#Title - Penn Printout, Nov 1993

The University of Pennsylvania's Online Computing Magazine

November 1993 - Volume 10:3

Announcements

MLA database available via dial-in access

Van Pelt Library has recently arranged with a database vendor, OCLC, to provide access to the Modern Language Association's bibliographical database (MLA) through the FirstSearch easy-to-use interface. Penn faculty and graduate students can contact the Van Pelt Reference Department, 898-8118 or libreference@a1.relay, to request a personal account authorization form for a remote-access password. Terminals in the Reference area at Van Pelt can also be used for access by Penn students, faculty, and staff.

BBS for DOS/Windows users

Penn's Landing BBS is a University-owned DOS bulletin board service (BBS) for use by the University community and by alumni. Services provided include discussion, online games, a software archive for downloading, and limited Internet access, including PennInfo, Gopher, Franklin, and ftp.

The BBS phone number is 898-8511 (2400 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop). For more information contact the system operator, Dr. Chaim Dworkin, at chaim@linc.cis.

New versions of antiviral software

New versions of the University-supported antiviral software packages for Macintosh and DOS/Windows sys-tems have been released. To protect your system against recently developed viruses, you must have the current version of antiviral software installed. The software is available from the Computing Resource Center on Locust Walk (Monday to Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm). If you have Ethernet capability, you can download the Macintosh software from the server ftp.upenn.edu (directory /pub/mac/misc).

VI-SPY for DOS/Windows systems. The current version is 11.0, Release 9.93. To obtain a copy from the CRC, you must provide

one high-density disk (3.5 inch 1.44 Mbytes or 5.25 inch 1.2 Mbytes)
two double-sided double-density 3.5-inch (720 Kbytes) disks
three double-sided double-density 5.25-inch (360 Kbytes) disks

Disinfectant for Macintosh systems. The current version is 3.3. To obtain a copy from the CRC, you must provide an unformatted disk (either one double-sided double-density disk or one high-density disk).

PageMaker census underway

If you or anyone in your Penn office uses Aldus PageMaker, please respond to one of the addresses below. Include your name, office or department, the number of users for which you have licensed PageMaker copies (including network versions), what versions you are using (4.2a, 5.0, etc.), and whether you have purchased or upgraded any copies since September 28, 1993.

This information will be used by ISC and by Aldus Corporation to determine whether there is sufficient PageMaker presence on campus to warrant an increased level of user support from Aldus. So if you are a PageMaker user, it's in your interest to make yourself known! Please respond by December 17, 1993 to

Randall Couch
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 265C
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
couch@a1.relay.upenn.edu

Hardware maintenance vendors

The Purchasing Department and the task forces for microcomputer and UNIX maintenance recommend the following companies for computer maintenance services for fiscal 1994 and 1995.

For microcomputer maintenance:

Computer Fixer     Janice Cuthbert  215-629-5700
INTEC              Mike Miller      800-225-1187
                                    609-427-0900
Sys/Service Pros   William Jeffers  215-878-3778

For UNIX maintenance:


Workstation     Recommended vendor

DEC             DEC, SUN     
SUN             SUN, DEC
SGI             SGI, DEC
IBM             DEC, SUN     
HP              DEC, HP
NEXT            DEC

UNIX maintenance vendor contacts:


DEC                  Peter Brown    215-542-3468
Hewlett Packard      Leslie O'Brien 215-666-9000
Silicon Graphics     Jerry Allen    215-638-3707
SUN/Bell Atlantic    Bob Dixey      609-231-2725
                     Jim McCrossin  215-962-5571

For futher information or assistance, please call Abe Ahmed, 898- 2482, or Gail Lindsey, 898-2313.