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From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: IBM RS/6000
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Date: 2 Aug 90 16:59:48 GMT
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>Flames on RS/6000

I was given one for two weeks to test.  I wasn't specificaly interested
in the graphics, but after a week of locating bugs, we were informed by
the local Scientific Center that our salesoffice had a slightly older
version of the OS.  We have "9013" and the PASC had "9020" which fixed
a fair number of the bugs.  Still, we had no problems installing it onto
our net.  If AIX isn't Unix (U*X wars), then perhaps you have spent more
time on more BSD based machines.

Yes, xlc and xlf (C and Fortran compilers) took a bit adaptation, but
our machine wasn't bad considering the price.  There are people who will
give a more glowing opinion, but they probably didn't hang the machine
as many times as we did.

--e. nobuo miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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