prender@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (05/31/91)
Hi. Our research group needs to do real-time (or as close as possible) display (grayscale-ish images) and 2D FFTs of 100+ x 100+ arrays of numbers, along with standard 2- or 3D rotations of the generated images (basically all just very fast (compared to DOS on 386s) numbercrunching and graphics), and I've drawn the short straw on 'finding a suitable system' for the job. So far, OS/2 2.0 (32 bit), SUN (and similar) workstations, and the NeXT Machine have all come up for consideration. I have myriad DOS (and related area) experience, but nothing of consequence on the others, and so I'm looking for some practical opinions of people actually USING VaxStations/DecStations (or actually, ANY of the above systems) in a laboratory enviroment. is VERY tempting to us, but I have NO experience AT ALL with even SEEING a VS/DS run (I am a mainframe UnixBaby, though, and reasonably fluent in VaX usage), and so hope to get some real nitty-gritty on the subject. Anything provided would be greatly appreciated. As usual, EMAIL is sure to be read but postings to this group should be noticed as well :-) ... Thanks. S Prendergast OSU Physics prender@ohstpy.mps.ohio.state.edu prender@ohstpy.BITNET
bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright) (06/15/91)
In article <10214.284577b8@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> prender@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes: >Hi. Our research group needs to do real-time (or as close as possible) display >(grayscale-ish images) and 2D FFTs of 100+ x 100+ arrays of numbers, along with >standard 2- or 3D rotations of the generated images (basically all just very >fast (compared to DOS on 386s) numbercrunching and graphics), and I've drawn >the short straw on 'finding a suitable system' for the job. So far, OS/2 2.0 >(32 bit), SUN (and similar) workstations, and the NeXT Machine have all come >up for consideration. I have myriad DOS (and related area) experience, but >nothing of consequence on the others, and so I'm looking for some practical >opinions of people actually USING VaxStations/DecStations (or actually, ANY >of the above systems) in a laboratory enviroment. > >is VERY tempting to us, but I have NO experience AT ALL with even SEEING a >VS/DS run (I am a mainframe UnixBaby, though, and reasonably fluent in VaX >usage), and so hope to get some real nitty-gritty on the subject. Anything >provided would be greatly appreciated. As usual, EMAIL is sure to be read but >postings to this group should be noticed as well :-) ... > >Thanks. > >S Prendergast >OSU Physics >prender@ohstpy.mps.ohio.state.edu prender@ohstpy.BITNET