ML20245E613

ITS News,Vol 1,Number 2

ML20245E613
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Issue date:	06/30/1985
From:	NRC OFFICE OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (ORM)
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NUREG-BR-0056, NUREG-BR-0056-V01-N2, NUREG-BR-56, NUREG-BR-56-V1-N2, NUDOCS 8908110283
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. g7e7o s ano ent and Training Laboratory N ,,,/ Commission n a,n.ng stan INTRODUCING THE COMPUTER TUTOR Who uses tutorials and why? use them in her work in

,[ - We asked a few recent users research analysis. She and received a variety of thought the tutorials were

\ fC g' '~ answers. Often staff easy and fun to use and simply cannot afford the enjoyed the fact that she

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g time away from the office could select only the parts for the days required to she was most interested in, take t raining . For others thus gearing the learning tutorials provide an to her level.

I _ , alternative when a course is not available at the time required. The ITS The Support Center is a staff has found that true very pleasant and undis-novices especially, can turbed environment away benefit from previewing the from the pressures cf your material (such as the DOS office (no telephone and Intro. to PC tutorials) calls!). Yet if you do get 2 ^ in order to get exposure to into a bind or have a PC's before taking formal question, expert help is Sample Tutoria/s training. This helps them available from the Support to feel more comfortable Center staff. Pam Sterner, The Computer Tutor and absorb more when they a coop working in IE, found do take the class. Sti?1 this last factor ta be r.h e On e often overlooked but others use the tutorials as most imp.vtant. After six excellent alternative to a method of reviewing some hours of working with the l formal classroom microcom- of the more tricky aspects dEASE III tutorial, she l

puter training is that of of a package. felt comfortable enough using s elf-ins t ruc tional with the package to start tutcrials. The ITS Support her project which required l Center now has computer- For whatever the reason, a great deel of sorting and based tutorials for many of tutorials at the Support enoy data calculatsone.

the NkC standard microcom- Certer could be very She enjoyed working with puter software packages, helpful to you. Most are the package itself while Perhaps the most attractive menu driven and very easy learn ing , and highly aspect of this type of to use. Bennett Brady of recommends the tutorial to tra Aning is that it allows AEOD, an experienced main- anyone wanting an intro-you to learn a great deal frame user, used several duction to dBASE.

about the packages at your tutorials to get a basic own pace and on your time working knowledge of micros schedule. and to see how she could (Con't) 8908110203 850630 PDR NUREG BR-OOS6 R PDR

Th3 Computzr Tutor (Con't) MEET THE ITS STAFF (PART 2)

The Support Center has many ITS NEWS Credits issue we In ur first nev -tutorials on order The ITs utvs i. a quarterly publication providing infor- Introduced you to the staff including ones for Display- nati a of intenet t users at the ITS Support Center.

Write 2 8 CROSSTALK and of computer technology at yn this issue we e g ygge to keyboarding skills. Also the sac. It i. prodo.ed by help you get to know the the of the Nac on order are several video- .taff Inf :=ation in 1 87 people who work at the ITS tapes which can be ver7 services support cester and Training bboratory. Any of useful for a conceptual Training Lab.

you that have taken a overview and first intro- Your articles, .deas, t

in- course at the Training Lab duction to software formation, questions and have probably met many of packages. Look for an- comments are all welcomed.

Please forward the same to them alteady. All of the nouncements of new t

• W *t*H y: Training Lab Staff are tutorials in future issues employees of the USDA of the ITS NEWS. You can Phone: 492-4160 which Ma n r In rus ni Graduate School receive a complete packet h" *P'

• 8' operates the lab under an with descriptions of all of inter-agency agreement with the tutorials available at ITS Support Center NRC. This agreement is the Support Center by managed jointly by RM/D and callin x24160 " '

the Management Development Nf , forNtion Technology services and Training Staff.

Support Center Graph.ics section, sod rxecutive Equipment editor, ITS NEWS Pat Bell, Scientifie One of the functions of the 2,$'*8$*"$$,#"I[,

, ,, ring Michael Canyes Support Center is to pro- Account coordinator cengian u cru m , computer As a part time instructor vide access to specialized equipment that may not be Emiy1NNeon, scientific for the lab, Michael Canyes available at your office. Progracmer/ Analyst is currently ter.ches Intro.

