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!!
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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!
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"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