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Wednesday, March 17. 1971
University Daily Kansan
Has 60 Full-Time Personnel
Comp Center Large, Costly
By RON HEGGEMEIER Kansan Staff Writer
The University of Kansas has been using computers for administrative application since 1957. The Computation Center evolved from the early days of 1863 to a computer the current GE 633 system.
The Computation Center has been housed in Summerfield Hall since its beginning. In 1955 the Administrative Data Processing Center was organized to fulfill the processing needs of the ad agency. The data center was located in Bailey Hall, but moved into Summerfield in 1964.
At the time of the installation of the GFE 625 system in 1967, Adrian was merged into the Computation Center organization and the two budgets were combined in 1969. The two budgets are shared between the two groups.
THE COMPUTATION Center is divided into four functional areas, each headed by an area of operations and user services; programming application systems and data acquisition; administrative information students; and research development.
Employing a staff of 60 fulltime personnel and 70 student assistants, operating 24-hours a day, seven days a week, the center provides centralized educational and administrative computing for students, faculty and staff.
THE MAIN' system of the THE HAIN' scale computer giant GE Scale GEP 655 computer acquired in 1988. This system includes a Data Net 30, a separate computer capable of processing several terminal locations in Lawrence and the Medical Department.
Several people may use the computer simultaneously. This means that there are locations by use of remote terminals. The total process is
MASS STORAGE for the system includes a high speed controller that programs and data to and from core memory or storage. The drum has a storage capacity of 120 million characters, or 80,000 types files are also used to store other files with a total storage of 120 million characters or 80,000 types files.
The memory of the system is unusually large and the speed of the memory or the time it takes to access it is significantly lower or memory ranges from one to
two millionths of a second per six characters, Wolfe said.
The GE 835 system is the largest computer system used by any organization in the United States. Only Darmouth, the United States, Naval Air Systems Group have similar systems. The total value of the system is $2.5 million, according to John H. Siemens, the directors of operations and user services.
"WE HAVE HAD excellent cooperation from Francis Heller, vice-chancellor for academic affairs, in the acquisition of
equipment to fulfill the needs of the University." Wolfe said.
"The objectives of the Computation Center are to provide the best possible computation facilities and service," Wolfe said. "These objectives must be met by acquiring the University and with the resources which the University makes available. The Computation Center coordinating group to insure that the acquisition of new equipment is in the best interests of orderly technological development of computing."
Tryouts to Be Tonight For Women's Softball
Truffles to the University of Kansas women's intercollegiate softball team will be at 6 p.m. today in Allen Field House.
Coach Linda Dollar, assistant instructor of physical education, said all undergraduate women should attend a related interested women should meet at the east entrance of the field and about 15 women will be selected.
The KU women's softball season will open April 16 with an afternoon home game against a MIA team. Teachers College of Emporia.
On April 24 the KU women will meet teams from Mount St. Scholastica College and Wash. State to participate in a doubleheader, in Emporia.
14,000 View Moon Rock
Miss Dollar said more games will be scheduled later in May.
Since Feb. 2, about 14,000 people have viewed the Moon Rock Exhibit at the KU Museum of Natural History, Grace P. Murray, the museum's administrative assistant, said Tuesday.
The exhibit, which highlights highlights of the exhibit, will be shown through March 31. W a to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mrs. Cooper said that museum stock was $2,900 needed to destroy the cost of the exhibit. She emphasized that the museum would accept cash payments.
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group of students at the request of Robert Shelton, assistant vice president of student affairs, had students attended the KU-Racism workshop and were interested in developing a plan to institutional racism" in Lawrence.
By subscribing to Project Equality's program, an individual could receive a directory listing the businesses and corporations which the organization has reviewed as being "fair in business." The midwife office is located at 246 Spokie Park, KC, Mo.
Culver described *Project Equity* as a program designed by area programmers to direct their purchases to companies which maintain fair prices.
Culver said the program was a way to move from a concept to something workable in the present economic system."
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