For example, some of you 88'y*,"[""r , sys t em. for Novices, CROSSTALK, are already familiar with raul viney.rd, computer Intro. LOTUS. Intro. dBASE the Hewlett Packard 6 pen trogrecoer/ Analyst 111, and DisplayWrite 2.

color plotter that is Michael is an independent attached to the PC in the ITS Training Laboratory computer consultant with Support Center's graphics ten years of experience in development and area. This plotter can be used with LOTUS, Chart-

((* 8"f ctQ Arende sonstey, Instructor systems training. After graduating Master, and Sign-Master to reggy tester, Instructor from the University of l pro hce black-and-white and J'"*ic' " . Marvland with o Physical

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Acting Dirreter, Science degree, he worked for sacrT1 cotrputer com-for overhead projection. gu cf td ter, and panies as a programmer, and later as an analyst, l Another never eddition to Note: The Training Lat, ore- developing scientific and the graphics area is a [,y [8 j P,eu , ud_, by businest sys te:Ds on main-Polarold Paler.te 3h color ,o tur,r.,g,.c7 ,gre,,,,, frames. As small business slide production system join:1y m aged by RM/D$s/ micrDComputerE grew in which can be used with both m ud sters sophistication. and 'p op u l.-

Chart-Master and Sign- arity, he became fascinated Master. To reserve the Graphics: with their potential to Palette and receive in- solve office probims and 3 ,gg, ,g t,,,

structions for first time sac craphics section in 1981 started the use, call the Support Photosrephy: Dan Dehn Washington, D.C. Osborne 1 Center on 24160 and ask for User's group. Since then Paul Vineyard, he has devoted most of his 2

wish her the best of luck and much success in her new job. Doug Vickery is acting director of the Lab until Arline's replacement is hired.

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Michael Canyes Arenda Holladay time to working with small responsible for developing bu sines s systems. After two new courses: " Inter-becoming an independent mediate PC-DOS" and consultant two years ago, " Microcomputer Graphics Michael has developed com- .

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estate companies, law firms, and associations, Arenda HoIInday Peggy Lester and trained hundreds of people to use and enjoy Arenda is another part-time As the most senior Training computers, ins tructor at the Training Lab instructor, part of Inb. Although her educa- Peggy's job is to work tional background is in the closely with the NRC staff Farewell to Training Lab Classics, primarily Latin to assure that the courses Director and Greek, she has been offe. red are tailored to NRC involved in microcomputer needs. This of ten involves As Project Manager at the education since 1980. talking with users to Training Lab, Arline Dell Arenda began her career research real NRC applica-has been responsible for working with Texas tions that can be adapted managing the Lab and Instruments in Dallas where for use in the classroom as providing direction for the she was involved in writing examples. Peggy is also design, development and users' manuals and develop- responsible for designing implementation of all NRC ing coarse macerials for new courses as well as I microcomputer training TI's Learning Centers. t eaching and maintaining I programs. Arline was in- From Texas Instruments she the existing courses. She l s trumental in keeping the went to Hayes Microcomputer has taught Intro. for I lab running smoothly during Products (well known for Managers, DisplayWrite 2, I th2 crucial period of its their modems) where she Intro. to LOTUS. Interme-early operation. Partly as designed training materials diste LOTUS Applications, ]

a result of her outstanding for iu-house courses. and CROSSTALK , and is now j work for NRC, Arline was Arenda currently teaches designing a new course:  :

recently asked to head a the dBASE III, DisplayWrite "Using PERTMASTER for similar operation for the 2, and the Introduction to Project Management". Peggy l Executive Office of the End-User Microcomputing for has an extensive background l President. Although those Novices courses. In addi- in mainframe applications of us who worked with tion to her teaching duties software and software Arline will miss her, we at the center, she is development methodologies.

