UNIVERSITY C ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT U3BANA-CHAMRAIGN Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://www.archive.org/details/offline1419912univ 3TX Q. 510. 84 0+2 14:1 1986 Computing Services Office Off-Line University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign VOL. 14, NO. 1 January 1986 EDITOR: Lynn Bilger PHONE: (217) 333-6236 120 Digital Computer Lab 1304 W. Springfield Ave. Urbana, Illinois 61801 Page Contenis THE LIBRARY OF THE POLICY .fin. • J Planned Updates for Spring 1986 New CSO Tape Policy UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS User Training Program CONSULTING SERVICES 17 Econometrics Consulting and Computing STATISTICAL SERVICES 17 SPSSX on the Cyber 174 (NOSB) 19 SPSS Graphics is Here MICROCOMPUTER SERVICES 21 Word Processor Review HELP WANTED AND SALES 25 Students Needed as Microcomputer Consultants 25 For Sale - Gandalf Mini-Pacx III CSO DIRECTORY - STAFF AND SERVICES Administrative Director George Badger 150 DCL 333-4103 Business Manager Stanley Rankin 150 DCL 333-6530 Secretary Joyce McCabe 150 DCL 333-1637 rare Support User Accounting 1208 W Springfield 333-7752 Documentation Center 1208 W Springfield 333-9230 Systems Consulting 1208 W Springfield 333-6133 Statistical Services Consulting 85 Comm West 333-2170 PC Consulting 91 Comm West 244-0608 Text Processing Consulting 118 DCL 333-7318 Maintenace & Repair Service 194 DCL 333-0969 Tape Service, Special Plots, 123 DCL 333-8640 Xerox Laser Printer Dial-up Numbers CYBER 175 (NOSA) 300 baud 333-4000 CYBER 174 (NOSB) 300 baud 333-4004 IBM 3081 GX (VMD) 300 baud 333-4006 Switch 1200 baud 333-4008 TELENET (local no.) 384-6428 Personal Computers/EXCEL Robert Penka 173 DCL 333-4709 Supercomputer Activities Sandra Moy 177 DCL 333-4703 Networking Sue Greenberg 187 DCL 333-3723 Maintenance Larry Crotser 169 DCL 333-5190 Consulting Stan Kerr 179 DCL 333-4715 Statistical Services Joan Alster 189 DCL 244-0937 Accounting Services Gary Bouck 1208 W Springfield 333-7752 Microcomputer Laboratory Jack Knott 86 Comm West 333-6562 User Training (Short Courses, Ron Szoke 131D DCL 333-8630 Videotapes) Documentation Lynn Bilger 120 DCL 333-6236 CYBER-IBM-VAX Operations Myra Williams 168 DCL 244-0186 Site Operations Sylvia Hansen 65 ME 333-6285 Chuck Harnsberger CSO Sites (see Reference Guide RF-0: -0.3 for operating hours) Agriculture N-120 Turner Hall 333-8170 Chemistry 153 Noyes Lab 333-1728 Commerce West 70 Comm West 333-4500 CRH Snack Bar 120 Snack Bar 333-1851 DCL Routing Room 14 DCL 333-6203 Electrical Engineering 146 EEB 333-4936 Florida Ave Res Hall FAR 333-2695 Illinois St Res Hall ISR 333-0307 Mechanical Engineering 65 MEB 333-1430 Psychology 453 Psych Bldg. 333-7815 Social Science 202 Lincoln Hall 333-0309 OFF-LINE is the monthly newsletter of the Computing Services Office at the University of Illi- nois at Urbana-Champaign. Unless otherwise indicated, permission to reprint is freely granted, provided that the author, if named, and the Computing Services Office (CSO) are credited. In- formation in this issue is current as of January 15, 1985. Academic and research computing is done on the following machines: CDC Cyber 175 running NOS 1; CDC Cyber 174 running NOS 2; IBM 3081 running VM; IBM 4341 running VM; VAX 11/780 running UNIX and driving a GSI CAT-8 phototypesetter; three Pyramids a dn a Sequent running UNIX. In addition CSO serves as Facility Manager for various departmental machines (e.g., other IBMs) and for the National Center for Supercomputing Application's CRAY X/MP. Operating Hours (see HEARYE.SCHEDUL for exceptions): CYBERS 174/175 IBM M-F 8 am - 6 am 8 am - 6 am SAT 8 am - Midnight 8 am - 6 am SUN Noon - 6 am Noon - 6 am POLICY PLANNED UPDATES FOR SPRING 1986 In keeping with CSO's commitment to improve services to the user community, the following upgrades are planned for the Spring 1986 semester: • Due to increased demands on the SYTEK network (LocalNet), CSO plans to add more ports on both the IBM and the Cyber systems. We expect to have 16 additional SYTEK ports to the IBM 3081 (VMD) operational by the end of January. The Cyber systems will be provided with 24 additional ports by March, 1986. • The addition of these new SYTEK ports allows us to convert the Snack Bar (CRH) site to a SYTEK (LocalNet) site during the month of January. • Also during January, CSO plans to install four SYTEK- connected terminals and a laser printer at the Turner Hall site. • The Electrical Engineering (EE) site will be converted to SYTEK (LocalNet), probably in March. In addition, we will also be adding several new graphics terminals and a laser printer at EE. • The acquisition of 64K words Central Memory (CM) and 1 million words Extended