COMPUTER NEWS (January/February 1993)
COMPUTER NEWS (January/February 1993)
General Enquiries 8592495
Computer Operation 8592496
(Hardware and operational problems)
'Help Desk' 8592480
(Software and general problems)
Fax 5597904
Hardware Maintenance 8592774
Dial-up to Data Switch
24-hr service line: 8592595
Night service line: 8597997
Computer CentreOpening Hours
Normal Schedule
From September 14, 1992 to June 13, 1993
Monday (8:00 a.m.) to Saturday (9:00 p.m.)
Sunday from 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m.
Closed on Holidays.
VAX 6420 (HKUCC)
IBM9375 (HKUVMI)
IBM4361 (HKUVM)
DECsystem 5500s (HKUXA/HKUXB)
SUN SPARCserver 670 (HKUSUB)
Service hours
24 hours Daily.
Running unattended on all
Sundays and Holidays
Maintenance Schedule
VAX 6420 (HKUCC)
March 3, 1993 (Wednesday)
IBM 4361 (HKUVM)
March 16, 1993 (Tuesday)
Terminal Room Opening Hours
Remote Terminal Rooms
Rm 218, Knowles Building
Rm LG-108, KK Leung Bldg.
Ultrix /SunOS Workstation Room
Rm 210, Run Run Shaw Bldg.
Microcomputer Laboratories
Rm 101, 103, 104, Run Run Shaw Building
Normal Schedule
Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Closed on Sundays & Holidays
Holiday Schedule for March 1993(VAX 6420, IBM 9375, DECsystem 5500s and SUN SPARCserver 670 will be running unattended on all holidays)
Foundation Day (University Holiday)
Mar 16,1993 (Thu)
Computer Centreclosed at 8:00 a.m.
No computer service at 7:30 a.m.
All terminal rooms closed.
Mar 17,1993 (Wed)
Computer Centreopen at 8:00 a.m.
All computer systems resume service at 8:30 a.m.
'Help Desk' Consultation Hours
Rm 109, Run Run Shaw Building (8592480)
Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Closed on Sundays & Holidays
Computer Centre is pleased to inform our users that the major upgrade of HARNET, the Hongkong Academic and Research NETwork, has been officially inaugurated on February 10, 1993 by Mr. Antony Leung, the Chairman-designate of the University and Polytechnic Grant Committee (UPGC), Mr. Peter Hamilton, Director of Corporate Affairs of the Hongkong Telecom, Dr. C.J Su, Chairman of the University and Polytechnic Computer Centre (UPCC) and Mrs. Min-min Chang, Chairman of the Joint University & Polytechnic Library Advisory Committee (JUPLAC). Our Director, Dr. N. Ng, who is also the Director of UPCC, was the master of ceremony at the inauguration and also demonstrated the functionalities of HARNET to a capacity crowd at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.
The upgraded HARNET now links the campus networks of the seven UPGC- funded tertiary institutions through a high-speed and robust T1-ring (1.544 Mbps) network, and has a gateway linked to Internet through a 64 Kbps leased satellite data circuit to the U.S. This HARNET upgrade has been made possible through a HK$ 2 million grant initiative of UPGC and JUPLAC and a HK$ 4 million donation by the Hongkong Telecom Foundation to UPCC. With the cooperative efforts of Information Technology Servicess of UPCC, and with the assistance provided by Hongkong Telecom, the HARNET upgrade project has been a total success from its initial design to the final facility commissioning stages. Since late December 1992 when the upgraded HARNET started its trial service, many of our users have been excited by the convenience and effectiveness of the new facilities that have been provided, e.g. inter-institutional library catalogue access, USENET, etc.
Through the upgraded HARNET, our staff and students can now gain access to the library computer systems of other sister institutions as efficient as they were local systems. Through the Internet gateway of HARNET, information and databases on thousands of computer systems on the Internet are readily available to our users. For more information about HARNET, its history, development and future plan, please read the Computer Services Digest of this issue of Computer News.