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Prior to working part-time, the first person you see acting Director), Doug she _ held several project when you come to take wears many hats at the ITS.

management positions at the classes at the Lab. Along He is responsible for Federal Reserve Board with accomplishing a mul- working with the Training supervising programmer / titude of other tasks that Coordina tors and MDTS in analysts. While there, she are required to keep the processing participant designed and developed center humming, she is nominations for ITS several nationwide data responsible for preparing courses. Doug has designed collection and reporting the classroom end all of the database programs (in systems using IBM's data the class packets for each dBASE III) that are used base management system, IMS. class, as well as answering for tracking and notifying any inquiries about the center. Prior to advancing ,

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Douglas Vickery She has a degree in math-ematics from Caldwell participants of acceptance College g3 and completed graduate course work in internal systems used at computer science and both the Support Center and bus ines s administration. the Training Lab. He also She started her data b N W- @ W processing career as a Jaunice Norrell Ross staff of the Support Center programmer / analyst at the in handling the technical Department of Conwec e. problems of the 1sb and is Jaunice received her BA in * *** '"

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I has completed the computer courses for end- Of f ic e Management program users and data processing at the Washington School Doug received his BS degree professionals at all her from the University of for Secretaries. She is previous positions as well currently studying program- Connect icut in Bu r.ine.s s as at Northern Virginia ming at Office Automation Administration where he has Community College. and Trt.ining in Wu hingten, Instructional

• [ Mediah8 d 1 and Jaunice Norrell Ross Technology. Prior to his Douglas Vickery current position with the As the Office Manager / USDA Graduate School he was Administrative Assistant As the ITS Course Coor- Director of the Language for the Training Lab, dinator and Newsletter I-earning Center at the i Jaunice will probably be Editor (and currently the finiversity of Connecticut. I 4

i Although we are now fully given way to the IBM 5520 utilizing the hands-on PC Office Automation System SATURDAY HOURS classroom at the Training which provides not only Lab, we realize that there word processing , but elec-In the first issue of the is still a substantial tronic document distri-ITS NEWS, we announced that backlog for many of the bution as well. Using the the ITS Support Center classes. We appreciate agency's network of 5520 would be open on Saturdays

, your patience. In coop- systems , documents can now h a been modifie t eration with MDTS, we are be electronically communi-o avoid unnecessary overtime doing everything possible cated ,

among headquarters Effective to meet your training buildings (Phillips, for ITS staff.

immediately, the Support needs. As far as PC Willste, Maryland National Center will be open on hardware and software Bank , Ea s t We s t , aM Saturdays by appointment installation is concerned, H Street) and the five only. Please assist us by we again ask for your regional offices including making your appointment at forbearance. Like the URF0 in a matter of least 3 days ahead of time rest of the agency, RM/D is minu t es . Commission ap- ,

if at all possible. All short of personnel, with no proval is pending for  !

ITS equipment and software, improvements likely in the extension of the netwock to including tutorials, are near future. Woodmont and Air Rights and available for Saturday use. to provide increcsed 5520 Call the Support Center support at MNBB and help line at 492-4160 to SPECIAL FEATURE: Willste.

make en appointment. Microcomputers and Office Automation Even these recent changes i f ice technology will This is the second in a sma e mpa d OFFICE AUTOMATION series of articles en the y , f GROWING PAINS application of computer gf g g g ,

technology at the NRC. which is now occurring and At the beginning of FY85 will continue over the next

,,O f f ic e Au t oma t io n , -- the che NRC had 157 IBM and IBM . . several years. By the end but compatible microcomputers phrase is familiar, of this fiscal year there installed. Ninety-three of what does it mean?

vord will be over 400 IBM PC's these were at headquarters processing? electronic in the Agency, and this and tha remaining sixty- dociment distribution? the number is expected to reach four were in the Regions, pa'erless office? How 1s 1000 in two more years.

