INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE/NOVEMBER 15, 1988

 

 

 

User Accounts on the Data General

So, you are sold on the
wonders of computer technol-
ogy and want to get in on the
excitement! Or you are being
dragged "kicking and scream-
ing" into it. Either way, if you
need/want to use the College’s
Minicomputer facilities for word
processing or statistics or what-
have-you, you will need a
Douglas College User Account.
There is nothing tricky about
getting one.

If you are faculty, staff mem-
ber, or administration, all you
have to do is fill out a simple
form called a "Request for DG
MV/15000 User Account”. Just
drop in to the Systems and Com-
puting Department (Room
4720) and ask one of the staff to
help you.

Students, at the present time
cannot obtain a User Account
on the College’s minicomputer
unless they are in a course re-
quiring the use of the facility.
Such students will be notified
by their instructor. It is hoped
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the future to open up access
more fully to students.

Where is there a computer I
can use?

The College utilizes IBM-PC
compatible micro computers for
the bulk of the computer train-
ing/instruction. There are
currently three micro labs which
are used as teaching classrooms;
two at New Westminster cam-
pus and one at Maple Ridge
Campus. A significant amount
of instruction and most of the ad-
ministrative word processing
and electronic mail is done on a
Data General MV/15000 com-
puter.

There are two locations where
students can access these resour-
ces outside of a classroom
setting; bookable time through
the library Information Desk,
and an "open" lab in room 4363
which is open for use from 7:00
am through 11:00 pm each
weekday with reduced hours on
the weekends.

Faculty may use the above
resources or use the "faculty
workrooms” 4703 and 4321/23.
Room 4703 also has an optical
mark reader (OMR) for marking
tests and an Optical Character
Reader (OCR) for capturing cer-
tain printed documents onto
magnetic media (eg. onto IBM
PC compatible diskettes in
WordPerfect format.)

For your quick reference:

@ Classrooms/labs - 4333,4335
& 3910 - booked for classes,
occasional open times

# Open labs - 4363, and the
Library (book times at the
Information Desk)

@ Faculty workrooms - 4321,
4703 and the Library

Documentation Available

We are preparing a number of
handouts which will become
available on such topics as How
to get started on the Data
General, How to Get a User Id,
User Instructions for P-EDIT,
SPSSx User’s Handbook, etc.
Your suggestions for other
topics are invited.