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W E S T B A N K B U F F E

West Bank Computer Center University of Minnesota

SPRING 1975

COMPUTER CENTER OPERATING HOURS

Input/Output Room - 90 Blegen Hall Timesharing Lab - 167 Social Science 8 a.m. - Midnight Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday .. Closed Sunday Closed Sunday

STATISTICAL CONSULTING

A consultant is available to provide assis­ number of library functions is available tance with UCC-supported statistical pack­ than in version 4.2 ages (Omnitab, SPSS, BMD) in 167b Social Science Tower. The consultant is available END OF QUARTER TURNAROUND to staff and students during the following hours: Turnaround during the last two weeks of 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday winter quarter was extremely slow. Late 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Wednesday, Friday afternoon and early evening (3 p.m. - 7 p.m.) hours found large numbers of jobs awaiting STATUS DISPLAY processing. The number of jobs in the sys­ tem is greater during these hours. Conse­ The cathode ray tube (CRT) located in the quently, turnaround is slower. computer room now shows the status of West Part of the job load at these busy hours Bank jobs being processed on the Cyber 74. results from programs which can·be pro­ The CRT displays the time (hh,mm,ss), job cessed later in the evening. For example, name, job status, and priority. This CRT is located near the computer room window a program submitted by someone leaving to allow users to check the status of for the day could be processed that evening their jobs. rather .than at 5 p.m. A DELAYED INPUT SLIP (see sample below) is now provided for pro­ 3200 grams which can be run during later evening hours. The operating system on the Control 3200 will be upgraded this summer. The ------•J.c.c. u.c.c. current MSOS 4.2 system will be replaced ------·------by the MSOS 5.0 system. The actual date IF YOII SURrollT A JOrl tlt:FO~E 1>1(1~ P•"• 01'1 A altl\uU A~O t)Q for the changeover will be announced ;l!'\T NfEO Tt

later. Users whose projects will be PL~Cf HHS SLIP 1~1 ftiJNT ')f 10\oii'C J(lil CAHO. ALL JOB!> Slt~>otiTTE.D af~ected by the change can contact the West Bank Computer Center staff for wiT~ THIS SLI" WILL d~ READ 1~ ~EFOAE HIOO PoM• YOU~ COOPl~­ assistance. ATiON IN USHIS THIS <;i.tP wiLL nELl> ALLEVIATE Tr1E AFTEANOO"' CO~GESTIO~ IN OUH SYSTE~ ANO ALLO~ FASTEH TUHN4RO~I'IO FOR Current system capabilities, including THAI'

A NOTE TO CLASS INSTRUCTORS MIRJE USER'S NOTE

The staff and facilities of the West Bank output disposed from the ~innesota Computer Center are available to assist Interactive !emote Iob ~ntry classroom users. Staff members will talk (MIRJE) system to the West Bank to classes."about program submission pro­ (sitecode = EB) is placed on the cedures. Instructors can also arrange for "wandering output" shelf in the class tours of the Computer Center facili­ I/O room. Disposed output will be ties. To make arrangements or for further placed in a bin if the ~ parameter information contact the Computer Center on the DISPOSE card is used. Users office (373-3608). may also use comment cards to specify The College of Business room where their output is to be placed. (86 BA) gives keypunch instructions daily. The schedule for these classes is posted on the bulletin board outside of the keypunch room. This instruction covers use of keypunch machines and program sub­ mission information.

VIEST BAN~< COMPUTER CENTER DIRECTORY Consulting 1class) See your T.A. Consulting 1statistical packages) OMtnTAD 1678 ss SPSS 25 BLEG

Keypunches 86 BA 25 BLEG Lister /Remote terminal [Univac 1004) 167 ss Lost and found, missing decks 90 BLEG Manuals, program liocumentation 90 BLEG 167 ss Reproducer 167 ss Sorter 25 BLEG Time-sharing la~oratory [teletypes) 167 ss When all else fails 93C BLEG