The FY85 demand for PC's office automation evolving This means that there vill has been more than double at the NRC and how will be c1most one PC for every the projected budget esti- thie evolution be affected 7 7 mates. It is estimated ,ay the micrceomputer revo- the end of TY 87, in addi-that over 250 more PC's lution? ,

will be installed by dedicated 5520 t erricals September 30. This in- At the NRC, as in most crease in demand has organizat ions , the first en Q % W h text processing and elec-strcined RM's resources evidence of of fice automa- tronic document distribu- i both in terms of timely tion was the acquisition gg {

delivery and installation of a series of rapidly {

of hardware and software, improving word and in providing adequate beginntng with pthe roc e s s or s ',

How will all these micro-MT/ST compu.ters interent with the

, l traintng and support to Mag Card, and magnetic tape existing 5520 netoork and i users. At present we have typewriters which were gggg g l later replaced with Vydecs, these additional worksta-only one person to install new equipment, so please IBM System 6 s and Display- gg bear with us if your PC is writers. Today most of the at the NRC?

not installed as soon as stand-alone word processors you would like, at the NRC have in turn (Con't) 5 1

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f Docum:nts preparsd with NEW COURSE SPECIAL FEATURE: be OFFERINGS AT THE Microcomputers and this software can straight text or can TRAINING LAB Office Automation from (Cont incorporate outputs other PC software such as Since the last issue of the LT - -3 spreadsheets n ITS NEWS, five new courses To answer the first AS ep ts. A have been added to the question, IBM PC users are isplay rite doc uent can Training Lab's micro-able to the link to the ' '#" * * **

5520 network in one of tw t e 5 20 from an PC hich are new intermediate level ways: physical connection is set up for b1 synchronous classes in LOTUS, dBASE as a full function communications via tele- *

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to hardwire PCs to 5520 document can be transferred 8t8 d8rd gr8phics and CPUs as necessary to meet to the 5520from the diskette. project management soft-office needs. The hard- ware. Contact your wired PCs are equipped with ,

coordinator or special hardware and soft- What does all of this mean training automation at MDTS for information on ware which allows them to for office Clearly the most course registration,

" emulate" a standard the NRC7 dedicated 5520 t erminal . significant change is that This means that profession- professionals will begin to al staff drafting documents draft documents electron- Intermediate dBASE III using these PCs will be ically with their PCs than by hand on This course covers the able to store them directly rather of on the 5520 system, where paper. Thus it will be programming aspects they can be easily accessed possible to bypass what can dBASE III. In the Intro-by a secretary for final be days of waiting for ductory dBASE III class, preparation and dis tribu- draft materials to be typed students learn how to use by an overburdened secre- the built-in commands toa tion.

tarial staff. Likely design and manipulate connection outcomes range from an data base.

The interme-The second course teaches option, the telephone increased demand for PC diate lines, is being used for word proces sing and key- database designdBASE concepts, III PCs which are too f ar from board training, to citimate intermediate ccmmands, macros, and their a SE70 CPU ce be hardwired, reductions in paper usage such as PCs located at NBC and, most importcutly, use in dBASE III programs.

Resident Inspection Sites higher quality anc faster and PCs in headquarters production of finsi docu- i buildings which are not ments. In the NRC Intermediate LOTUS 1-2-3 slated to receive a 5520 environment, where the work Applications CPU. *1 hest PCs are equip- product, whether a letter, ped with modems and com- report, or regulatien, is This is an intermediate munications software (IBM usually the written vord, level course designed to DisplayComm) allowing these changen could well teach students more of the via result in a very substan- advanced commands and document transfer of the LOTUS telephone between the PC tial productivity improve- facilities such as:

ment for the Agency as a 1-2-3 package and any NRC 5520 system.

whole. building "what if" tables ,

using MACROS, combining PCs which are not hardwired and trans-to the 5520 are equipped (For further information on spreadsheets, with IBM DisplayWrite 2 PC-5520 communications, see ferring a file to nother word processing software. "Get Connected" on page 7 ) . software package.

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,,,,*"" j/ 5253 Emulation Kit, which can be installed on your PC, allows the PC to act as PC Training Room a full function 5520 work-station as well as providing for the transfer Intermediate PC-DOS use them to manage of files between the 5520 Coreands projects. and the PC. First, coordinate yc ur request This hands-on course is Craphics: An Introduction with your 5520 system coor-designed to familiarize to Chart-Master an( dinator, and then submit a participants with the more Sign-Master " Request for NRC Standard advanced commands of the PC System Upgrade" form to PC's Disk Operating System. This course is designed to RM/ DSS, P-622.

