Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site phs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!duke!phs!lisa From: lisa@phs.UUCP (Jeff Gillette) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Info wanted on Apollo & related systems Message-ID: <954@phs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 09:22:20 EDT Article-I.D.: phs.954 Posted: Wed Oct 24 09:22:20 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Oct-84 04:02:36 EDT Organization: Duke Physiology Lines: 25 <> 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