While it is our pride in announcing the recent inauguration of the newly enhanced HARNET which is an invaluable facility to the University's teaching and research activities, Computer Centre would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the UPGC and JUPLAC initiative to upgrade HARNET and to thank the Hongkong Telecom Foundation for their donation to help finance the operation of the local HARNET and the connection to the Internet for a three-year period. Last but not least, we would like to express our gratitude to the colleagues of our sister institutions as well as staff of our Centre who have contributed to the success of the project.
P. T. Ho Tel.: 8592491 E-mail: hcxchpt@hkucc.hku.hk
With the high-speed HARNET in service, it is now convenient and efficient for our users to gain access to the library catalogues of other institutions through the HKUMENU of our Centre's VAX 6420 (HKUCC) and UNIX (HKUXA, HKUXB and HKUSUB) systems. A new menu entry "Other UPGC Institution Libraries" has been added to HKUMENU for the purpose. Once a user has established his terminal session with any of the above systems, invoked the HKUMENU by issuing the 'hkumenu' command, and selected the new menu entry "Other UPGC Institution Libraries", he will see a screen for his selection of the desirable library catalogue. To help the user to use the facility, help and prompt messages are provided on each dialogue screen for connecting to the systems. For further queries, please contact Mr. T. Y. Lui (tel:8592455, e-mail: hcxclty@hkucc.hku.hk).
P. T. Ho Tel.: 8592491 E-mail: hcxchpt@hkucc.hku.hk
A survey on Computer Centre's computing services was conducted in last December. The purpose of the survey was to find out users' opinions on our computing and network services, to identify areas for improvement and where possible, to formulate and implement solution for improvement.
Eight hundred and thirty-seven questionnaires were sent to the University staff members and postgraduate students who have accounts on Centre's host computer systems. A total of one hundred and sixty-four questionnaires (about 20%) had been returned. The results of the survey are summarised below for your information.
Amongst the responses, 58.5% was from teaching staff, 29.9% from non- teaching staff and the remaining 11.6% was from postgraduate students. Many of them have been the users of Computer Centre for years. About 80% of the users have been using Centre's services for more than 3 years (close to 50% have been over 5 years) and only less than 4% of the users have used Centre's services for less than 1 year. Over 80% of the users learn about the latest activities of the Centre through the bi-monthly issue of Computer News.
0 The opinion in Centre's computing facilities and services is encouraging. Many users are satisfied with most of our computing facilities and services. Of the thirteen services, file transfer is the highly rated service while the laser printing facility is the badly rated one. Please refer to the following charts for details.
Access to Datapak serviceNote: Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding errors.Excellent 3.4% Good 10.3% Fair 58.6% Below Average 13.8% Poor 13.8% Access to HKU Lib. Catalogue through network
Excellent 19.8% Good 38.9% Fair 31.7% Below Average 4.8% Poor 4.8% Access to other Libraries Catalogues through network (Hytelnet)
Excellent 21.7% Good 31.7% Fair 30.0% Below Average 10.0% Poor 6.7% CCBOX - Time taken to reply
Excellent 10.3% Good 44.8% Fair 24.1% Below Average 10.3% Poor 10.3% CCBOX - Reply/follow up action
Excellent 11.5% Good 38.5% Fair 38.5% Below Average 7.7% Poor 3.8% Electronic Bulletin Boards (News, Job etc)
Excellent 11.3% Good 40.3% Fair 43.5% Below Average 4.8% Poor - File transfer between computers (FTP)
Excellent 25.8% Good 43.8% Fair 18.0% Below Average 6.7% Poor 5.6% Time taken to solve your problem at Help Desk
Excellent 10.6% Good 25.8% Fair 34.8% Below Average 18.2% Poor 10.6% Laser printing services
Excellent - Good 5.9% Fair 23.5% Below Average 58.8% Poor 11.8% PC connection to time-sharing computers
Excellent 13.0% Good 33.3% Fair 33.3% Below Average 18.5% Poor 1.9% PC-Sig Library
Excellent 2.8% Good 44.4% Fair 33.3% Below Average 13.9% Poor 5.6% SENDFAX
Excellent 16.3% Good 32.6% Fair 32.6% Below Average 9.3% Poor 9.3% User handbooks/documents (Completeness)
Excellent 8.3% Good 33.3% Fair 39.6% Below Average 11.7% Poor 7.3% User handbooks/documents (Informative)
Excellent 6.1% Good 30.6% Fair 36.7% Below Average 17.3% Poor 9.2%
On the host systems (i.e. HKUCC, HKUXA and HKUXB) most users (76%) find their job turnaround time from our host systems acceptable. Over 70% of the users have the opinion that the software provided on our host systems (i.e. HKUCC, HKUXA and HKUXB) are adequate for their daily work. Fortran and SPSS are the most popular compiler and application package respectively.
