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Supercomputer
News
Large Scratch Disk Available to Programs
during execution on the HKUSP2 System
New Software installed on the HKUSP2 System
PC News
More Disk Space for Centrally Managed LAN
Servers for Departments
LAN PC Servers for Administrative Offices Upgraded
to Netware 5
Hotlines,
Dialup
General Enquiries | 2859 2495 |
Fax | 2559 7904 |
Computer Operations (Network and Operational problems) | 2859 2496 |
Help Desk (Software and general problems) | 2859 2480 |
Equipment Maintenance | 2859 2774 |
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60-minute lines | 30-minute lines | ||
56Kbps PPP Lines (v.90
modem standard)
(24-hour service and support modems of all speeds) Please click here to see how to configure the settings to use the lines. |
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408 lines for all users | 29757000 | 144 lines for all users | 29647000 |
96 lines for all users | 21057100 | ||
72lines for staff only | 28595100 | 48 lines for staff only | 29642300 |
48 lines for HKU Graduate Account users (no connection time limitation) | 22497100 |
Operations Schedule
Computer Room Opening Hours
24 hours
Location: | Opening hours: |
Run Run Shaw Building
(Room 101, and 103, Room 113 (ACEnet)) |
24 hours
Monday (00:00 a.m.) - Sunday (12:00 p.m.) |
Run Run Shaw Building (Room 201) | Monday - Friday (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Saturday (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) Sunday - Closed |
Run Run Shaw Building (Room 210 (Workstation))
Knowles Building (Room 218), K.K. Leung Building (Room LG-108 (ACEnet)) |
Monday - Friday (8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.)
Saturday (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) Sunday - Closed |
Old Library Building (Room 134) | Monday - Friday (9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.)
Saturday (9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.) Sunday - Closed |
Old Library Building (Room 135)
Old Library Building (Room 136) |
Monday - Friday (9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Saturday (9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) Sunday - Closed |
(Except RR103, RR104, RR113(ACEnet), all other
microcomputer/workstation/ACEnet laboratories are closed on Sundays, University
Holidays and Public Holidays)
Holiday Schedule for Computer Laboratories from December 1999 to February 2000
(Other than Rooms RR101, RR103 and RR113(ACEnet) which are open all the time, all other microcomputer/workstation/ACEnet laboratories will be closed on Sundays, University Holidays and Public Holidays)
Holidays | Closed on | Re-open on |
Winter Solstice | December 22, 1999
(Wednesday) 5:00 p.m. |
December 23, 1999
(Thursday) 9:00 a.m |
Christmas Holiday | December 24, 1999
(Saturday) 8:30 a.m. |
December 28, 1999
(Tuesday) 9:00 a.m |
New Year Holiday | December 31, 1999
(Friday) 1:00 p.m. |
January 3, 2000
(Monday) 9:00 a.m |
Lunar New Year Holiday | February 4, 2000
(Thursday) 8:30 a..m. |
February 8, 2000
(Tuesday) 9:00 a..m. |