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- NIC 7690
- Network Working Group R. F. Borelli
- Request for Comments #249 University of Illinois
- Center for Advanced
- Computation
- October 8, 1971
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- Coordination of Equipment and Supplies Purchase
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- The purpose of this message is to pass on to all members of the
- Network an agreement reached between Messrs. Steve Crocker of ARPA and
- R. F. Borelli of the University of Illinois. The Center for Advanced
- Computation has agreed to study the feasibility of a coordinating point
- for purchases of equipment and supplies to be used on the network.
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- To this end, the Center will compile a list of common equipment and
- supplies needed by Network members and ascertain the value of contacting
- the appropriate manufacturers and distributers in order to negotiate the
- best possible group price. Thereafter, the results of the negotiations
- will be passed on to Network members with a resulting listing of items,
- costs and supplies.
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- The two biggest pitfalls with this concept are:
- 1. Insufficient demand for commonly required items.
- 2. Not satisfying each organization's administrative
- requirements for competitive bidding on items
- which are not sole-source justified.
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- At this time, it appears to be premature to allow this to stop the
- idea. After the listing of items and range of sources are collected and
- analyzed, these two points can be addressed. In fact, this project may
- have to be abandoned; however, there are sufficient reasons to believe
- that these problems can be overcome to make the venture workable.
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- We request that all members of the Network forward to the Center,
- ATTN. R. F. Borelli, a descriptive listing of equipment and supplies
- they require in this fiscal year. Particular attention must be paid to
- listing all the acceptable alternates to increase the changes of
- commonality. For example: TI-725 terminals could be considered a
- substitute for Teleterms 1030's, etc. The only items excluded at this
- time are 2400 ft. Magnetic Computer Tapes, tabulating cards, and
- conventional computer printer paper. Any added suggestions or ideas are
- both encouraged and welcomed.
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- A sample format of information is attached.
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- Sample Format of Information Requirement is as Follows:
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- Current
- Estimated
- Quantity Description and Special Needs Mfgr. Cost
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- 3 Remote Terminals Texas Instr. $4,200.00 @
- Model TI-725 with upper and or
- lower case Teleterms
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- 100 rolls/mo Electro Static Printer Paper Gould $10.00/roll
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- Requested by:
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- University of Illinois
- Center for Advanced Computation
- Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Telephone: (217) 333-6375
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- A listing of items not intended as all-inclusive are:
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- 1. Gould Electrostatic Printers and printer paper.
- 2. Computek graphics terminals.
- 3. ARDS graphics terminals.
- 4. CRT alphanumeric terminals (Hazeltine, Datapoint, DEC, etc.).
- 5. Hard-copy portable terminals (TI-725, Teleterm 1030, NCR etc.).
- 6. Teletype (ASR and KSR-33, 35 and 37)
- 7. Plasma panels.
- 8. Plotters (CalComp, Bendix, Calma, etc.).
- 9. Digitizers and scanners.
- 10. Computers (PDP-11, PDP-10).
- 11. Computer peripherals (TU-56, TC-11, etc.).
- 12. IMLAC's.
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- [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
- [ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the ]
- [ direction of Alex McKenzie. 12/96 ]
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