On the microcomputer systems, Wordperfect and Chinese CWI under ETEN are the most popular wordprocessing software in English and Chinese respectively. Dbase is the major database software for most users. Harvard Graphics, Lotus 123 are the most popular graphics and spreadsheet packages for our users. The result shows that many users employ SPSS/PC as their statistical analysis software. Over 70% of our users think that the microcomputer software provided in Computer Centre are adequate for their daily works.
From the analysis, we have identified that the provision of dialup lines, documentation and dissemination of Centre's information are the areas that require our primary attention. We shall review these areas with a view for improvement.
If you require further information of our analysis, please contact the undersigned.
C. M. Mak Tel.: 8592491 E-mail: cmmak@hkucc.hku.hk
Sending FAX messages normally involves two steps:
(1) preparing the message on paper,
(2) sending them out via FAX machines.
The SENDFAX program on our VAX 6420/VMS (HKUCC) system has been set up to help users to prepare and send their FAX messages directly from their workstations. Now the same facility is provided by our UNIX servers (HKUXA, HKUXB and HKUSUB) as well.
The SENDFAX program makes use of the Hong Kong Telephone Company's DATAFAX service, which is a FAX sending service available to DATAPAK users. The program provides the function of routing the user's message to the DATAFAX service as well as the function of text editing for message preparation. SENDFAX allows the user either to send out a message which has been previously prepared and stored in an existing text file or to prepare a text message and then send it to the recipient(s) in an integral step.
The SENDFAX program, however, has the following limitations:
. length of a message is limited to 133,000 characters or 30 pages
. only printable ASCII characters can be sent
. message can only be sent to the local Faxlines registered with the Hong Kong Telephone Company
To invoke the SENDFAX program, the user should first run the hkumenu interface and choose the SENDFAX option (If the user is invoking the SENDFAX program for the first time, the program will prompt the user to provide the user's name, department, FAX number, and telephone number.). The system will then prompt the user to enter the following information interactively:
. number of receivers (1 or 2) - the use of a distribution list can overcome this limitation
. name and organization of the first receiver
. FAX number of the first receiver
. name and organization of the second receiver (only for the case of 2 receivers)
. FAX number of the second receiver (only for the case of 2 receivers)
the text file to be sent
For the last prompt which asks for the text file to be sent, the user can
either enter the name of the file or just press the
We have installed a new interface program, GCG-menu, for the GCG users.
Since the program is menu-driven, it is especially helpful to new users
of the software.
GCG-menu is derived from MENUE, a user environment for VAX computers.
With MENUE it is possible to modify the menus of GCG-menu in a more
comfortable manner or to create other menus and menu systems. GCG-menu
and MENUE have been developed by Max-Planck-Institut fur Immunbiologie.
Users are welcome to try the software by typing the following commands
(after logging onto a HKUCC account):
You can select an item (option) in a menu just by first entering the
appropriate highlighted character(s) of the item in the input area and
then pressing the RETURN or ENTER key
More details of the software can be found in the file
SPSS Release 4.1 which has been installed for trial use for several
months is now installed as the production version on the VAX 6420/VMS
(HKUCC) system. The old version of SPSS-X is no longer available. The
commands for executing SPSS Release 4.1 in its different operating modes
are summarised below:
Please be informed that the latest edition of the "University Financial
Structure and Procedures" is now available in the University Information
System (UIS) - Bulletin Board running on the IBM HKUVM1 system.
UIS is an on-line retrieval system on the HKUVM1 node from which
authorised users can view different categories of University
information.
