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These desktop super-micros are the first in a wave of high powered engineering workstations to be installed and supported by the ECN. The standard SUN 3/50 Workstation features a large 1024 by 800 pixel graphics display, 15 Mhz. 68020 CPU with 4 MB of memory and runs the familiar Berkeley UNIX operating system used on most ECN machines. This machine is "diskless", receiving its disk service via an ethernet from a separate disk "server". The SUN 3/50 has roughly the CPU performance of a Dual VAX 11/780 on certain tasks and supports a flexible multi-window user interface.
The ECN is currently evaluating the potential uses of these workstations as part of a pilot study in the Schools of Engineering. Highly interactive tasks, such as CAD, software development, or text processing are well suited to the SUN workstation. The ECN currently has tools for software development, a previewer for troff, prolog and others available on the SUNs. We are continuously looking for new tools which make the most of this powerful workstation.
Several other groups within the Schools are planning to purchase SUN equipment in the future. If you plan to purchase SUN equipment, the Engineering Computer Network offers a document on suggested SUN system configurations. If you have any questions concerning SUN equipment please contact Dwight D. McKay, EE 348b, 49-43561 or "mail mckay".
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