KU's new 'brain' is $1.6 million computer
- CDK Pho.o by Gary whitney
NEW COMPUTER ARRIVING SOON
A new General Electric 625 computer will be installed in the middle of this computer center sometime this week. The device will replace an IBM 7040 computer, which used to fill the empty space in the center of the room.
Clerical seminar to be held
KU's secretarial and clerical staff will get a chance to sharpen their skills Wednesday and Thursday at the University's annual secretarial seminar.
To be held in the Kansas Union from 8 a.m. to noon both days, the seminar will feature an orientation for new clerical employees and refresher courses for experienced staff members.
Wednesday's session will be in the Jayhawk Room and the Thursday meeting will be in the Forum Room.
KU will soon have a brain so large it will take up almost 6,200 square feet of room.
The brain is so fast it can solve multiplication problems one million times faster than Einstein could solve them.
Richard Hetherington, director of the computation center, said the GE 625 computer, made by the General Electric Company, will be installed in Summerfield probably by the end of this week.
THE SELLING PRICE of the computer is $1.6 million; however
KU will rent it for $20,000 a month.
"The computer may be used by anyone in the university community for educational and research purposes," he said.
One of the main users will be the chemical and petroleum engineering department, although the computer will be available for all departments.
THE COMPUTER can solve many kinds of problems. For example, it can show the differences and similarities between the Presidential elections of Lincoln and Kennedy, Hetherington said.
The computer will be in operation 24 hours a day, seven davs a week, with a staff of 20 people.
"The operation procedure is very complicated, and requires several months of training before someone is able to operate it," he said.
Anyone who would be interested in learning the procedure may contact Hetherington.
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