| Re: Announcing PV-WAVE on Linux [message #3452] |
Wed, 01 February 1995 19:02  |
mahan
Messages: 17
Registered: October 1994
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M Larkum (larkum@optolab.unibe.ch) wrote:
: In article dsr@alster.dkrz.de, hrebhan@awi-bremerhaven.de (Helge Rebhan) writes:
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: >>> ANNOUNCING PV-WAVE on Linux
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: >Instead of another boring UNIX system you should release a version for PowerPC !!
: I have to say, I'm astounded at the rather cool reaction this
: announcement seems to be getting. I thought an offer to try out
: PV-Wave for nothing for 2 1/2 months would warrant some kind
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: Thanks very much, VNI, and I hope the trial period is a success.
: Matthew
I too thank VNI for their effort to give Linux a try with this trial period.
We have done some things with this trial version, so far it behaves as expected.
I intend to give VNI feedback after I give this port a good "workout" :-)
Thanks again, VNI, for monitoring the discussions on this newsgroup and
responding to the users in such a timely manner.
-Steve
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| Re: Announcing PV-WAVE on Linux [message #3462 is a reply to message #3456] |
Wed, 01 February 1995 00:40  |
larkum
Messages: 21
Registered: May 1993
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In article dsr@alster.dkrz.de, hrebhan@awi-bremerhaven.de (Helge Rebhan) writes:
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>>> ANNOUNCING PV-WAVE on Linux
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> Instead of another boring UNIX system you should release a version for PowerPC !!
I have to say, I'm astounded at the rather cool reaction this
announcement seems to be getting. I thought an offer to try out
PV-Wave for nothing for 2 1/2 months would warrant some kind
words, to say the least. Coupled with the fact that, if you
already own a PC and have enough disk space, you can try this
system out for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING (i.e. Linux is also free),
I would have thought this is something worth shouting for
joy about!
The big question in my mind is whether VNI intend to eventually
charge their PC price ($700?) for this or whether they will charge
the full workstation price. If the former, it would be a good
reason to move to Linux on a PC with PV-Wave as opposed to IDL
for Windows - it would be cheaper and better and at home!
Anyway, IDL already exists for PowerPC in native version, which
I agree, is also a good thing.
Thanks very much, VNI, and I hope the trial period is a success.
Matthew
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Matthew Larkum
Physiologisches Institut
Buehlplatz 5, CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
Ph. 41 31 631 8726 Fax. 41 31 631 4611
Internet: larkum@optolab.unibe.ch
matthewl@cortex.physiol.su.OZ.AU
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| Re: Announcing PV-WAVE on Linux [message #3538 is a reply to message #3462] |
Thu, 02 February 1995 10:22 |
kaaret
Messages: 7
Registered: June 1993
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I am very interested in this announcement. However... I currently use IDL and make
use of the ASTRON library of routines, particularly the FITSIO stuff. Can anyone
tell me if the ASTRON routines (in IDL, of course) will run with no or little modification
under PV-WAVE?
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| Re: Announcing PV-WAVE on Linux [message #3548 is a reply to message #3462] |
Thu, 02 February 1995 00:59 |
hrebhan
Messages: 10
Registered: January 1995
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> I have to say, I'm astounded at the rather cool reaction this
> announcement seems to be getting. I thought an offer to try out
> PV-Wave for nothing for 2 1/2 months would warrant some kind
> words, to say the least. Coupled with the fact that, if you
> already own a PC and have enough disk space, you can try this
> system out for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING (i.e. Linux is also free),
> I would have thought this is something worth shouting for
> joy about!
>
You're right with respect to the 'real'(?) PC's where Linux is a good
choise to replace MS-DOS or other stone-aged Microsoft Products. To
my information up to now there are only PowerPC's with MAC OS 7.5
available and that's what I ment.
There have been some postings about speed comparision of IDL on
MAC and on SUN-Sparcstations. These results would be similar for
PV-Wave. And if you look at the price differences of SUN-Sparc
and MAC-PowerPC's and if you don't need the whole 'power' of UNIX
all the time than a PowerPc is a serious candidate for your work.
> Anyway, IDL already exists for PowerPC in native version, which
> I agree, is also a good thing.
>
And would be a good thing for Pv-Wave too !
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