Semicon- ductor Memory has allowed the following upgrades on the Cyber 174 and Cyber 175: The Cyber 175 (NOSA) now has 1 million words of Extended Semiconductor Memory (ESM). The Cyber 174 (NOSB) now has 256K words Central Memory (CM) and 512K words of Extended Core Memory (ECS). • A tape system will be added to the facilities at the UNIX site in the English Building during the Spring semester. • Software known as VMCENTER (from VM Software, Inc.) is currently being installed on the IBM 3081 (VMD) system. VMCENTER is a comprehensive, data center management system for the VM environment that provides control over all major aspects of VM data center service including: disk space management, tape management, system security, accounting and auditing, workload management, and operations. We believe the addition of this software will allow IBM users more latitude in controlling their own environment (e.g., changing their own passwords, etc.). Further news about this software will be published in future issues of OFF-LINE. NEW CSO TAPE POLICY Myra Williams Our tape storage facilities at DCL are filled and we now find it necessary to implement a new, stronger tape policy. In the past we have tried contacting owners of expired temporary tapes, or permanent tapes that have not been used in over a year; however, we have had very little success in getting these tapes picked up or removed from the building. We feel strongly that the information on these tapes is important and do not want any user to lose data. Our temporary tape storage is for a 30-day period only. After this 30-day period, we will send these temporary tapes back to the departments specified on the labels, via campus mail. If you do not want your tapes mailed to the department, please pick them up before the expiration limit of 30 days. We now have approximately 6000 tapes in our permanent tape storage and do not have room for many more. We are currently setting up a policy for the removal and return of permanent tapes that have not been used in over a year. When this policy is implemented, we would appreciate your cooperation in abiding by the new procedures, to insure that tapes do not get lost. CSO would like to thank the tape users who already have cooperated in removing unused tapes from our storage. USER TRAINING PROGRAM Short Courses, Manuals and Training Cassettes for the CSO Computer Systems Spring Semester 1986 SHORT COURSES CSO is offering the following noncredit short courses during the Spring semester 1986 to acquaint potential users with our computing systems, facilities and services. Short Course Policy Please note that: 1. CSO makes a small charge for most short courses. This is due to two factors: (1) There is a need for equipment to support improvement in teaching methods; (2) The volume of short courses has risen to the point where it is a serious drain on consulting staff time, and some compensation in staffing must be made. The income is dedicated to support of the short course program. 2. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for all courses except where noted. Registration is accom- plished by filling out a SEPARATE copy of the registration form and SEPARATE check or voucher for each registration and sending these documents to CSO in either campus or U.S. mail. Walk-in registrations will be accepted in room 150 DCL only during the hours of 3pm to 5pm on working days. 3. The registration form is available on-line from a Cyber terminal via: TYPE,REGFORM/AS/UN=COURSES or you may call 333-1608 and request that one be sent. 4. Each registrant will be sent a confirmation of registration on which the place of meeting is noted. This slip must be taken to all meetings of the class and shown when requested. 5. Refunds of fees will be made only for canceled classes, or upon receipt of an application for refund on or before the day BEFORE the second meeting of the class. There will be no such refunds for classes that meet only once. Application for a refund must be made in room 150 DCL during normal office hours; no applications will be accepted by telephone. Refunds are made by means of a credit memorandum (good for one year); exceptions will be made only in extremely unusual circumstances and at the discretion of the user training coordinator. 6. A copy of the current (updated) short course listing may be examined on-line via: TYPE,COURSES/AS/UN=COURSES. 7. Updates (changes) since the printed short course listing was issued may be examined on-line via: TYPE,UPDATES/AS/UN=COURSES. This file contains current information on courses and sections that have been newly opened, canceled, filled and closed, etc. 8. CSO reserves the right to cancel courses or sections with insufficient enrollment.