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From: macfs@levels.sait.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.isis
Subject: Using ISIS in teaching distributed computing
Message-ID: <15516.27149de8@levels.sait.edu.au>
Date: 11 Oct 90 16:29:27 GMT
Organization: Sth Australian Inst of Technology
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I'm thinking of using ISIS for the practical work in teaching an Honours (4th
year) distributed computing subject (one semester) next year.  I'd be
interested in any feedback from readers of this group as to the feasibility of
doing this, and/or experiences from people that have used ISIS for teaching.

Also any comments as to the required hardware configuration.  Right now the
only applicable hardware is a Sun 4/490.  We also have some VAXes running VMS -
I gather there's a VMS port on the way.  I can probably also wangle access to
one or two Sun 3/60's, and it may be possible to get either a Sparcstation or a
Mac running AUX.  So the worst case scenario is that only the Sun 4/490 could
run ISIS, in which case there is no true distributed processing going on, which
is hardly the way for students to get a feeling for the subject.  (We also have
lots of PC's running MSDOS and Macs running MacOS, but that's probably
irrelevant).

Thanks in advance,
Chris Steketee,
School of Maths and Computer Studies,
S.A. Institute of Technology,
The Levels SA 5095
Australia

email:  macfs@levels.sait.oz.au