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Arms Appointed Director
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William Y. Arms, Kiewit Computation Center
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Dr. William Y. Arms was appointed director of Computing
Services, succeeding John S. McGeachie, who left the College
to assume an executive position in business. Arms was an
Oxford graduate with an M.S. degree from the London School of Economics, and a
doctorate from Sussex University. As a member of the faculty of the British
Open University, he wrote a dissertation on "Interlibrary Lending and
the Use of the Computer." Thomas E. Byrne served as acting
director until Arms arrived on campus.
Computing History Recounted
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Samuel Karamba, Kiewit Telecommunications and Repair Shop
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A "History of Dartmouth Computers" was published in Kiewit
Comments. Highlights:
- 1959 LPG-30 computer (single user)
- 1964 GE-235 and DATANET 30 — The first time-sharing system (40 simultaneous
users)
- 1966 GE-635 DTSS software with a capacity of over 100 users; featured a
256K word memory
- 1976 Honeywell 66/40A — Over 200 simultaneous users
Energy models on DTSS made by the Dartmouth System Dynamics Group at the
Thayer School of Engineering were obtained by the U.S. Department of Energy to
determine federal energy policies for research across the nation. Two large
computer models of energy resources (Fossil1 and Coal1) were used to study "the
effects of resource depletion and of changing supply-demand pressures on the
availability, price, and distribution of energy types." Dr. Roger
Naill directed the project and was named director of a long-term
policy design office in the Department of Energy.
DTSS Sold to Met Life
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Data Processing Operations Center, basement of McNutt Hall
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DTSS Incorporated, the company that sold DTSS software and related services,
was sold to the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company.
Online Library Catalog Proposed
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Registrars Office, McNutt Hall
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The Committee on the Future of the Card Catalog rejected the COM catalog,
and instead proposed a pilot project for an online catalog using Bibliographic
Retrieval Services (BRS) software.
CBS Interviewed at Dartmouth College
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Jon Appleton, Music Department, Dartmouth College
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Dartmouth professors Roger Masters, Michael
Carter, and Jon Appleton and senior Lissa
Miller were featured on CBS television's Morning News
program. In the interview, President Kemeny stressed "that
within the next generation, computers will have a fundamental impact on the
life of mankind — either for the better or for the worse. And the more students
understand about this, the more likely the impact will be favorable... It is
much too dangerous to let another generation come out of our colleges as
computer illiterates. Because then a small number of computer experts will make
decisions for us as to how computers will be used and that's much too
dangerous."
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