jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) (10/25/90)
First of all, let me say that the following is NOT intended to start yet another "Box A is better than Box B; No it isn't Box C is better..." argument... I just need some insight. Right now I'm using a MacIIfx running A/UX 2.0. However, with the number crunching and simulation workload I'm doing, the Mac just can't keep up. Now one of the things I DO like about my setup is that I can run a FORTRAN program, then cut the data from the shell window, and then paste it into a plotting application. (If you have access/experience with Macs, then you know what I mean... even if you don't I'm sure you do anyway) In any case, I am seriously looking at upgrading to the PI 4D25 (with the upgrade to 35) but I don't want to loose that functionality which I like. Can I do the same on a PI? If so, what applications are available which let me do it (I'm looking mostly at a word-processor, some kinda plotting/graphing application and some sort of 2D "drawing" application with "cut-and-paste" capability between all three). Is this possible? I hope so, otherwise I'll have to wait until Apple comes out with their 040, which would STILL be slower than a PI... ... of course I guess I could always use my Mac as my "document" computer, and the PI as the number cruncher, but I would still have the task of cutting the screen data and pasting it to a file to be ftped to the Mac... Quick E-mail responses would be greatly appreciated!! -- ======================================================================= #include <std/disclaimer.h> =:^) Jim Jagielski NASA/GSFC, Code 711.1 jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov Greenbelt, MD 20771 "Kilimanjaro is a pretty tricky climb. Most of it's up, until you reach the very, very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply."
jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) (10/25/90)
Please send E-mail responses to jim@jagmac2 (NOT jim@jagubox)... Thanks! -- ======================================================================= #include <std/disclaimer.h> =:^) Jim Jagielski NASA/GSFC, Code 711.1 jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov Greenbelt, MD 20771 "Kilimanjaro is a pretty tricky climb. Most of it's up, until you reach the very, very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply."
blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854") (10/29/90)
Your requirements don't sound very tough to fill. If you can do it on a Mac you should be able to do it on a real computer. There are many plotting packages out there for SGI's, some are free. We use some Ames software: PLOT3D, SURF, GAS, FAST (FAST is new and still in Beta release). We also have TECPLOT. TECPLOT is slower than the Ames software and cost bucks, but it can do a few things PLOT3D, SURF, and GAS can't do. You can "cut-and-paste" between windows on an SGI. Although, that technique sounds a little slow if you are trying to plot a lot of points. -- Brent L. Bates NASA-Langley Research Center M.S. 361 Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225 (804) 864-2854 E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov