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KHECC is a semi-annual meeting of information systems professionals from across the state. Representatives from computing, communications, library, and print/media services are invited to attend. The theme of September's conference will be "Reaching Out with Technology." The registration fee is $55.00, which UK faculty and staff can pay by IDIV. For more registration information, contact Donna Hall at KHECC89@UKCC.UKY.EDU, or 257-3929. ************************************************************************* INFO/EXPO FALL 1989 A two-day Electronic and Information Resource Exposition at the University of Kentucky is being planned for October 26 and 27. If your department has an electronic or computer-based product or service that you would like to display contact Stephanie Allen at 233-6567. In addition to displays from the UK community, selected commercial vendors will exhibit state-of-the-art hardware and software products. Information was sent to departments in August and the deadline for entries will be September 15. ************************************************************************* CCS SEMINARS The CCS Seminar Series will be held on Wednesday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. in 327 McVey Hall. Receptions begin at 3:00 p.m. September 6 Simulation: The Next Best Thing Prof. Uzi Landmann, Georgia Institute of Technology September 13 Science on Massively Parallel Machines Dr. Arthur Williams, Thinking Machines Corp. September 27 Structural Engineering Design by Finite Element Computation Prof. Noboru Kikuchi, University of Michigan ************************************************************************* UKCC SHORT COURSES The following short courses are free to all UK faculty, staff, and students, but preregistration is required. If you register for a course and then find that you will be unable to attend, please cancel your registration by calling 257-UKCC. Failure to do so may jeopardize your right to register for future UKCC short courses. There are two ways you can register, depending on the class: You can register online -- some classes require online registration. Just enter VIEW UKCC SHORTCOURSE on your CMS account on the IBM 3084, and follow the menus. You can register by completing the registration form in the August/September issue of "The Kentucky Register" and mailing it to the UKCC. Many of these classes don't require any knowledge or experience with any computer system. If there are prerequisites for a particular class, they'll be listed in the class description. If you have questions about class content or bypassing prerequisites, call the instructor for that class. INTRODUCTION TO VM/CMS AND XEDIT September 7 and 8 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall October 2 and 3 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall November 9 and 10 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall A basic introduction to interactive use of the IBM mainframe systems, this class presumes no previous knowledge of the IBM systems or any other computer system. You'll learn how to access the computer, how to create and manage files on your account, and how to use online tools such as CALENDAR and VIEW. You'll also learn how to use the CMS text editor, XEDIT, to create and modify individual files. This course will be taught in two two-hour sessions. Both sessions will provide hands-on practice of the commands that are covered. You will be given a class computer account which will remain active for the duration of the course. This course will be offered three times during the Fall semester. Your instructor will be Pat Murphy (257-2244). INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC MAIL ON THE IBM September 12 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall October 13 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall November 13 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall An introduction to the MAIL command on the IBM 3084, this class is for the beginner. You'll learn how to create mail files and send them to other IBM system users, to WANG system users, or to PRIME system users. We will also cover the use of BITNET to communicate with individuals at other academic centers around the world. You will learn how to read incoming mail and some techniques for storing old mail. We'll also discuss how to create and maintain a NAMES file of individuals with whom you frequently correspond. You will be taught the logon sequence and some basic CMS background before we begin the discussion of MAIL. This