Aucf-cs.233
net.general
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!vax135!harpo!chico!duke!ucf-cs!whm
Thu Nov 19 04:03:56 1981
New Usenet Site
This is to announce the connection of ucf-cs to Usenet.
System Name: ucf-cs
Organization: The Computer Science Department of the University of
Central Florida at Orlando.
Contact Person: Bill Mitchell
Electronically: duke!ucf-cs!whm
Postally: Bill Mitchell
Computer Science Department
Univ. of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816
Phone: 305-275-2341 or 305-275-1249
What we do:
The Vax Unix system here is used to support faculty and
graduate research in computer science. Also, several classes
utilize the Vax. We have 17 faculty members at this time
and their interests are representative of the realm of
computer science. The department offers BS, MS, and PhD
degrees and has about 700 undergraduate, and 100 graduate
students, with a handful working on PhDs. Current areas
of interest are: AI, Architecture, Database, Complexity,
Formal Languages, Graph Theory, Operating Systems,
Programming Systems and Languages, and VLSI.
If anyone wants further information on the program, get in
touch with me and I'll send you some propaganda.
Facilities:
A Vax-11/780, 2 Meg of memory (2 more on the way), 2 Rp06's
(an Rp07 on the way), Tu77 tape drive, a Varian plotter,
40 terminals, (four of which are for student use), and four
modems that autobaud 300-1200. (One autodialer on the way.)
Connection(s):
At the current time we are connected to Duke University and
we hand-dial them a couple of times a day at 1200 baud.
We also occasionally call the University of Arizona, but
that is irregular at best.
We subscribe to all available news groups except for fa.arms-d.
Of our 75 strong user community, 14 currently get some type
of "network news", and we expect this number to increase
with additional promotion here.
Call/Be called:
This would be less than desirable now because of our sporadic
pattern of calling Duke. However, if the autodialer becomes
a reality, we could probably make arrangements to call other
sites if there is interest.
Of course, if anybody wants to make informal connections with
us, that can be arranged.
Black sheep:
Until recently we were running VMS and Unix on a half-and-half
basis. The administration came to its senses and decided to
get rid of VMS. At the current time we are steadily cutting
back on the VMS time and it will be extinct on Jan 11, 1982.
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