After a review of the basic familiarize the partici-commands, students will pants with graphics on the If your building does not learn to create batch IBM-PC, using the Sign- have a 5520, you can use files, develop sub-direc- Master and Chart-Master DisplayComm sof tware and a tories, and use the DOS application software pack.- bisynchronous modem to send line editor. LINK and DEBUG ages. To help us make the your documents to a 5520.

are introduced. Emphasis is course as effective as If your personal computer on hands-on learning and possible for NRC staff, we does not have the necessary exercises with practical have asked Janet Thot- hardware and sof tware, applications of PC-DOS. Thompson of the NRC submit a " Request for NRC Graphics Section to help us Standard PC System Upgrade" l Usinn PERTMASTER For select. examples, prepare, form to RM/ DSS, P-622.

Pro ie,e t Management and teach some of the material. The class will If you have the DisplayCemm This course is designed for cover the differences rof tware, but need instrne-experienced project =ana- between the various typec tions for using it , call gers who wish to use the of signs and charts, and the ITS Support Center and PERTMASTER package on a participants will learn how ask l for the document microcomputer as a manage- to select, design, and entitled "Using IBM Dis-ment tool to plan and produce the right type of playComm for PC-5520 and monitor projects more chart for maximum impact PC-PC Commun ic a t ion s ."

effectively. This course and effect. Emphasis is on assumes that attendees have hands-on learning with some knowledge of PERT / CPM practical applications of methods and would like to the two packages. (Con't on back cover) 7

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ITS TRAINING CALENDAR

_ JULY 1985 l MONDAY E TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY E FRIDAY B 2 INTRO FOR NOVICES 3 4 5 INTRO FOR PART 2 INTRO TO INTRO TO I1 N0 IES "

pR dBASE USERS' A I PART GROUP 153:00 PM 9 10 INTRO FOR 11 12 INTRO FOR INTRO FOR MANAGERS INTRO FOR PART3 I8

. MANAGERS MANAGERS NOVICES DISPLAYWRITE 2 PART1 PART 2 PART 2 MRO FOR WM PART1 R S gg 16 17 18 INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE GRAPHICS USING SIGNMASTER 6 INTRO FOR LOTUS 1-24 LOTUS 1-24 SIGNMASTER & CHARTMASTER 115 PART 2 NOVICES PART 1 PART 2 CHARTMASTER PART 2

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NOV T1 INTRO TO 23 INTRO TO 24 INTRO TO 25 ',y y 26 PART 1 INTRO TO LOTUS 12 3 LOTUS 12-3 COMMUNICATIONS 1 22 dBASE 111 PART 1 PART 2 AND CROSSTALK LOTUS USERS- Pt.RT 2 GROUP 2 00 4 00 PM 29 30 31 ncnO TO INTRO FOR INTRO FOR THE C W iNERAL NOV:CES NOVICES MV % ' APUTER PART 1 PART 2 SYSTEM rCU & SED)

AUGUST 1985 MONDAY TUESDAY E WEDNESDAY THURSDAY E FFilDAY E 1 2 INTRO TO INTRO TO dBASE fil dBASE ill PART1 PART 2 6 INTERVEDIAM ,7 0 0 h" 5IN".IRMEDIATE LOTUS 1-2-3 INTERMEDIATE WTERMED; ATE WTRO TO LOTUS 12 3 PART 2 dBASE 115 dBASE 31 OOMML NICATONS PART 1 oBASE USER 5- PART 1 PART 2 AND CROSSTALn GROUP 1313 00 PM 12 13 14 15 16 IN190 TO INTRO TO BASIC & FORTRAN 77 (NTRO FOR INTRO FOri LOTUS t-2-3 LOTUS 12 3 IN TEI DATA NOVICES NOVtCES F ART 1 FART 2 GEAEP4AL MV ,TUD PART 1 PART 2