class presumes no previous knowledge of the IBM systems or any other computer system. You'll be given a CMS account for the duration of the course and will receive hands-on instruction for all the commands covered. Your instructor will be Pat Murphy (257-2244). INTRODUCTION TO PHOENIX November 2 and 3 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall The UKCC has purchased Phoenix, a courseware authoring and presentation system, to run on the IBM 3084. This software greatly simplifies the task of creating computer-based training packages and computer test bank applications. The system provides a powerful full screen editor for creating presentation screens. Standard question types which are supported through a complex answer analysis feature are short answer, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and true-false. The entire system from sign-on to sign-off is menu-driven, making it relatively easy even for non-programmers to develop quality computer courseware to supplement or enhance existing classroom instruction. Students can access courseware written for the IBM 3084 from any of the terminal cluster sites on campus. This introductory course is intended for anyone who has an interest in developing computer-aided instruction. No previous computer experience is required. Pat Murphy will be your instructor (257-2244). INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPT October 10 and 12 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 103 McVey Hall An introduction to a text processor on the IBM 3084. This course will be particularly helpful if you must prepare large documents for research work or for routine course work. This class will cover the basic SCRIPT commands and commands for generating letter-quality output on the Apple LaserWriters. Completion of Introduction to VM/CMS and XEDIT, described above, is an adequate prerequisite. Your instructor will be Dave McCreary (257-2264). Online registration is required for this course. INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPT EQUATION PROCESSING October 17 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 103 McVey Hall Release 88.1 of SCRIPT provides commands for including very complex equations as part of a text document. These commands will be discussed in this class. Experience using SCRIPT or completion of the Introduction to SCRIPT class described above is a prerequisite for this course. Your instructor will be Dave McCreary (257-2264). Online registration is required for this course. INTRODUCTION TO FORTRAN September 25 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall An introduction to using VS FORTRAN and WATFOR-77 on the IBM 3084. The course will cover the statements used to compile and run FORTRAN source code using the CMS or MVS systems. Useful options available with the VS FORTRAN compiler will be covered. Converting older FORTRAN code (FORTRAN G, FORTRAN H, etc.) to compile and run with the VS FORTRAN compiler will be discussed. Prerequisites are familiarity with CMS and XEDIT for file building and editing, and a solid background in FORTRAN coding. This is NOT a course about learning to program in FORTRAN. Tom Faller will be your instructor (257-2236). Online registration is required for this course. INTRODUCTION TO VECTORIZED FORTRAN October 2 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall An introduction to coding VS FORTRAN programs to use the vector facility on the IBM 3090 computer. Vectorization reduces the amount of time needed to process DO loops by concurrently processing the DO loop elements. Vectorization will work on unmodified code, but program speedup can be increased by proper coding techniques. A good background in FORTRAN is prerequisite, as well as familiarity with CMS and XEDIT. Vectorizing works only with VS FORTRAN, so the FORTRAN class described above is a useful prerequisite if your code is in an older version of FORTRAN. Your instructor will be Tom Faller (257-2236), and online registration is required. INTRODUCTION TO SAS September 19 to 22 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall October 7 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall SAS is a collection of powerful and flexible data management and statistical analysis procedures that allow you to create and analyze libraries of data files on the IBM 3084. This course will emphasize simple data manipulation and general syntax and is designed for new and inexperienced SAS users. CMS and XEDIT knowledge is prerequisite. Your instructor will be Lorinda Wang (257-2204) for the September class and Steve