A review of engineering workstations: These powerful computers are to the engineer what word processors are to the secretary: No panacea, hut an important aid

Engineering workstations for electronic design - I desktop computer systems almost as powerful as a traditional minicomputer - have generated considerable excitement in the past two years. With their I high-resolution graphic displays, they are intended to fill the engineer's need for sketch pad, bread-1 board, calculator, and almost anything else. Engineering workstations can potentially be used to speed every facet of the design engineer's job, from refining an initial concept to beginning full production. Are these very expensive new tools fulfilling their promise?