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>From: Stephen Millican Saleeby <address@hidden> >Organization: NCSU >Keywords: 200004131414.IAA20030 McIDAS-X platform RAM Steve, >I'm Steve Saleeby from NC State University. Dr. Steve Koch and I are >planning to install McIDAS X this summer in the Atmospheric Science >Dept. and we are in the process of purchasing a Sun Ultra 10 workstation >to run McIDAS. OK. Let me know when you are ready to grab the distribution, so I can give you the package access information (if needed). >I read the minimum system requirements but was curious to >ask if you think it would be advantageous to: 1) have 512MB DRAM >vs. 256MB, and 2) Sun Elite 3D m6 graphics vs. Creator 3D graphics. I >would appreciate any feedback you could give me concerning this. These are not needed for McIDAS as it presently stands. However, I would recommend the more robust configuration for new things like our Java applications that will be coming down the pipe in the not too distant future. >Thanks so much! You are welcome. >Sincerely, >Steve Saleeby Tom Yoksas