Thomson (257-2259) for the October class. Online registration is required. INTRODUCTION TO SAS/GRAPH September 26 to 28 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall SAS/GRAPH is a collection of SAS PROCs that can be used to draw text in various fonts; plot values in the x-y plane with various curves; draw three-dimensional and contour plots of functions; display bar, pie, star, and block charts; and plot several different map displays using SAS datasets for county, state, and country boundaries on the IBM 3084. The Introduction to SAS short course, described above, is a prerequisite. Lorinda Wang will be your instructor (257-2204). Online registration is required for this course. INTRODUCTION TO SPSS-X October 3 to 6 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall SPSS-X is a powerful program for displaying and analyzing data on the IBM 3084. This course is designed for those who have little or no knowledge of SPSS-X, but experience with CMS, or completion of the Introduction to VM/CMS & XEDIT, is prerequisite. Your instructor will be Lorinda Wang (257-2204). Online registration is required for this course. GENERAL LINEAR MODELS IN SAS October 9, 11, and 13 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall This course will cover features of SAS procedures for the analysis of univariate and multivariate linear models. The course will review the use of SAS procedures for multiple regression and the analysis of balanced and unbalanced designs. Included will be an overview of the various regression diagnostics in PROC REG, a discussion of the various types of sums of squares in PROC GLM and PROC REG, hints on analyzing repeated measures designs, and a review of the various multiple comparisons. This course is designed to be of help to those who need to analyze many different linear models in SAS. Completion of the Introduction to SAS course or equivalent experience in SAS, plus some experience with regression or ANOVA, is a prerequisite. Steve Thomson will be your instructor (257-2259). STRUCTURAL EQUATION ANALYSIS AND PROGRAMS October 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, and 27 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 103 McVey Hall Structural equation analysis can be viewed as a generalization of regression analysis, simultaneous equations, and factor analysis. Basically, one analyzes linear relations among certain inexactly measured, possibly latent, variables. This course is an introduction to the methodology of structural equations and the main programs that implement such analyses, i.e., LISREL, EQS, and LISCOMP. Some experience with regression and factor analysis and running programs using such techniques is a prerequisite. Your instructor will be Steve Thomson (257-2259). ************************************************************************* MICRO LAB HOURS The Micro Lab in 107 McVey Hall is open to all UK faculty, staff, and students. The Lab contains IBM PCs, Apple Macintoshes, and printers. Microcomputers can be reserved for one-hour sessions by calling 257-2207. From August 7 through September 8, the Micro Lab will be open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Beginning September 11, the Micro Lab hours will be: Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ************************************************************************* GOOD NEWS FOR MICRO LAB USERS We're increasing the number of microcomputers in the Micro Lab, 107 McVey Hall, and they should be in place before the end of the Fall Semester. The additional computers will double our present capacity and will include IBM PS/2 Model 30s and Macintoshes. Most of the present equipment will still be available for use. ************************************************************************* SPECIAL PC SALE Now's the time to get a great deal on a personal computer. The PC Sales Service has special discounts for the beginning of the semester for all UK students, staff, and faculty. These discounts are approximately 40% off the retail prices, and include products from Apple, IBM, Wang, and Zenith. For more information, contact PC Sales at 102 Student Center (with Copy Cat), 257-6320. They're open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. ************************************************************************* HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Monday, September 4 is an official UK holiday. The UKCC offices, Consulting Room, and Micro Lab will be closed. The Data Center and Users' Rooms in 103 and 111 McVey Hall will be open from Noon until 12:30 a.m. The IBM and PRIME systems will be in operation, as usual. ************************************************************************* GETTING YOUR OUTPUT AT THE DATA CENTER In response to requests from users, we're changing the method of filing centrally printed output. The new system will go into effect September 1, 1989. Each of your userids will be assigned a box code, and all output for that userid will be filed together in the same box according to its assigned box code. You'll be able to get your output by simply telling us your box code. You can find out what your box code is by entering FINDPRT on CMS. You can also request your output by your userid until you've memorized We recommend that you continue to make a list of your job numbers, so you'll know you've gotten all of your output. For help or more information, contact an Operator at the Data Center. -- Ben Rice ************************************************************************* REEL-TYPE TAPES TO BE PHASED OUT The UKCC has two types of tape drives, the IBM 3480 tape cartridge drives and the older 2400-foot tape reel drives. We are planning to convert as many tapes as possible to cartridge in order to phase out most of the older reel drives and to save valuable floor space. Effective September 1, 1989, reel-type tapes will not be accepted for permanant storage. A 400,000 volume serial pool has been established for replacement and will use the same guidelines as the 20,000 series. If you'd like to convert your tapes to cartridge, just bring us a cartridge for placement into the 400,000 series. After copying the contents of the 20,000 to the 400,000, you can pick up your 20,000 series tape. You can purchase the 3480 type cartridges from University Stores for approximately $5.00 each. Request 7430-4002 Storage Master Cassette. Or order cartridges from the Appalachian Computer Service, Inc., Supplies Division, 1251 Georgetown Rd., 800/432-0946, 606/254-9317. We are planning to remove three reel tape drives by September 1, 1989 and, as usage declines, remove more at a later date. We will continue to support 800/1600/6250 bpi tape reels on a limited basis, as users' need dictate. If you need help with this conversion, contact Joe Williams at UKA048@UKCC.UKY.EDU, 257-5632, 122 McVey Hall. -- Joe Williams ************************************************************************* DLIST AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC DLIST is now available on the PUBLIC disk. This new CMS utility is a fullscreen menu of the minidisks you have LINKed or ACCESSed. DLIST allows you to ACCESS, RELEASE, DROP, or alter the ACCESS mode of your minidisks as well as allowing you to list the files on your minidisks without leaving DLIST. DLIST is stored on the PUBLIC disk and is easily accessed and run. To access the PUBLIC disk, enter PUBLIC To run DLIST, enter DLIST Pressing PF 1 will display the DLIST HELP files. A more in-depth look at DLIST will be presented in the Exploring CMS column of the October Kentucky Register. If you have any problems or suggestions please contact James McGillivray at JAMESMC@UKCC. ************************************************************************* SUGGESTIONS 1. It would be convenient to have a stapler available in or near the Users' Rooms to use on material that comes off the copier or the LaserWriters. >>>Thanks for the suggestion. We'll keep a stapler in the Consulting Room, 110 McVey Hall, and there's a stapler in the Micro Lab, 107 McVey Hall. 2. Wouldn't the indicator board in 111 McVey Hall be much better if it reflected systems or conditions that actually exist? Do we still have a Happy Hour? Why not light up the Hands-On System Up sign during the time the IBM 3084 is operational? >>>We'll see what we can do. Thanks for reminding us. 3. Why is it so cold in 111 McVey Hall? I understand that it is during the summer, but I don't think I should have to wear a jacket in there. >>>Thanks for letting us know; we'll try to keep the temperature adjusted. 4. The bulletin boards in McVey Hall need to be updated There are bulletins on it from September 1983! Also, some of the information in the glass cases is incorrect and should be updated. >>>You're absolutely right, and we'll see what we can do about it. 5. Everyone in our office is excited about the MANUALS section of VIEW. It's great to have online access to the Administrative Regulations. Can you please put the UK Business Procedures online? That would be even more of a help. >>>All University departments are encouraged to put their manuals online VIEW. By the way, the Communications & Distributed Systems manual already on VIEW is a part of the UK Business Procedures manual. Other sections of the manual will be included as soon as they become available. If your department would like to put administrative information online VIEW, contact Forrest Hahn at 257-2260, 123 McVey Hall, UKA006@UKCC.UKY.EDU. 6. As a new UK staff member, I would appreciate people who identify themselves when I call on the telephone, just in case I've dialed the wrong number, been given bad information, or if I need to contact that person again. I also think Voice Mail would be a good idea for all UKCC staff since they're very difficult to get in touch with. >>>There is Voice Mail for the Consulting Room, 257-2249, when the Consulting Room is closed. If we forget to identify ourselves, please ask. We're all proud of the work we do, and we'll be glad to tell you who we are. 6. It's terribly annoying when your program doesn't run. It's more so if the Consultant in 110 McVey keeps talking on the phone, completely ignoring your presence. For a minute I had an alarming suspicion I had turned transparent. Then I realized another person was patiently waiting behind me. Probably both of us were transparent! Well, this is not the first time this has happened to me. Can something be done so that people don't get ignored when they enter the Consulting Room? >>>We try to give all users our undivided attention when helping them with a problem. The Consultant on duty was busy answering a phoned-in question. We're sorry if you perceived this as a slight to you. 7. I'm trying to use a Radio Shack Model II computer to communicate with the mainframe via an Anderson-Jacobsen acoustic 1200 baud modem. The screen fills with garbage and using all terminal emulations and uploading has up to now not been possible. Could someone advise me on this problem? >>>Check with a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, 257-2249. 8. Is there a way to successfully print files on the UKCC laser printer which are in IBM Proprinter or IBM's Final Format Text format? >>>Try FPRINT or LWPRINT with the CCE option. Also check the HELP FPRINT file. If you're still having trouble, contact a Consultant in 110 McVey Hall, SUGGEST@UKCC.UKY.EDU, 257-2249. 9. Why is it that part of the HELP facility, as well as features such as VIEW, are unavailable to UKAG users? >>>VIEW is available only on UKCC and UKCCS because they are the only systems with access to the disk space necessary. Help should be available for all commands available on UKAG. 10. I get the insufficient storage message when I try to read mail. Any idea what's wrong? >>>Yes, you ran out of storage. This is usually caused by having a large amount of new incoming mail or having a large UNREAD NOTEBOOK. You should log mail to other notebooks and discard them from your UNREAD NOTEBOOK. 11. Would it be possible to restore the "item deleted?" I don't like the dash that replaces it. I've already lost two important messages because of this. >>>This is a feature of the new version. More information remains on the screen to allow you to more easily identify the items to be discarded. 12. When a mail session is begun the date format is DD Mon YY HH:MM:SS Zon. When a mail session is resumed the date format is zD Mon CCYY HH:MM:SS Zon. Would it be possible to get the day with leading zeroes on both dates? Would it be possible to get the year with the century on both dates? Would it be possible to get the dates in "sortable" order? CCYY Mon DD HH:MM:SS Zon >>>B&C would be technically invalid RFC822 headers, unfortunately. The fact that A is not done is a bug, or at least the fact that start and resumed dates are not identically formatted is a bug; we can't say which is correct without looking at things a little more. 13. I haven't been able to get 258-1200 to work and have been using the other modem number, as instructed by a Consultant. Is there a persistent problem with this line? >>>Thanks for reporting this; we'll check it out. 14. I've had intermittent problems with SPLPREP. It should be easy to see that SPLPREP is getting some interference from the earlier LWSCRIPT command. I have also seen some similar interfence when using SPLPREP after the GRAB command, and I suspect it would act the same after some others. However, I can get it to work occasionally. >>>There was a bug in SPLPREP that caused random error messages when the START option was specified. It has been fixed. 