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New Protocol for Data Transfers
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Anne Huggins, Regional Affairs
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The College began implementation of X.25 international protocols for network
data transmission at Dartmouth.
Devices Allowed DTSS Access
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Kiewit Business Office, Merylene Morse, bookkeeper
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New England Digital (NED) computers were installed in Kiewit and Nathan
Smith and Wilder halls to provide direct access to the time-sharing network.
Extra hardware and special software designed by Computing Services engineers
made it possible to provide dedicated direct access to the DTSS network at
2,400 baud to 40 simultaneous users in each building.
Survey: 93 Percent of Students Used Computers
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Fall orientation, Kiewit lobby
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Use of a computer at Dartmouth was surveyed again. Faculty and students
report that:
- Thirty-four percent of the faculty used a computer in a course.
- Fifty-six percent of the faculty used a computer for research.
- Fifty-six percent of the faculty members had written a computer program
(are "computer literate").
- Twenty-six percent of the faulty used a computer for "word
processing."
- Ninety-three percent of the students surveyed used a computer at
Dartmouth.
- Eighty-six percent of the freshman class used a computer.
- Eighty-three percent of all the students had written a computer
program.
- Eighty-nine percent of the students used a program library on DTSS.
- Twenty-six percent of the students used a computer for "word
processing."
New E-mail System Developed
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Fall orientation, Kiewit Public Terminal Room
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Eric Leventhal '83 developed a new mail system to replace
all existing and competing systems with "the best features of both" existing
systems.
New Protocols Linked Diverse Computers
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Fall orientation: Kiewit Public Terminal Room Students Assistants'
desk
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New protocols for connecting to diverse mainframe computers on the Dartmouth
network were announced. Users were able to connect to DCTS1 ("c D1");
DCTS2 ("c D2"); the PRIME ("c P1"); and the Library computer ("c L").
Second Pew Grant for Online Catalog
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Kiewit Computation Center
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A second Pew Foundation grant was received to continue development of an
online Library catalog.
Kiewit Urged to Support PCs
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Fall orientation, Kiewit Public Terminal Room, William Y. Arms
(standing)
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The Task Force on Computing recommended that Computing Services develop
"expertise, support services, and network capabilities with regard to a
selected range of personal computers." Citing the reasons for this new
emphasis, the Task Force suggested that "within five years, faculty and
students will arrive with their own minicomputers," and will expect "an
environment supportive of personal computing."
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