THE JAYHACKER
Academic Computing Services The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Fall 1998
The 1920 University of Kansas Jayhawk
Alma freshman Sara Kelly, Overland Park freshman Erik Hodes, Lincoln, Nebraksa freshman Brandon Smith, and Topeka sophomore Chris Clements have found NESTs to be a convenient way to check their KU e-mail accounts at Anschutz Library. NESTs are also located on the 3rd and 4th floors of Watson Library. Both libraries have a wheelchair-accessible NEST.
NESTs: Campus E-mail Perches
One of the latest innovations on the KU campus isn't new technology, but recycling old technology for a new use: convenient e-mail access.
Prompted by suggestions from the Student Senate and championed by Assistant Vice Chancellor Jerry Niebaum, old KU desktop computers, gathering dust in a warehouse, were brought back to life the first week of the fall 98 semester as NESTs: Network Express STations. Now students can check their KU e-mail accounts on FALCON and EAGLE, using the Pine e-mail program, from several convenient campus locations.
A total of 25 NESTs will be installed on campus, with ten NESTs in Watson Library and five in Anschutz Library currently operational, according to Rose Winters, applications program manager at Academic Computing Services (ACS). Five more NESTs will be installed in both the Kansas and Burge Unions later this year. Winters led the ACS team of Networking Specialist Bill Loats, Applications Programmer/Consultant Doug Miller, and LAN Specialist Andrew Sloup who assembled and configured the machines, along with Microcomputer Systems Support Manager Sue Silkey and Budig Hall Computer Lab Supervisor Lydia Ash who coordinated the preparation of NEST sites.
The NESTs installed at the libraries are already seeing a high volume of traffic despite the fact that signs identifying the stations
and explaining their purpose have not yet arrived.
"The fifteen computers were used more than 1,600 times during the week of August 20." said Wes Hubert,ACS associate director.
Future plans for more NESTs around campus and the decision about whether or not to upgrade the machines to include Web access or other services will depend on student response to the machines according to Hubert. For the present, the machines are serving the purpose for which they were intended: providing more access to e-mail for students on campus.
Lisa Hallberg hallberg@ukans.edu
NESTs are easy to use for KU students who are
familiar with the Pine e-mail program, but even a new Pine user can follow the simple on-screen directions to get e-mail from their KU FALCON or EAGLE e-mail account.
All students enrolled at The University of Kansas and University staff are eligible for a free e-mail account on either the FALCON or EAGLE system. To sign up for an e-mail account, simply access the World Wide Web from any networked computer on campus, point your browser to the following location: www.ukans.cc.edu/account.htm, and follow the instructions. Accounts are activated within 48 hours of registration.
Free in Brief brochures explaining the FALCON and EAGLE computer systems (#313), and the Pine e-mail program (#307 & 308) are available at the computer labs in 202 Computer Center, 10 Budig Hall, and 201 Ellsworth Hall, and online at www.cc.ukans.edu/cgiwrap/acs /subject.pl.
Inside THE Jayhacker
Map and list of campus computer resources 2 & 3 The Complete KU Internet Connection Guide 4 Viruses by e-mail: this time it's true 4
THE Jayhacker
is published once a year in the fall semester by Academic Computing Services at The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, for KU students, faculty, and staff. Volume 7, no. 1. Fall 1998
Karen Henry
Editor
Lisa Hallberg, Julie Loats, Cole Robison Contributing writers
Jason West Photography
Join us for lunch & a Computer Channel, Inc. video Lunch and Learn
Technology is moving fast.
How can you keep up with what is on the horizon or even understand the underlying concepts of today's essential information technologies?
Academic Computing Services has a convenient solution for the KU community through a new series of informational videos and multimedia CD-ROMs produced by the Computer Channel, Inc. (CCI).
The Computer Channel titles target many different knowledge levels and topics including networking,
the World Wide Web, programming the Year 2000, and many others. ACS will receive six new CCI video titles and CD-ROMs each month for the next year.
The CCI series will be available to the KU community in two ways. First, you can simply bring your lunch to the ACS Lunch and Learn video viewing sessions (schedule at right). The Lunch and Learn schedule is also available online at www.ukans.edu/~acs/cci/lunch_videos.shtml.
Second, the entire Computer Channel series, both videos and Lunch & Learn continued on page 4
Lunch and Learn Fall 1998 Schedule All sessions are noon to 1 p.m.
Oct. 6—Tues. . . . . . . . . Visual Basic 5.0
Programming: An Introduction
Oct. 15—Thurs. . . . Understanding Directory
Services: DNS and LDAP
Oct. 23—Fri. . . . Integrating Windows NT
into a UNIX Environment
Nov. 3—Tues. . . . Perl: An Introduction to
the Language
Nov. 12—Thurs. . . NetWare 5.0: What's New
Nov. 18—Wed. . . . GUI Design for Intranet
Applications
Dec. 1—Tues. . . . How to Complete a
Successful Y2K Compliance Audit
Dec. 9—Wed. . . . IP Multicasting
THE Jayhacker is published by Academic Computing Services at The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Volume 7, number 1, Fall 1998