Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdchema!sd From: sd@sdchema.UUCP Newsgroups: net.graphics Subject: Evans & Sutherland drops PS2 and MPS Message-ID: <588@sdchema.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jun-83 15:30:26 EDT Article-I.D.: sdchema.588 Posted: Tue Jun 7 15:30:26 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jun-83 22:44:27 EDT Lines: 16 I just received a certified letter from Evans and Sutherland stating that they will not accept orders for the Picture System II or the Multi-Picture System after July 83 and production will be discontinued by December. They give several reasons, but they are putting all of their eggs in the PS300 basket. The last I heard about the PS300 was that it is an engineer's dream and a programmer's nightmare, i.e., it's a hardware marvel but very difficult to program. The last info I saw on the net was a scathing review from Michael Wahrman at Robert Abel and Associates. Has anyone used a recent version of the PS300? Has it improved? Steve Dempsey Chemistry Dept. B-014 Univ. of Calif., San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093 ...sdcsvax!sdchema!sd