or so X-window terminals.
The intention is to get the functionality of seven workstations
at a reasonable cost.
Does anyone know what price we will pay, in terms of functionality,
by using the X-terminals, as opposed to having every keyboard be a
DS3100 (or given budget constraints some lower priced workstation)?
Any other useful observations about: DS3100's, X-terminals, and
workstation labs would be appreciated as well.
Thanks,
Lewis & Clark College, Academic Computing
Disclaimer: this request was prepared by a committee!
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