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Re: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? [message #4049 is a reply to message #3970]

Fri, 14 April 1995 00:00

kid
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Registered: April 1995

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In article <3mhc42$6lt@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>, smithjp@sage.cc.purdue.edu
(Joseph Smith) wrote:

> I am about to order some flavor of IDL (Mac or Unix) and
> I'm wondering if anyone can help me gauge just how much performance
> I loose by getting the Mac product. (This saves me enough money
> to buy a Q630 cpu)

Hi Joe -

I've been using IDL on a Mac IIfx for the last month or so and on a Sun
SPARCstation 10 for the last couple years. I also had a chance to run the
native demo version of IDL on a PowerMac 7100/66 (my quick and informal
testing put the PowerMac at about 75% the speed of the SS-10). The Mac
IIfx runs IDL pretty well on applications that don't require a lot of
memory or disk access. I have one (lots of 16-bit graphics and array
manipualtions) that I was playing with today that requires about 60 MB of
RAM (the IIfx only has 20 MB, so the rest was VM). As I expected,
performance was pretty poor, but it ran correctly.

If you already have the Q630, I think it would be adequate for what you
are intending to run on it. If not, I'd get a PowerMac instead. You can
download a Mac demo version (10 minute not 30 day due to Mac license
managers) from gateway.rsinc.com to try out on your Q630 to get a decent
idea.

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Rhonda Schienle
Email: kid@visdata.com
Licensed Massage Therapist on California's Central Coast

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		Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: smithjp on Wed, 12 April 1995 00:00
		Re: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: sterner on Thu, 20 April 1995 00:00
		Re: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: velt on Wed, 19 April 1995 00:00
		RE: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: mallozzi on Tue, 18 April 1995 00:00
		Re: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: Fergus Gallagher on Tue, 18 April 1995 00:00
		Re: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: gurman on Mon, 17 April 1995 00:00
		Re: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: ps on Sat, 15 April 1995 00:00
		Re: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: kid on Fri, 14 April 1995 00:00
		Re: Platform recommendation/tradeoffs? By: ps on Mon, 24 April 1995 00:00

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