A PC-session Registration Terminal will be installed in the PC laboratory
of the Pokfulam Student Amenities Centre. The station will be put into
operation starting from 1 March, 1993. Its mode of operation is the same
as those installed in Computer Centre , Hsu Long Sing Student
Amenities Centre, Faculties of Architecture (Knowles Bldg.), Medicine (Li
Shu Fan Bldg.) and Law (K.K. Leung Bldg.). Only students of the
University are eligible to register for PC sessions in this laboratory.
What follows is a re-capitulation of the PC-session registration
procedures, taken from the article 'Using Centre's PC Facilities' in the
September/October 1991 issue of the Computer News. User may also refer
to that article for additional information on PC-session registration
terminal in general.
The PC-session registration procedures include the Login and Logout steps
which should respectively be followed to start and terminate each
session. The registration procedures are as follows:
The University & Polytechnic Computer Centre Ltd (UPCC) has recently
completed a tender exercise on PC Products. The selected systems and
their respective prices and suppliers are as follows:
VGA System with 80386DX (40 MHz) CPU
80386DX 40 MHz CPU and 4 MB RAM, Dual floppy drives (1.2 MB and 1.44 MB)
and 80 MB hard-disk, VGA display adapter, 14" colour display, 2 serial
ports and 1 parallel port, MS DOS 5.0:
80486SX (25 MHz) CPU and 4 MB RAM, Dual floppy drives (1.2 MB and 1.44
MB) and 80 MB hard-disk, VGA display adapter, 14" colour display, 2
serial ports and 1 parallel port, MS DOS 5.0:
(I) 80486DX 33 MHz CPU and 4 MB RAM, Dual floppy drives (1.2 MB and 1.44
MB) and 80 MB hard-disk, VGA display adapter, 14" colour display, 2
serial ports and 1 parallel port, MS DOS 5.0:
(I) 80486DX 50 MHz CPU , EISA bus and 4 MB RAM, Dual floppy drives (1.2
MB and 1.44 MB) and 80 MB hard-disk, VGA display adapter, 14" colour
display, 2 serial ports and 1 parallel port, MS DOS 5.0:
Traditionally, text and graphics are commonly used in presentation and
learning materials. As we are getting into the age of Information
Technology, we now have a new way for expressing our information in a
more intuitive manner. This is the multimedia computer technology which
can combine text, graphics, images, animation, full-motion video and
stereo sound in an integrated instructional and presentation program.
We are pleased to announce that Computer Centre has installed a PC-
based multimedia system which has the following functionalities:
For further enquiries, please contact the undersigned.
Ms Rita O. Y. Lai, who was our Executive Officer, has joined the Science
Faculty Office since last September. Mr M. S. Luk, Senior Computer
Officer I, resigned in last November to move to Canada with his family.
We wish them every success in their new positions.
Ms Karen T. L. Chan has joined our Centre as an Executive Officer on
October 13, 1992. Ms Chan obtained her B.Sc. degree in Computer
Information Systems from the San Francisco State University. Prior to
joining us, she worked at the Wing Lung Bank.
HARNET - What is it ?
HARNET (The Hongkong Academic and Research NETwork) is the wide area
network which links up the campus networks of the seven tertiary
institutions in Hong Kong. HARNET is under the management of the
University and Polytechnic Computer Centre (UPCC), a joint organization
of Information Technology Servicess of the seven institutions including The
University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong
Kong Polytechnic, the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong
Baptist College, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and
the Lingnan College.
Besides serving the seven member institutions, UPCC also provides network
connectivity to other institutions including the Open Learning Institute
of Hong Kong and our neighbouring University of Macau. Some experimental
network connections to Universities in China are also underway.
Functions of HARNET
The education community in Hong Kong, at a long distance from the outside
world, has always been handicapped by communication problems which pose a
great hindrance to academic and research interchange. By providing
electronic communications to international academic and research
networks, it is now possible to reduce that handicap and our academics
have a convenient means of access and communication with their peers
elsewhere.
HARNET supports high speed data communication between the UPCC member
institutions locally in Hong Kong. Moreover, HARNET is connected to
Internet via a 64 Kbps international link to U.S.A. through a gateway
installed at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Through this HARNET-
Internet connection, users are now able to connect online to thousands of
computer networks in the world and gain access to various valuable
computer facilities, such as library catalogues, databases, super-
computers, etc.
