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To: Gorak Shep who wrote (56984)	6/3/1998 9:21:00 PM
From: Darren	Respond to of 186894

What's the big need to upgrade pentium class machines to pentium II's? Sounds like a huge waste of tax dollars. Can you justify this expense? You mean INTC at 65 isn't a good enough reason?

To: Gorak Shep who wrote (56984)	6/4/1998 7:50:00 AM
From: Thomas J Pittman	Respond to of 186894

That is always a concern, of course. The systems currently deployed as our 'front line', operational machines required for real time processing of range safety and telemetry processing data are consistently stressed by scientists' needs to collect, process, and visualize data. The upgrade is expected to allow a reduction in the total number of machines and operators (thru the addition of more software which will automate some (now manual) tasks related to the operation. The existing machines will be relegated to other duties which are less demanding of resources (perhaps desktop and perhaps lower end processing). As a civil servant, I appreciate your question and hope that this helps. It is, believe it or not, the very question WE ask prior to committing to such a systematic and large purchase. But we feel that the potential operational savings and the increased functionality are worth the cost. Some very low end machines (486s) will be replaced as the current machines trickle down. Regards, J