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1995

Hyperbooks Program Designed

Kiewit Machine Room

The experimental program Hyperbooks, designed by Espen H. Koht '93 and Matthew O. Williams '92, displayed the complete texts of famous novels as HyperCard stacks.

Technology of Cyberspace Created by Thayer School Professor

Humanities Computing

Engineering 4: The Technology of Cyberspace was created by Thayer School Professor George Cybenko as an introduction to the vocabulary and application of the Internet. (Thayer Directions, Spring 1997)

Faculty Advisory Committee Identified Projects for Funding

Student Assistant's Desk near the Public Terminal Cluster in Kiewit

The Faculty Advisory Committee for the Computing Technology Venture Fund identified the following projects for funding:

Computer Aided Drafting and Design for Theatre: Zsuzsanna-Lynda Bathory
The Study of the English Language — Faces and Interfaces: Alan Gaylord
Virtual Instrumentation Simulations: Pierce Hayward
Image Digitization: Timothy Rub
About The Venture Fund

Local Internet Service Provider ValleyNet Started

Kiewit Consultant's Office

ValleyNet, a local Internet Service Provider, was started by Dartmouth and the Montshire Museum of Science to act as an independent, non-profit corporation providing affordable Internet access to individuals, schools, and businesses in the Upper Valley. See SoVerNet Communications (a.k.a. ValleyNet, Inc.).

Administrative Initiative Funded Campus Data Network Upgrade

Kiewit Computing Resource Center

An administrative initiative provided $2.45 million dollars to upgrade the campus data network by installing fiber-optic communications cable, rewiring most buildings, and providing Ethernet access to many network outlets.

Network Upgrade Mostly Complete (Computing news 2003)

Dartmouth College Time Sharing Network Disabled

Kiewit Machine Room

Computing Services disabled the Dartmouth College Time Sharing network and transferred all central system accounts to other servers.

Computation Center, Time Sharing System Proposed (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1962)
Funding of DTSS and BASIC (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1964)
Birth of DTSS (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1964)
First DTSS Upgrade (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1964)
DTSS Upgraded (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1966)
The GE-635 Facts (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1966)
DTSS for GE-635 Operational (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1967)
GE Donated System (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1969)
DTSS Incorporated (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1972)
DTSS Sold to Met Life (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1978)
Computing History Recounted (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1978)
The Computer and the Campus: An Interview with John Kemeny (1991) (Dartmouth Computing History)
Dartmouth Time-Sharing System Phased Out (Dartmouth Computing Timeline 1993)
Unplugged: The Great Dis-Connect (Dartmouth Computing History 2004)

Student Employment Office Created Jobnet

Kiewit Computing Resource Center

The Student Employment Office created Jobnet, a database of on- and off-campus employment opportunities available to Dartmouth students through the DCIS Navigator.

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