grunwald@uiuccsb.UUCP (10/06/83)
#N:uiuccsb:12800003:000:923 uiuccsb!grunwald Oct 5 17:48:00 1983 What with all the recent discussion about machines, I'd like to ask a question I heard over another network. A small school has about $100,000 to spend on new equipment for a small C.S. department. They're interested in a UNIX environment, but don't want to spend the money for a VAX. They don't really want to get a PDP-11 because it's so memory limited. They're looking at small workstations, since they feel that this provides an exapandable resource. In particular, they've been thinking of an HP-9000 or two. It's not clear that graphics is a high-priority item for them. Does anyone out there have any recommendations for them as far as companies to look into? I pointed them towards Sun, but I was hoping that someone out there might have a good reliable company for them to look into. Spoken : Dirk Grunwald University of Illinois USENET : ihnp4 ! uiucdcs ! grunwald CSNET : grunwald.uiuc@Rand-Relay