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ITS News,Winter 1986,Vol 2,Number 1

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Issue date:	02/01/1986
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Services Support Center i g'i Regulatory Commission

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and Training Laboratory ITS Celebrates First Year Anniversary!

This winter the ITS is calendar year of opera-celebrating its first an-tion, has instructed near-gx

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niversary. While end user ly 2000 NRC staff members

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information centers are and taught 160 classes on now becoming relatively topics ranging fro:r intro-

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industry, the I;F.C was one tific timesharing facili-

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se of the high de-f mand for ITS microcomputer N

information cent er serving both train f r ame and PC h

training, the lab now j

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equipped for hands-l' M d

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or the ITS on PC instruction.

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began as far back as 1983 when RM/D first conceived Classroom C last September N[

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the idea of two complemen-has enabled an additional tary facilities, one pro-350 individuals to obtain t viding structurec hands-on training since that t ime. M f

ADP training and the other providing ongoing techni-THE ISSUE AT HAND 4

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nated in the establishment IM,N'e,l'll"'lc, of the ITS Training Labor-

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_g atory at the end of 1984 t o, co rpo,.t. o.t.

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Recent1y a

new monitor ECLIPSE MV/8000, NIE/DCRT, eenn erne re,einecot.nd switching system was in-

~"i"n nau and the Ercokhaven and stalled that transfers the utn n. x.tuon,t,,,,,

Idaho Engineering Labora-contents of the instruc-rrn r. an.un tory scientific timeshar-l tor's screen onto the stu-ing facilities, d en t. 's monitor.

With the wie: ne ir. inn La bn e-flick of a switch, the

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Over the past year, Sup-student can alternate be-ran.ree by wors n::.no port Center staff have tween the instructor's

"!5 an swer r.d over a thousand current display and his service requests on the own.

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addition, the Graphics:

ITS " help line."

In addi-introduction of tbis new t,. in.ne L.yot :

tion, over a hundred em-feature has made it pos-

"C C""i" 5" na ployees have visited the sible to remove from sight

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center each month te learn nuch of the melange of about computer t echnology viring that had previously by means of self-instruc-2

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, a-j tional computer and video-ware locator system, and ment of the Trainine Lab -

based tutorials; to find establishment of an NRC Pat Rathbun from MDTS and information in the

!TS artificial intelligence Jim Smith, RM/D - will reference library af ADP user group (see art:cle, continue te augm+nt and

books, periodicals, and p.

4).

Also, the long-impreve the trairing cur-manuals; and to use ITS await ed NRC ADP Services riculum.

equipment, including ter-Guide will be publisbec by

minals, microcomputers, the ITS in the near future and plotters.

(see article, p. 5).

Most important, howeve,

to the evolution of ITS In the coming months the Staff Contributions I" " "

~ter support un and :n the Support Center plant to

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expand its services to NRC Many PRC and contracter N"E 7" " '.

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mr end users in a number of staif'have contributed e-

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cedback, course ways.

Several copies of the success of the !!S over the past year.

Fran nalgations, aM m ents popular computer-based are nelping us t c-bett a typing, word processing, Goldberg, Chief of Infer-meet the needs cf the and data base tutorials mation Technology Servi-ces, was i n s t rumen t t.1 in ag m y.

During the ecoing are being acquired fer year w pian to implerent loan to users who cannot planning and s et t ing up a n n, post-tra M ng nal-take courses at the Train-the two facilities. Maior

"" * " E ing Lab or who prefer to contributions to the suc-I" E'"

learn on their own.

The cessful startup and opera-training fferings and 1evel of end-user comnu-tion of the Training 'ab E

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ting support will be in-were made by Carolyn Sas-nity to apply comput(r creased through the use ci sin, MDTS, and by contrac-Eechnolog*;

effectively.

contractors for some ITS tor staff from the USDA functions; and a program Craduate School, including

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!"E with you :n the coming of six-month rotational Trish

Fineran, Arline assignments (see article,

Dell, and Ron MacNab.

year.

p. 8) will enable users in Much credit also is due other offices to learn and the dedicated instructors work in the Support Cen-and technical support In the

meantime, we ter.

Other plans include staff et both facilities direct your attention to possible use of an elec-(see sidebar,

p. 2).

We this issue's articles for tronic bulletin

board, feel certain as well that a look at what this new implementation of a soft-two newcamers to manage-year may bring!

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Al Applications at NRC

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p 1here are pre +ently Just what it " Artificial three contracted Al pro-

... p Intelligence," usually re-jects being performed for i

ferred to as AI?

One's NRC - two for the Office

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6 first impression may be of Research and one for that the term represents a the Office of Inspection a

logical contradiction, as and Enforcement.

The with " jumbo shrimp."

The last-named is the farthest

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expressions " machine in-

along, with an expert 8

telligence" and " symbolic system due for delivery in g}

processing" may be more about two months.

This descriptive. In any case, React.or Safety Assessment AI amounts to an attempt System (RSAS) vill be I

to enable computers to utiliced by Operations perform the various func.

