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Dante Analysis Online
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KDEM Dante Project
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Six hundred years of analysis of Dante's Divine Comedy became
available through an online database. Professor of Comparative Literature
Stephen Nichols and Director of Academic Computing
Raymond Neff developed a searching program that stored and
retrieved key words using detailed line references and displayed them in
split-screen format all the text commentaries ever written on Dante's
Divine Comedy.
Cork Database Available Nationally
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William M. Taylor (left), William Y. Arms
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Cork-On-Line, containing more than 9,000 listings of alcohol-related
writings taken from more than 500 publications in the biological and social
sciences, became available to medical centers, universities, and public
libraries in the U.S. and abroad.
Ph.D. Program Established
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(From left) John Stuart, Bernie Nielson, Noel Ricker, Alexander
Montgomery (in back), Kiewit Machine Room
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A Ph.D. program in Computer Science was established within the Mathematics
and Computer Science Department. See Dartmouth Computer Science.
Grateful Dead Index Available
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DPS-8, Kiewit Machine Room
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Dartmouth programmer John Scott created DEADBASE, a
computer compiled cross-reference to all 1,623 Grateful Dead concerts between
1965 and 1986.
Application Assisted Football Team
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James Perry, software developer
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The Dartmouth football team used an IBM PC program designed by Curt
Bury '53 to keep statistics, analyze play selections, and prepare game
strategies based on past performances.
Kiewit Comments Returned
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Richard E. Brown
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The Computing Services newsletter, Kiewit Comments, came back to
life with Volume 18, Number 1 in the fall of 1986.
New Leaders for Kiewit
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One of the first Macintoshes
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James F. Poage, newly appointed vice provost for computing,
succeeded William Y. Arms, who was appointed vice president at
the Carnegie-Mellon University. Poage came to Dartmouth after 16 years at
Princeton University, holding a masters degree from Cal Tech and a doctorate in
Electrical Engineering from Princeton. Raymond Y. Arms left to
become the assistant vice chancellor for computing at Berkeley.
Seven Hundred Macs Distributed to Class of '90
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1985 freshman Macintosh distribution
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On September 21, more than 250 Apple Corps volunteers handed out 700
Macintosh computers to the Dartmouth Class of 1990.
New Resources on the Network
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Professor Brenda Silver
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Computing Services announced special network services that enabled anyone on
the network to connect directly to computerized services using the Network menu
on DarTerminal. Examples were the Library, the Kiewit suggestion box,
Help files about computing resources, a public calendar of events, a bulletin
board of available jobs, a bulletin board of leave-term jobs off campus, and a
listing of grants and academic competitions available to undergraduates.
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