15. Have the abbreviations for shift right and left in XEDIT changed? I used to use R20 to shift right for 20 columns; now it executes some other command as shown by alteration in heading. What command is it? Also LEFT used to reset the column to the original position, now it shifts the line 1 column to the left. >>>No, they haven't changed. LEFT and RIGHT do what you'd expect, they affect only what you see on the screen. The PF10 key is set by default to issue the LEFT and RIGHT subcommands. R however is an abbreviation for REPLACE. The current line was replaced with '20' when you said R 20. To shift the file (and affect what is saved) use SHift Left ncols nlines or SHift Right ncols nlines 16. The GET command in XEDIT is only getting the first 80 columns and truncating everything beyond 80. Are there recent changes to XEDIT? >>>No, the problem is most likely that the file you are GETting into is LRECL 80, so only that much will fit. When you go into XEDIT use the Width option to be sure your record length is set wide enough to GET all of the file you want. 17. I'm impressed by how smoothly you've handled the transition to CMS 5.5! I do have a couple of questions I can't seem to find answered in your NEWS file: Will CP TERMINAL TIMESTMP ON be converted to work under CMS 5.5? It helped document the time of entries on a CONSOLE log. The use of an asterisk to suppress the SESSION switch key is no longer accepted although the HELP seems to indicate that it should still be an acceptable parameter. Do you have any plans to make it again an acceptable parameter? >>>Thanks; we'll investigate. 18. The new operating system won't take the :Name field from the names file and place in the mailer's FROM: field. >>>If you were using CMS 5 you probably had your node in your NAMES entry as ukcc.uky.edu. Under CMS 5.5 you must either change your NAMES entry to UKCC or add the following line to your MAILUSER XEDIT profile: SETMAIL LOCAL.DOMAIN ukcc.uky.edu Something like this will become the default sometime in the future. 19. The new CMS version doesn't allow me to switch to a new account at UKCC using LOGOFF HOLD via TELNET without losing my TELNET link. I realize this is a little problem, but it's a nuisance to reestablish the TELNET linkage when I switch between two accounts. >>>We're investigating. 20. How can I get &SYSUSERID and &SYSNODEID to work under XA? Thanks! >>>These symbols will work in the next release of SCRIPT, which we'll be installing soon. 21. Neither CHAT EXEC nor XYZZY EXEC will work under this XA operating system. Is there any way to IPL the old CMS 5.5 VM/SP? If not, how can we get programs under the old operating system to run under the new? >>>CHAT doesn't work, but we can't make XYZZY fail. CHAT is not locally supported, so check with the author or wherever you got the program. If you continue having problems with XYZZY, call the Consulting Room at 257-2249. The old CMS under VM/SP was release 4 (production) or 5 (test). CMS 5.5 is only run on VM XA. 22. With the addition of the new system, my SAS programs which worked yesterday, no longer do. Apparently more storage space is needed, which I cannot access. Please see what you can do about this ASAP. Thanks. >>>We've fixed this. 23. The QUIET option of the GRAB command apparently has not been suppressing informational messages since the operating system change. Is there a way to get this feature re-instated? Thanks. >>>This has been fixed. 24. There needs to be a simpler way to escape from the PVM menu. PA1 isn't a key on VT100 keyboards, and ESC, isn't a combination one is likely to hit upon by accident. Even if one knows that the mystical incantation HELP 7171 VT100 will tell you what to do (another source of frustration; 7171 is a random number as far as I am concerned, and if you had to change it from A3270, why not call it something sensible?), you can't get out to do it. A person with only one account couldn't even ESC di and login to ask HELP 7171 VT100 what to do! Tell PVM that Q(uit) or E(xit) mean something. >>>Thanks; we'll investigate. 25. Is there anything I can do to keep the execution of my MVS batch jobs from being restarted? I don't mind if they are cancelled but when they go into execution and then are restarted I lose all user-output indicating what had been accomplished and therefore can't judge what parts might have completed acceptably (and therefore I have to rerun everything). Is there some JOBPARM I can set on each of my jobs to make a restart impossible? Is there some other characteristic I can give a job that will prevent it from being restarted? Do you have any other suggestions? >>>MVS batch jobs aren't restarted after a system crash, but Operators can restart them for various reasons, such as a missing tape. If you have jobs which should not be restarted under any circumstances, see one of the Operations Supervisors. 