History and Development of HARNET
HARNET was first set up in 1986. Most institutions had VAX computers at
that time. Naturally, the campus networks were connected via DECnet
protocol. The inter-institution links were running at 4800 bps, and the
initial connection to overseas networks was via the UUCP network through
dial-up access. In November 1989, UPCC took an important step in
connecting HARNET to BITNET through a 2400 bps leased circuit connecting
The University of Hong Kong and Yale University in the United States.
Through HARNET, all the UPCC institutions were provided with capabilities
of electronic mail and file transfer to the outside academic world.
The BITNET connection was an instant success. In spite of the fact that
access was restricted to staff and research students, the traffic on the
leased circuit had soon become very congested and an upgrade of the
communication link was necessary. In the summer of 1991, UPCC upgraded
the speed of the leased circuit from 2400 to 9600 bps. There was some
improvement on the traffic. However, the demand from the users was also
increasing rapidly.
In September 1991, a significant event took place on HARNET. The Faculty
of Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong has succeeded in
connecting their network to the Internet via a 64 Kbps leased circuit to
the US. They had kindly offered to share this connection with the UPCC
institutions. In July 1992, the Faculty of Engineering of CUHK agreed to
hand over the management of the Internet connection to UPCC.
To facilitate the Internet connection, some of the inter-campus links
were upgraded to 64 Kbps and it was decided that the TCP/IP protocol was
adopted as an additional communication standard. In view of the higher
bandwidth and the value of exposing students to the electronic learning
environment, UPCC also decided to open up HARNET to access by
undergraduates as well.
In the same year, another significant event was taking place. Through an
initiative of the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee, a grant of
HK$2 million was given to the Joint University and Polytechnic Library
Advisory Committee (JUPLAC) for upgrading the inter-institutional
computer network to facilitate more convenient and faster access to the
library databases in the institutions.
UPCC was asked by JUPLAC to assist in the upgrade of HARNET. In
anticipation of rapidly exploding amount of data traffic over the network
in the next few years, UPCC recommended the construction of a high speed
T1-ring (1.544 Mbps) network based on Hong Kong Telecom's LANLine T1
service. In this configuration, the seven institutions are connected by
T1 circuits forming a ring network, providing the institutions with a
robust network with redundant reliability.
The cost of providing this upgrade is however substantial. UPCC is
fortunate to have a valuable sponsorship from the HongKong Telecom.
Through the HongKong Telecom Foundation, HK$4 million is donated to UPCC
over a period of three years, to help funding the cost of operating our
upgraded network and providing the link to the Internet. The upgrade of
HARNET to the high speed T1-ring network was completed before the end of
1992. There is an obvious improvement in inter-campus communications.
Users should have noticed a significant improvement in access to other
campuses in Hong Kong.
Future Development of HARNET
With the high speed T1-ring data network now in operation, UPCC feels
that the performance of the network could be improved by increasing the
communication speed of the network's international link. In fact, the
feasibility of upgrading HARNET's international link to a 128 Kbps line
is now being carefully studied.
UPCC is also considering providing access to HARNET to non-profit
organizations of an academic or research nature. Such organizations are
expected to contribute and share the running cost of our operations.
Acknowledgements
UPCC acknowledges the UPGC and JUPLAC initiative to upgrade HARNET.
UPCC also appreciates a three-year donation from the Hong Kong Telecom
Foundation to help finance the operation of the local HARNET and the
connection to the Internet.
February 1, 1993
We have scheduled a seminar and a workshop in March and early April to
introduce to our users the Centre's initial setup of multimedia
facility. An overview of the new technology will be given. Members of
the University may take the opportunity to evaluate the potentials of
employing this new technology in their teaching or research works.
Furthermore, a Campus Network User Training Workshop will also be held in
March for staff members to find out how to use the various network
services.
Course 12/92
Campus Network User Training Workshop
This is a 3-hour seminar in 2 sessions (1.5 hours each), based on topics
covered by our Network Training Seminars which are usually given to the
departments' staff after the completion of individual departmental
LAN's. It covers all the services provided on the University campus
network, especially those related to the departmental LAN's (e.g.