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~ USING PERTMASTER USING PERTMASTEP INTRO TO INTRO TO FOR PROJECT FOR PRO.'ECT BASIC BASIC INTERMEDIATE MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMING PROGRAMMING PC DOS PART 1 PART 2 PART 1 PART 2 26 27 28 INTRO FOR MANAGERS 29 INTRO FOR ,30 NOV'CES INTRO FOR INTRO FOR ART-MANAGERS MANAGERS PART 2 l D$P @ M 2 PART 1 PART 2 INTRO FOR LOTUS UOERS' NOVICES cnoop PART1 p.00 - 4 00 PM 8

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BULLETIN M p M === N D W La 6e This section of the news- implemented on April 1 to \027\071 turns on double-letter serves as a bulletin facilitate requests for strike moda (works for board for dis seminating hardware and software up- both compressed and information of interest to grades for installed PC's. normal type, i.e., if NRC micro and mainframe Check with your Office ADP compressed mode was computer users. If you Coordinator for a copy of have any questions regard- the already on, sending this

" Requests for NRC string sets the printer ing the bulletin board Standard notices or wish to grade" form, PC Systems Up- for double-strike com-pressed type) contribute a problem to be discussed, contact the ITS \027\072 turns double Support Center by calling Printing Options for LOTUS strike mode off 492-4160. Users with NRC Printers Note: Empaasized mode is similar c3 PERSONAL COMPUTERS I.0 W S users with the IBM mode excep+ double-strike that the print Graphics commands Print er can send haad is oi7 set slightly on Multiple Indexing Using to the printer the second pass, so that Character and Date Field 6 using the SETUP option the characters appear with dBASE III "" # RINT (type

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/PPOS, command thicker instead of just to get to darker.

In order to get d BASE III this option from your to index properly using a v rksheet). Using the Users with Epson printers date field in conjunction SETUP option, the user can send many other setup with a character field, it 8'"d* jhe printer a setup strings as well as the ones is necessary to convert the string, made up of ASCII above. The meaning of the date into a character character codes separated various ASCII codes are string with format YYMMDD. by back-slashes. With the described on page C-5 of l In the following example IBM graphics printer, the the Epson FX Printer "charfid" is a character c des work as follows: Operations Manual.

field and "da t e fld " is a l

date field. To construct a \015 changes print to multi-level index on charfld compressed mode (16.5 dBASE III Users, Group and datefld, construct your characters per inch)

INDEX statement like this:

The first meeting of the

\018 turns off com- dEASE III Psers' Group was INDEX ON charfld + pressed mode and returns held on April 2, 1985.

SUBSTR(DTOC(datefld),7,2) + to normal mode (10 Although it was mostly an SUBSTR(DTOC(datefld),1,2) + characters per inch) organizational meeting, the SUBSTR(DTOC(datefid),4,2) turnout was encouraging to

\027\069 changes print to Judy Butts, the chairperson Improved Request Procedure emP h asized mode (works for the group. Judy is for PC Upgrades only at 10 characters with the Division of Safety per inch) Technology, URR. In her In order to improve RM's Present position as Manage-service to PC users, a \027\070 turns of f empha- ment Assistant in the simplified procedure was sized mode (Con't)

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dBASE III Users' Group (Con't) be held on Thursday, June 27, 1985, at 2 p.m. in room BNL Division of Safety Tech- A of the Training Lab.

nology, she has used dBASE Topics coming up include: 7 Track Tape Drives to design and implement documenting LOTUS 1-2-3 several large data bases programs - especially impor to be Phased out for the Director, Nv.R. tant if many people are BNL is planning to phase sharing the same spread- out all 7 track tape drives The next maeting of the sheet; the use of data by early summer. Once this dBASE III Us er 's Group is tables for "WRAT IF" budget occurs, it will be impos-scheduled for Tuesday, June applications - most useful sible to read or write 7 11, 1985, beginning at 1:30 for getting to the bottom track tapes. Users are p .m . in the ITS Training line of a situation; Lab, Classroom A.

