Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!mcnc!ecsvax!khj
From: khj@ecsvax.UUCP (Kenneth H. Jacker)
Newsgroups: net.lang.forth
Subject: ASYST Software System
Message-ID: <1538@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 10-May-86 11:22:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: ecsvax.1538
Posted: Sat May 10 11:22:53 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 12-May-86 00:18:34 EDT
Distribution: net
Organization: Appalachian State Univ
Lines: 27


        Our department is considering using ASYST (a FORTH-based 
data acq/analysis system) on an IBM PC for an upcoming "Real-time
Systems" course.

        Besides any general comments on the product, could anyone 
answer the following specific questions?

 
   (1)  Which FORTH is it?  How does it compare to other FORTH
           systems?

   (2)  How does the system perform in a lab/research environment? 
           What is the system's fastest A/D and D/A single-channel
           throughput?

   (3)  Which data acq board would you recommend using in the PC?

   (4)  In a 2 floppy disk (i.e., no hard disk) configuration, is
           there sufficient "free disk" to get some real work done?


-- 
Kenneth H. Jacker
Dept of Math Sciences		...!{decvax,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!khj.UUCP
Appalachian State Univ		khj@ecsvax.BITNET
Boone, NC  28608