GFX@psuvm.psu.edu (05/02/91)
I have unexpected :))) funds to acquire a new computer for my office. We are on a network so I don't *need* my own printer. I'd like to have a 2-page display and an ethernet card (or other gizmo) to hook-up to our mainframe. I am a B-school faculty, so you can guess that I use a mac to: (1) log on our mainframe ; (2) write papers ; (3) do some number crunching with various softwares ranging from Excel to Mathematica ; (4) plan to start fooling with Geographic Information Systems (that's why I'd like a 2PD) ; and (5) watches After Dark patterns. My first thought would be to get a IIsi 5/80 with: - FPU / accelerator (?) - Apple's 2PD - a video card (which?) The whole system should not cost more than, say, 8K street. I'll appreciate information (what *exactly* would you buy, and *why*) Thanks, Stephane
marc@porsche944.Eng.Sun.COM (Marc Schneider) (05/03/91)
In article <91122.004257GFX@psuvm.psu.edu> GFX@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >My first thought would be to get a IIsi 5/80 with: > - FPU / accelerator (?) > - Apple's 2PD > - a video card (which?) > >The whole system should not cost more than, say, 8K street. I have one at home, nice machine, but perhaps you should consider a SPARCstation IPC. It's more power for about the same cost... and it is a workstion, not a personal computer. -Marc Schneider Sun Microsystems, Inc -- Marc T. Schneider Sun Microsystems, Inc. : : " When you just don't have time marc.schneider@eng.sun.com : for a polaroid...VideoPix" PH: (415) 336-6747 FAX: (415) 336-1816 :