HKUMENU, network printing, file sharing etc.) and the host computer
systems (e.g. E-mail, DRA Library System, SENDFAX, UIS, and the access
to Internet etc.). There will be hands-on practice for some of the
facilities discussed in the form of a workshop.
Course 13/92
Seminar on Multimedia
The purpose of this 1-hour seminar is to introduce the setup and
functionalities of the multimedia system installed in Computer Centre .
Demonstrations on some typical multimedia programs will be given.
Course 14/92
Workshop on Multimedia Program Development
This is a 1-hour workshop which will discuss elaborately the procedures
of creating a multimedia program by using Centre's PC-based multimedia
system. The workshop will cover the steps of recording stereo sound,
capturing images from video, creating animation file and combining them
into multimedia presentation or instructional programs.
Registration:
The Registration Form is available in our General Office, Rm. 223, Run
Run Shaw Building. Please complete and return the form to us as soon
as possible.
Successful applicants will be notified by telephone, and will be
asked to confirm the registration at least one working week before the
seminar begins.
For any enquiries, please contact Miss Heti Cheng (tel.: 8592491) or
Mr. Patrick Leu (tel.: 8592488, e-mail: hcxclbl@hkucc.hku.hk)
C.Y.W. Cheung
Tel.: 8592497
E-mail: cheungyw@hkucc.hku.hk
VAX News
GCGMENU on the VAX 6420 (HKUCC)
system
$ @HKU:GCG $ GCGMENU
The software supports vt200 emulation through TCP/IP, the following is a
list of some useful function keys.
Ctl F10 to go back to the previous menu
Ctl F9 to go back directly to the main menu
Ctl F8 to leave the menu system
Alt Ctl F5 to get help
Alt Ctl F3 to clear the input field
Alt Ctl F4 to toggle between insert and overstrike mode
Ctl/W to refresh the screen
TAB to move the cursor to the beginning of the input field
On VT100 or other terminal emulations that do not support the above keys, the
following alternate keys are available:
PF1 (F1) to go back to the previous menu
PF2 (F2) to get help
PF3 (F3) to clear the input field
Ctrl/A to toggle between insert and overstrike mode
Instead of using function keys, you can also enter the equivalent
commands in the input area (remember to press RETURN or ENTER to confirm
your input). For example: you can enter the command QUIT instead of
pressing Ctrl F8 to leave the system.
HKUDOC:GCGMENU.DOC
C.Y.W. Cheung
Tel.: 8592497
E-mail: cheungyw@hkucc.hku.hk
SPSS Release 4.1 installed on the VAX 6420 (HKUCC)
system
To execute Command at DCL prompt
1) SPSS Manager SPSS
2) Prompted Session SPSS/NOMANAGER
3) Command file (Assuming the SPSS program file is MYSPSS.SPS)
a) Interactively SPSS/NOMANAGER MYSPSS
* b) Output to SPSS/NOMANAGER /OUTPUT MYSPSS
listing file
(The default listing file is MYSPSS.LIS in this case)
c) Batch mode SUBMIT/NOPRINT/NOTIFY
* By default, the output is directed to both the terminal and the
listing file (with the /OUTPUT option). To suppress the terminal output,
add the following SPSS statement to the SPSS program file:
SET RESULTS=LISTING
Should any problem in using the SPSS be encountered, please report them
to the undersigned.
