Subject: delicate workstation for ab initio calculations

From: "Hui-Hsu (Gavin) Tsai" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:05:35 -0500

Dear Computational Chemists:

   We consider to buy one delicate workstation to perform 
ab initio calculations (Becke3LYP/6-31G** level with geometry optimization
and vibration calculations) of metalloporphyrins (at least 45 heavy atoms).

   I do not know what kind of workstations is excellent to do these
calculations now because the computer techniques progress very fast.
Has anyone comments or suggestions in purchasing the workstation to perform
these large-scale calculations. 
Our budget is about $60000.00. Any comment, experience, and suggestion is
welcomed.

Thanks a lot.

Gavin Tsai
Case Western Reserve University