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From: ptran@hydra.unm.edu (Michael Burg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Intergraph workstation....
Message-ID: <1991Feb17.114258.27965@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 17 Feb 91 11:42:58 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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Have anyone ever work on Intergraph workstation?  I'm currently working as
research eng. at Sandia Nat. Labs and Sandia recently bought 8 millions bucks
Intergraph workstations....  Currently, I'm having a lot of problems with the
softwares applications.  Intergraph has Design Eng. (schematic capture), Hybrid
Eng. (Hybrid Design...)  I have to use these on IC chip design.  They don't
really support X window since they do have their own screen manager which is
not a distributed environment.  However, they use the X windows for one of the
thermal analysis program from Pacific Numeric Co.  I have few questions:

1.  If any of you ever uses Intergraph workstation, how is it performance in terms of hardware and engineer softwares.
2.  Why don't they use X for their windows interface?
3.  They do have xwindow on their CD disk, but the X window libraries used for programmer must be paid to get when others like Sun, DEC, HP comes with it.
4.  How about support service?  So far, I gets very poor responses from 
Intergraph.

I don't like their own screen manager window interface, but I have to use the
Intergraph workstation since it has circuit schem. capture and hybrid eng.
design.  Any of you out there knows other vendors like Sun, DEC who supports
X window interface and other engineer products running under X window.  The
products I'm looking at are schematic capture, Hybrid design, and 3D thermal
analysis program.  So far, I know the thermal program is from Pacific Num.
Co. however, it has a lot of bugs which I considered as poorly coded program,
buggy and I still cannot live with it.

Sorry for the long message, and I wish to see any suggestions.