a therefore advised to make All sampling of easy and quick sure that any tapes obtain-dBASE III users, whether to use applications that ed from contractors or beginners or experts, are make everyday work a whole other sourcee are 9 track, invited to attend. Bring a lot easiet; and a discus-and to copy any necessary diskette so you can copy sion of the LOTUS 1-2-3 programs or data residing programa discussed and update coming out in the on 7 track tapes ts 9 track your own programs that you fall. tapes as soon as possible, would like to share with Assistance with this usual there vill be process is available others. As from discusolons on LOTUS the Support Speakers will include Lance macroa, a look at par- request. UsersCenter upon

, of NRC "K" Lessler of NMSS who is ticular NRC applications, tapes need not be concerned scheduled to demonstrate and further exploration of as these tapes are 9 track, the use of an hierarchical LOTUS s many capabilities. ,

menu generating program, It's a good idea to bring a which enables users to diskett e with you to the quickly organize their meeting so that you can Intern / Coop Computer particula- dBASE applica- copy Particular programs Overview for June 26 tion in a framework of that are of interest.

menus and sub-menus. ITS Any interns or coops who Support Center consultant Jerry Tomlin, of RES, will be required to use NRC Karen VanDuser is scheduled chairs the group, and would computers and who have not to demonstrate dBASE III be very happy to hear from been signed up for the ITS file transfer to both NRC staff with interesting Computer Overview to be DisplayWrite 2 and LOTUS LOTUS applications or given on June 26 should 1-2-3. For more information techniques that they would call Emily Robinson or Pat call Judy Butcs, X24822. be willing to share with Bell on 24160 by June 20.

the group. So if you think Branch chiefs who antici-you might have an applica- pate they will have student LOTUS Users' Group tion to contribute or ideas employees working with NRC for particular topics you computers can register them The next NRC LOTUS 1-2-3 would like discussed, by calling the above number Users Group meeting will please call Jerry on 174159. NOW!

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- BULLETIN M M U mam W wM%9 QQ Q l1md New Application Forms for appropriately (M01 = 7300 = computer system: " Computer INEL Computer ids CY73, M06 = 7600 = CY76) . Literacy" and " Job Control Bovever, if a user wishes Language." The Computer EC&G has developed new forms to print on NRC printers by Literacy course provides an for Computer ID using the ROUTE command, overview of computer applications. Anyone the user MUST be logged histcry, current capabili-applying for a new INEL ID into M01. This implies ties, and future potential must complete and submit that batch jobs destined to in easy-to-understand, br;th an ERC form 380 and have octput print ed chould non-technical terms. The the revised EC&G forms 1722 be submitted to the M01 Job Control Language course 6 1726. All available forms are machine. describes the basie JCL and either from JES2 statements needed to office account coordinators ' -

run a batch job on the NIH or from Jean Caldwell at INEL Computer Utility. NIH also the 12" Su1 port Center.

offers sn ABC ccurse on The IMSL Math Subroutine WS. BUR. To take a course, Change in INEL Library Now Available all you need are NIH access Renewal Procedure Pa7ameters (account and The IMSL library of math- initials).

Dial 9-492-EG&G is now processing ematical subroutines is nov 2221, LOGON to WYLLUR, and computer ID renewals available tv the user type " ENTER ABC" at the throughout the year instead community on both INEL WYLBUR prompt to start the of renewing all ids in mainframes. Twm control tutorials.

September. Using a random statements are required to selection process, some 25 use this library:

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the The subprograms in the IMSL New revisions of F77 and system is random, so don't library are invoked from AOS/ VS are now being used think that you'v e been the user's FORTRAN program on the NRC Datc General skipped if other members of by a subroutine call with MV/ SOCD . Revision 2.22 of your office or branch appropriate arguments. An FORTRAN 7.7 was 19 stalled on receive renewal forms while index and documentation of March 11, 1985 and revision you do not. the IMSL routines resides 5.03 of AOS/VS on March 8, in the ITS Support Center 1985. The user can obtain Library. information about the new M01 6 M06 File Traasfer revisions by typing the following when in the CLI '

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