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- From: makrisna@convex1.tcs.tulane.edu (Krishna Achuta Rao)
- Subject: Need help with choosing visualization hardware/software
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.015329.4718@cs.tulane.edu>
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- Organization: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 01:53:29 GMT
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- Hi there!
-
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- I am in the process of selecting hardware and software for use in visualization
- of geophysical data (climate data from various sources including satellite, GED
- COADS, GCM output etc). I would like to hear from people who have used various
- systems. My specific questions (after reading the FAQ) are:
-
- 1. What hardware do you use? PC/mac/mainframe/workstation and as many
- specs. as you consider important.
- 2. What software do you use? (eg. NCAR graphics) What Operating system
- does it run on? Is it public domain/free? If it is commercial software
- how much does it cost (ballpark figure will do)?
- 3. What are your comments on the software you use? What do you feel are
- the strong/weak points of what you use?
-
- I have access to PC's (386 with SVGA), IBM RS6000 (RISC), IBM 3081 (mainframe
- with CMS o.s that has NCAR graphics ver. 3.1 and SAS), Convex C120 (unix o.s)
- and they are(can) all (be) connected. So any suggestions on how to utilize
- existing systems will be extremely helpful. Also, any comments on how I can
- incorporate a CD ROM into this picture will be useful.
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE: I am a grad student with oh maybe, a couple of thousand
- dollars I could get my advisor to fork out.
-
- Please post or e-mail to makrisna@convex1.tcs.tulane.edu
-
- I will post a summary if there is sufficient interest.
-
- Thanks in advance.
- krishna
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- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- + Krishna Achuta Rao, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engg., Tulane University +
- +That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists +
- +trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder. -Calvin & Hobbes +
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