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Kiewit Began PC Support
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Kiewit student bullpen (downstairs), systems programmers
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Computing Services began providing support for personal computers, starting
with "full support of the IBM Personal Computer." Support is defined as
coordination of purchasing; training and consulting services; file transfer,
terminal-emulation capabilities, and network access; and maintaining
computer-based bulletin boards for the exchange of information.
VAX Systems Installed
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William Y. Arms, Director of Computing Services
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"VAX Clamantis in Deserto!" Digital Equipment Corporation computers of the
VAX family were installed in Kiewit to provide both VMS and UNIX operating
systems support to the community. Two UNIX machines, running the operating
system developed at Bell Labs and refined at Berkeley, supported the Online
Library catalog functions, as well as computer science and engineering
applications.
DCTS Upgraded
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John Largent, Physics Department
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Computing Services added a second processor to DCTS2 to relieve congestion
on the time-sharing systems.
Tuck Bought 50 IBM PCs
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1984 freshman Macintosh distribution
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Tuck School ordered 50 IBM
personal computers for its central terminal cluster in Bosworth. The Kiewit
Computer Store was stocked with IBM personal computers for resale to faculty,
staff, and students.
Eighth Edition of BASIC
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Nancy Broadhead, President David McLaughlin
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The eighth edition of the BASIC language was announced in the fall of 1983.
A complete history of the language was presented in the fall 1983 issue of
Kiewit Comments (Volume 17, Number 1).
Sixteen Buildings Connected to Mainframes
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Kiewit Public Terminal Room
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A "Snapshot of the Kiewit Network" showed that 16 buildings on campus and 4
remote schools (the Coast Guard Academy, the Merchant Marine Academy, Ursinus,
and the Marine Training Center at Quantico) were connected to the network of
eight major mainframe computers.
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