S. L. Lee
Tel.: 8592485
E-mail: sllee@hkucc.hku.hk
IBM News
UIS Update
PC News
PC-Session Registration Terminal for Pokfulam Student Amenities Centre
T.Y. Shen
Tel.: 8592482
E-mail: hcxcsty@hkucc.hku.hk
New UPCC Tender Result
(a) CT-386DX-40-4M HK$ 8,620.00 Comtech Computer & Elect. Co
(see remark 1)
(b) KAIYO SL-200/40 HK$ 10,021.00 Gilman Business Systems
(see remark 2)
(c) Sigma 386DX-40C HK$ 8,420.00 Powerwave Co Ltd
(d) SPUM-386-DX40-64KC HK$ 8,830.00 Spectrum Electronics &
(see remark 1 & 3) Computer Systems Ltd
VGA System with 80486SX (25 MHz) CPU
(a) CT-486SX-25-4M HK$ 8,720.00 Comtech Computer & Elect. Co
(see remark 1)
(b) AIYO SL-250/25 HK$ 10,606.00 Gilman Business Systems
(see remark 2)
(c) Sigma 486SX-25C HK$ 8,525.00 Powerwave Co Ltd
(d) SPUM-486-SX25-64KC HK$ 9,580.00 Spectrum Electronics &
(see remark 1 & 3) Computer Systems Ltd
VGA System with 80486DX CPU
(a) CT-486DX-33-4M HK$ 10,820.00 Comtech Computer & Elect. Co
(see remark 1)
(b) KAIYO SL-300/33 HK$ 13,433.00 Gilman Business Systems
(see remark 2)
(c) Sigma 486SX-33C HK$ 10,360.00 Powerwave Co Ltd
(d) SPUM-486-DX33-64KC HK$ 11,880.00 Spectrum Electronics &
(see remark 1 & 3) Computer Systems Ltd
(II) 80486DX 50 MHz CPU and 4 MB RAM, Dual floppy drives (1.2 MB and 1.44
MB) and 80 MB hard-disk, VGA display adapter, 14" colour display, 2
serial ports and 1 parallel port, MS DOS 5.0:
(a) CT-486DX-50-4M HK$ 12,420.00 Comtech Computer & Elect. Co
(see remark 1)
(b) Sigma 486DX-50C HK$ 11,970.00 Powerwave Co Ltd
(c) SPUM-486-DX50-64KC HK$ 13,980.88 Spectrum Electronics &
(see remark 1 & 3) Computer Systems Ltd
VGA System with 80486DX w/EISA (50 MHz) CPU
(a) CT-486DX-50-4M w/EISA HK$ 15,320.00 Comtech Computer & Elect. Co
(see remark 1)
(b) Sigma E486DX-50C HK$ 13,720.00 Powerwave Co Ltd
Remarks:
Tender summary and the price lists of the selected products can be read
in "electronic form" from the HKUPROFS UIS Bulletin Board of the Centre's
HKUVM1 system and from the 'Computer Centre Information' option of the
HKUMENU of the PC-LAN file servers which are set up by Computer Centre . Also, this summary and the price list will be kept in our
General Office at Room RR-223, Run Run Shaw Building. Please contact Miss
Heti Cheng (Tel: 8592491) if you wish to examine them. Should further
details about the products be required, please contact the undersigned.
T.Y. Shen
Tel.: 8592482
E-mail: hcxcsty@hkucc.hku.hk
New Computer Facility for Multimedia
- recording stereo sound in CD quality
- displaying live video
- capturing still images from video source
- computer animation capability
- authoring tool support for program development
To bring you more details, a seminar will be held on 23 March,1993 in
Room 201, Run Run Shaw Building. The content of the seminar includes an
introduction to the setup and functions of our PC-based multimedia system
and demonstration of several multimedia programs. A workshop will also be
held on 6 April,1993 in Room 201, Run Run Shaw Building to show you the
procedures of creating multimedia programs. Please refer to the Training
News section of this newsletter or the NEWS bulletin board on Centre's
host computers for detailed information.
Patrick Leu
Tel.: 8592488
E-mail: hcxclbl@hkucc.hku.hk
Staff News
Computer Services Digest
HARNET - The Hongkong Academic and Research
Network
Dr. N Ng
Tel.: 8592491
E-mail: hcxcnng@hkucc.hku.hk
Training News
Computer Training Courses in March and April
Course Title Date/Time/Venue
No.
12/92 Campus Network User March 22, 93 3:30 - 5:00 pm Registration required.
Training Workshop March 25, 93 3:30 - 5:00 pm Max. 20 persons.
RR101, Run Run Shaw Bldg. Staff Only.
Conducted in English.
13/92 Seminar on March 23, 1993 Registration required.
Multimedia 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Max. 20 persons.
RR201, Run Run Shaw Bldg. Staff Only.
Conducted in English.
14/92 Workshop on April 6, 1993 Registration required.
Multimedia Program 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Max. 20 persons.
Development RR201, Run Run Shaw Bldg. Staff Only.
Conducted in English.
User Services Group, Computer Centre , the University of
Hong Kong