26. Before the recent CMS changes, there was a command available called CLEAR, which cleared a 3270-style screen while at the CMS prompt. This command seems to have been pre-empted for other uses in the new release. Can you suggest an alternative? Thanks. >>>Use VMFCLEAR. 27. On Sunday July 23 my F10 key is allowing me to browse only some of the files on my f list. There may be a pattern as to which ones I can and cannot browse using F10, but I haven't identified it yet. This is inconvenient. Any suggestions? >>>Try increasing your virtual storage. If this is still a problem, stop by the Consulting Room in 110 McVey Hall, or call 257-2249. 28. Since the recent conversion to XA I have not been able to access MINITAB, and it's not listed in HELP for statistical software. When trying to access the program I request storage of 4m, GRAB minitabx, and then type minitab. The result is a lengthy reply of various code errors. Is there a new protocol for accessing MINITAB? Thanks. >>>Sorry about the problems. MINITAB needed fixes in order to run under XA. We didn't know this until after the conversion, and we thought we would have the fixes applied before anyone noticed. Unfortunately, the fixes didn't go in as easily as anticipated. But it's been fixed now, and we apologize for the inconvenience. ************************************************************************* UKCC SERVICE DIRECTORY McVey Service E-Mail Address Phone Hall Vice President, Information Services Eugene R. Williams DPS128@UKCC 257-3609 Director, University Computing Services Dr. Douglas Hurley HURLEY@UKCC 257-2900 128 Director, Communications & Distributed Systems Doyle Friskney DOYLE@UKCC 257-6225 Director, Computational Sciences Dr. John Connolly CONNOLLY@UKCC 257-8737 324 Academic Consulting Services Lavine Thrailkill UKC105@UKCC 257-2257 121 CMS Consulting Bob Crovo CROVO@UKCC 257-2258 109 Complaints Carol Lotz LOTZ@UKCC 257-2213 129 Consultant for Remote Sites Wanda Dixon Spisak WANDA@UKCC 257-2206 115 Consulting Consultant on Duty SUGGEST@UKCC 257-2249 110 Contingency Planning & Security Jack L. Coffman UKA051@UKCC 257-2273 218 Database - IDMS Rick Chlopan DBA003@UKCC 257-2211 230E Data Center 257-2222 61 Data Entry Frank McCormick OPFRANK@UKCC 257-2216 72 Disk Rental Janet Hyatt HYATT@UKCC 257-2212 130 Larry Johnson JOHNSON@UKCC 257-2217 130 Facilities Operations Joe Williams UKA048@UKCC 257-2231 122 Graphics Consultation Bob Williamson ROBERTT@UKCC 257-2227 207 Information Center Judy Kisil UKA041@UKCC 257-2241 222 Information Resources Dr. Jon Hesseldenz UKA045@UKCC 257-3904 230D Instructional Software Wayne Beech WAYNE@UKCC 257-2238 100 Machine Room 257-2222 59 Management Information Systems Forrest Hahn UKA006@UKCC 257-2260 123 Memos and Manuals Consulting Room 257-2249 110 Micro Lab 257-2207 107 Network/Telecommunications UKT101@UKCC 257-2229 New Accounts Janet Hyatt HYATT@UKCC 257-2212 130 Larry Johnson JOHNSON@UKCC 257-2217 130 Numerical Analysis Consulting Anne Leigh ANNE@UKCC 257-2205 109B Optical Scanner - NCS Chris Corman CHRIS@UKCC 257-2243 109 Bob Crovo CROVO@UKCC 257-2258 109 Passwords Janet Hyatt HYATT@UKCC 257-2212 130 Larry Johnson JOHNSON@UKCC 257-2217 130 PRIME Information Peggy Akridge PEGGY@UKCC 257-2237 100 Program Documentation/Libraries Consulting Room 257-2249 110 Publications Office Marguerite Floyd EDITOR@UKCC 257-2219 200 Refunds Consulting Room 257-2249 110 SAS and SPSS Consulting Steve Thomson STEVE@UKCC 257-2259 120 Lorinda Wang UKC333@UKCC 257-2204 109B Statistical Consulting Steve Thomson STEVE@UKCC 257-2259 120 Tapes to Borrow, Tape Storage Data Center 257-2222 61 Tours of UKCC Lavine Thrailkill UKC105@UKCC 257-2257 121 User Account Services Janet Hyatt HYATT@UKCC 257-2212 130 Larry Johnson JOHNSON@UKCC 257-2217 130 Vectorization Consulting Tom Faller TOMFAL@UKCC 257-2236 314 Anne Leigh ANNE@UKCC 257-2205 109B ************************************************************************* UNIVERSITY COMPUTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE Douglas E. Hurley, Central Administration H. Clay Owen, Central Administration A.J. Hauselman, Community Colleges James W. Phillips, Community Colleges Raphael Finkel, Lexington Campus Leonard K. Peters, Lexington Campus N. Clare Detraz, Medical Center David A. Nash, Medical Center T. Earle Bowen, Ex Officio Ben W. Carr, Ex Officio Wimberly C. Royster, Ex Officio Donald E. Sands, Ex Officio Eugene R. Williams, Ex Officio *************************************************************************