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From: tjf0203@wucec2.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lang.pascal,net.college,net.wanted,net.cse
Subject: Re: Computer access
Message-ID: <1405@wucec2.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 08:48:06 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 27 08:48:06 1986
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Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis, Engineering School
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Summary: Computers at WU in St. Louis

In article <2592@reed.UUCP>, soren@reed.UUCP (Soren Petersen) writes:
> I have been reading the net for several months now and it has
> finally hit me that damn near *everybody* who posts is either
> a computer professional or at least a CS major of some sort.

At Wasington University the majority of DEC VAXs are in the school of
Engineering and all engineers, not just CS majors, receive an account
on each of our student machines starting in their sophomore year.

We do have IBM equipment and other machines around campus, and because of
a deal made with DEC, many of the non-engineering departments are starting
to purchase VAXs.

> The reason that this seemingly elementary fact did not occur to me
> is that Reed College does not have a Computer Science Dept.--hell,
> there aren't even any computer classes here--the vast majority of
> users either write papers or play games.

We do have computer classes, but still many students just use the computers
for games and papers.

> With that in mind, I would like to ask how the computers are run
> at other places--who has access, what they are used for, etc.

We have a university department called CF (Computing Facilities) which 
is responsible for the IBM main frames, etc. In general, all students who
take a Math class through the university receive an account on an IBM 4381
running MUSIC.

We have another group called CEC (Center for Engineering Computing) which
is responsible for the computer support/software/etc on the engineering
school's computers.  Another group, ECL (Enginnering Computer Laboratory)
are responsible for hardware and operations.


tjf