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From: lisa@phs.UUCP (Jeff Gillette)
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Subject: Info wanted on Apollo & related systems
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Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 09:22:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 24 09:22:20 1984
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Some friends in the humanities computing project at Duke are developing
a foreign language authoring system, and would be grateful for the sage
advice of netlanders.  They are particularly interested in security of
the data base (students' records), a UNIX environment, interactive video,
and (if possible) voice projection (to pronounce vocabulary/sentences).

A possible funding agency has recommended they consider a number of Apollo 
workstations.  Since neither they (nor I) know anything about Apollo, I
am asking the experts (you).  What is an Apollo system - what kind of
hardware/software does it feature, what awesome tricks can it do, how
easy would it be for an experienced C/UNIX programmer (on VAXes) to make
it show its stuff?  And how does the Apollo compare with other competing
systems - in processing power, in graphics ability, in user interface,
and in cost?

Any comments, observations, or information will be appreciated.  Send
your thoughts to me, and I will forward them to the Duke project.  Thanks

Jeff Gillette		...!duke!phs!lisa
The Divinity School
Duke University
Durham, NC  27706