SAG Electronics

[Gary Orser]

What is the general feeling/experience with making substitutions,
with computers, projectors...

We all have our bureaucracies. ;-( 

Cheers, Gary
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Gary Orser , (406) 994-6451, orser at nervana.montana.edu 
Montana State University
Center for Computational Biology
1 Lewis Hall, Bozeman MT, 59717

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Don Morton wrote:

> Howdy, although the AG hardware specs suggest that the actual
> computers used for an AGN can be chosen with some flexibility,
> I see that ANL has ordered custom configurations from SAG
> Electronics (who happen to have a web page, I noticed -
> www.sagelectronics.com.  Or, if you're focused on western
> images, you can think of it as www.SageLectronics.com :) :).
> 
> Does this imply that SAG Electronics is knowledgeable about
> AGN's and might be much easier to work with than other vendors
> who may make certain substitutions?  Naturally, I can just
> give a vendor the same specs you provided, but I feel more
> comfortable giving it to a vendor that knows what works.
> 
> At this point, I'm pulling my hair trying to convince our
> over-zealous purchasing department that I don't want to make
> lower-cost substitutions on projectors, etc.  Arrgghh!!  
> Luckily, our research VP is paying for this, so I can have
> him pull rank if necessary :)
> -- 
>    Don Morton                     http://www.cs.umt.edu/u/morton/   
>    Department of Computer Science       The University of Montana
>    Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139
>