Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!gitpyr!scott From: scott@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Holt) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.college Subject: Re: Free and undirected campus computing facilities - not at Waterloo Message-ID: <388@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 11:20:42 EST Article-I.D.: gitpyr.388 Posted: Wed Nov 28 11:20:42 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 04:37:53 EST References: <457@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Lines: 55 Xref: gatech net.micro:6593 net.college:356 Here at Ga. Tech. the computing services department operates a good deal of the campus computing power. We run 2 Cyber 180/855's running NOS 2.2, 2 IBM 4341 running VM (yeach) and a Pyramid 90x. We also have a Net/One LAN that connects the central computers and many departmental machines to over 1000 terminals. The Cybers are for general campus computing and are used for a large ammount of the course load, each one usualy supports over 100 users at once. One IBM is used by Administration and the other is used by the Engineering College. The Pyramid is being tested and supports a few classes in graphics and compilers. The Computer Science department supports several mini computers and about 100 PC's. Included are Vax 780 (gatech) 3 750's, 1 HP 3000, an HP 1000, an IBM 4361 4 or 5 Series ones, 2 Symbolics Lisp machines, and 3 rapidly deteriorating PR1ME's running a system called SWT, a Unix like shell over PR1MEOS. Most of theses resources are for graduate work. The HP 3000 is used for the first freshman programming classes and the 4361, together with the Series 1s and the PCs, is used for a CAI project which supports several classes in both ICS and other departments, the PR1ME is a general student machine. Of all these resources, not much is used for so called 'free computing' and 'hacking' is virtualy nil. This does not mean that computer access is very restrictive. The SWT system that runs on the PR1MEs was written as a student project, a large ammount of software for the Cybers was written outside of class by students and student employees, and most of the system support for the HP 3000 and IBM 4361 comes from student employees. Although students are not given accounts automaticly, an account on the Cyber system is relativly easy to come by...in fact, there is a large group of high school students who are given accounts on the system just because of their interest in computers. ICS students are allowed accounts on the PR1ME just by asking an intructor, but the machine is being phased out on favor of a better system. Eventualy, as we get more resources from the appropriate dieties, access to computers will become even less restricted. 'Hacking' at operating system code, however, won't become widespread just because of the large number of users supported on the various machines. Hopefully, we will get more machines, like the VAXes, for research. - Scott Holt ...gatech!gitpyr!scott -- --------- Yes, I'm allright....ayeeee Haaa Haaa Haaa!!!! Scott Holt Po Box 36199 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!scott ...!{rlgvax,sb1,uf-cgrl,unmvax,ut-sally}!gatech!gitpyr!scott