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Introduction

Now that AIPS++ is within about a year of initial $\beta$ -release, it is time to describe a standard hardware (mostly) and software system that we expect end-users to have to be able to effectively run AIPS++. It must be emphasized that this paper describes the first machines to run AIPS++, not to preclude future ones.

I have chosen to adopt the simple expedient of declaring that AIPS++ should perform well for problems of normal size on a modern Unix-based workstation costing about $5,000. The exemplar of such a machine is a:

1.: Sun Sparcstation 4
2.: 64M of main memory
3.: A few gigabytes of disk storage

A standard problem is considered to be a few hundred thousand visibility samples which result in $\sim$ 1024 x 1024 continuum images, or $\sim$ 512 x 512 x 128 spectral line cubes. Larger problems should run, but standard sized problems should fit comfortably on machines of this size.

This paper is couched in synthesis processing terms, it would be interesting to make a similar analysis for the single-dish case.

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