What's new in campus computing this fall? From computer lab upgrades to servers, a number of new services and changes were implemented recently to make computing at UC Davis more efficient and reliable. The following and other changes are presented on the Web at http://it.ucdavis.edu/itupdate.html.

Computer Classrooms

Now you can view computer room schedules, changes, and availability at http://lm.ucdavis.edu/rooms/available. The site shows computer rooms open for walk-in use each day and includes up-to-date information on machine availability. If a room is about to be closed for a class or you need to move to another lab, call up this site to check for available machines in other labs on campus. Or ask the attendant to check the site for you. A list of open computer rooms will be posted outside each lab on a daily basis. At http://lm.ucdavis.edu/rooms/changes.html, you will find information on the upgrades and improvements made to computer labs and classrooms for Fall 1997, including the conversion of TB 114 to an open access lab where no classes will be taught.

New Bovine Online

Bovine Online is a comprehensive software package designed to help anyone with a UC Davis computer account to connect from on or off campus to the UCD network. The Fall 1997 version features upgrades, additions, and improvements to last year's version. It is available for $14.99 at the Campus Bookstore on either diskette or CD-ROM. Upgrades can be purchased for $10.99 (add $10 for the diskette version) -- you must bring your empty binder to receive the new documentation. For complete information, see the Bovine Online Web site (http://online.ucdavis.edu).

New Teaching Facilities

Co-sponsored by Staff Development and Professional Services and Information Technology, I.T. Training classes are now taking place in new facilities at TB 134 and 135. The new labs are located in the temporary buildings south of Surge I, II, and III, and are wired to the Network 21 infrastructure. TB 135 is now equipped with Pentium II 266 Mhs machines. A dual-platform lab, TB 134 has PowerMac 7600/132 Mhz machines with Pentium 100Mhz PC cards. Please note that the labs in 40 Mrak and 14 Hutchison have been permanently closed. For a class schedule, see the calendar above, visit the Web at http://it-training.ucdavis.edu, or call 754-8091.

Dilbert Gang Takes Over ISUN

It's time to say goodbye to a few old friends. Chip, Dale, Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Boris, the UNIX servers we've been logging in to when telnetting to ISUN, are being retired or reassigned to other duties. Dilbert, Dogbert, and Catbert, three Sun Enterprise 3000s, will make up the new, faster, more efficient ISUN team. The new servers each have five times the power and more than twice the memory of the older systems. Ten older Sun ELCs that were serving as an alternative login system to the ISUN machines have been replaced by these new Sun servers. Boris will take over Yogi's old duties of providing a temporary scratch space and accessing tape drives. See http://ir.ucdavis.edu/info/ for more information on upgrades and changes.

New Users Use Eudora

PINE is not dead, but a growing number of campus account holders will be using Eudora to retrieve and send e-mail. Incoming students and other new account users are being assigned to POP servers for e-mail storage and retrieval. POP servers now in operation are green.ucdavis.edu and blue.ucdavis.edu. More will be added as Green and Blue reach capacity.

If you have questions about your mailbox location, please visit the MailID Detective at http://ir.ucdavis.edu/info/email/mailid.html.

More information about these changes is available on the Web at http://ir.ucdavis.edu/info/email.html.