Monday, Oct., 1985
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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Firm contributes computer Gift is valued at $300,000
By Bengt Ljog Of the Kansaraff
The School engineer received a $300,000 computer from the Harris Corp. in a ceremony Friday afternoon at Learned Hall.
Before cutting the blue-and-red ribbons to the machine room, 3001 Learned Hall Chancellor Gene A. Budig told about 50 people that the gift showed Heris' confidence in the University of Kansas.
The Harrisorp is an information, communications and microelectronic company based in Melbourne, Fla.
Kenneth jishop, professor of chemical ad petroleum engineering, said engineering students now could lean modern computer engineering using state-of-the-art equipment it would make them better trained as entry-level professionals, he said.
"We shouldn't focus on the dollar amount, but the capacity and the cooperation between the University and industry," he said. "The dollar is a conventer but not very meaningful way to measure.
"I don't want them to think that we keep trick by the dollar. I want to keep trick what we can do for the students. And this is a real boon."
Bishop said the new Harris 1000 computer would be used for many upper-division undergraduate design classes as soon as the faculty had learned to use the equipment.
Jerry Niebaum, director of academic computer services, said, "The value of this gift lies not in the thing itself, but rather what we make of it."
nudig said private support was essential to prepare students for work in industry when the University could not provide the resources unaided. Federal support was decreasing and the state could not provide the funds to meet the changes in technology.
Frank Carolo, vice president of sales at Harris, said the company donated the computer because the Harris executives and directors were committed to improve higher education. Other advantages to Harris were recruitment opportunities from students already familiar with its computers and visibility among future professionals.
"They will be used to working with Harris equipment and may prefer it over something they don't know anything about," he said.
Carloo said Harris had donated about 60 computers — most of them earlier models — over three years.
Kansas State University recently received a Harris 800, he said.
The School of Engineering already has one Harris 500 computer, acquired in 1980, and one Harris 800, acquired last year. The new Harris 1000 is twice as fast as the 800 and can handle 192 instead of 128 terminals, Carollo said.
Carlbo Saaf said the University now would sell its Harris 500 computer because it could not afford to maintain it.
Harris also has given the University discounts worth $100,000 to $159,000 on computer software and on the 500 and 800 computers, Bishop said. But the maintenance contracts are expensive, he said.
The University went a year without a maintenance contract for its Harris 500 when the budget was tight, but that would be unthinkable now if several design courses depended on the computers, Bishop said.
Niebaum said he saw the acquisition of the computer as another step in moving into the information age.
Information is a unique kind of resource, he said. It is not exchanged like merchandise, but shared.
"If I give you a flower or sell you an automobile, you have it and I don't," he said.
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