Center staff in determin-ITS WELCOMES tions of people, including ing the precise nature of i

JIM SMITH seeing, hearing, thinking, a reactor transient, The nesest member of the

handling, and speak 2ng.

Said another way, AI is a Fovever, the potential ITS staff is Jim Smith, who previously was Systems branch of computer science of expert systems at NRC that loosely encompasses lies not merely in en-Frogrammcr on NRC's mini-the research areas of ro-gineering, but in any area computer systems. Jim has

botics, machine

vision, that requires expertise been assigned the techni-col guidance of the Train-speech recognition and that needs to be shared -

l synthesis, natural lan-the interpretation of re-ing Lab and the editorial guage understanding, and gulations, the preparation oversight and publication of ITS NEWS.

expert systems.

Of these of documents, the proper 1

areas, expert systems work submission of complex com-has thus far produced the puter jobs... you name it.

Jim joined the NRC in greatest number of viable 1980 af ter working onsite products.

Jim Smith of the ITS is as a contracted program-mer/ analyst doing main-currently engaged in the evaluation of software tenance of administrative

packages, called expert application systems. Prior What are Expert Systems?

system generators, or to entering the computer

" shells," that permit a field in 1978, Jim was an Expert systems perform user of an IEM PC to 3

elementary school science deductive reasoning on develop his/her own expert teacher in the Montgomery user-supplied informatin,

system.

Do you possess County, Maryland schools.

guided by a knowledge base expertise at some parti-In addition to a Eache-that was derived by the cular task?

Could others lor's degree in archae-author from one or more benefit from its automa-l ology and a Master's in human experts.

This body tion?

The time may come education, he also has of knowledge, often in the when you'll be developing i

earned thirty secester form of IF-THEN rules, can your own expert system.

I hours in computer science.

include rules-of-thumb and other principles whose Al User Group Fesides his other du-accuracy is less than 100 ties, Jim is assigned to certain.

Expert systems, The newly formed NRC AI coordinate agency interest sometimes more modestly User Group, which recently in artificial intelli-called advisory systems, held its first meeting, is gence, an emerging area of are a means of preserving intended for all interest-l computer science that may and making available to ed NRC employees.

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prove valuable to the NRC others the specialized Smith will be report ing (see article this pege).

expertise of individuals, this group's activities in i

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as well as actual AI work

%i-many contracts and studies underway in the agency, hAde % ic]e 3

in support of CDN. One of

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these, already concluded, NN.

l resulted in the selection information about the User EE-of Cullinet Inc.'s IDMS/R Group, feel free to give W

him a call on x28310.

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5l fourth generation soft-Data Base Management and

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Each major development

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ware.

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in computer technology has 55 had a marked effect on how After six months of people perform their jobs, numerous meetings and dis-a

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with the potential for cussions with all

NRC, productivity ever rising.

management, a Preliminary Al promises to be no ex-Strategic Data Plan was issued. This plan identi-ception to this trend. It enal on how to me de will be exciting, not just fies the major categories standard mainframe and to watch, but to partici-of

data, a

recommended softwa n packages.

pate here at NRC in the sequence in which to next phase of the "com-develop the data bases, All this as well as puter revolution,"

in nd an estimate of the ther useful reference which machines become ca-included time and cost to devalop in rmation is pable of things that enly the agency-wide data all in one place, your 33,,3, humans have done till now, source book

- The NRC ADP Senices Guidel Watch COMING SOON - THE NRC We are now conducting a f0T lt-ADP SERVICES GUIDE!

six-month prototype pro-CORPORATE DATA ject t verify the pro-Interested in getting a NET'NORK PROTOTYPE p sed ew eeth ds that we intend t use f r develep-PC?

Do you know where t PROJECT go when you need help?

meut of the databases.

The answer to these and by Jack Frost other questions can be The Corporate Data Net-The Prototype Project found in the soon-to-be work is primarily an team is made up of people published, information-agency-wide ADP moderniza-from RM/D, IE, NRR, A EOD,

packed NRC ADP Services tion

program, with the RI, RII, and contractors.

Guide, which covers the basic theme being the cre-All these people are work-who, what, where, and when ation of central, sharsd ing togetner in order to of computing at the NRC.

databases instead of the get a broad perspective on traditional developwect of the definition and use of Fere is a ss=plirg of individual, highly uJun-com=on data while using what you ccn expect to dant systems. We will use the new development tech-find: descriptions of the the latest techniques, niques and software.

major organizational elt-compatible mainframe and g

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software, g p g

g Automated Information Ser-and automatic linkages t February 1986, RM/D will vices (FM/D) and the ser-other uajor NRC resources prepare a final Strategic vices each provides; over-such as the DCS and data-Data Plan.

This final views of all suremated bases at labs and comner-plan, after anproval by data cno word processine' cial firms. This new capa-resources and fecilities bility will take over five

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asis 1or aelo p at available et NRC; ir.for-nars to fully achieve, f the CDN databases. As nation on policies and but will beglii to take the CDN databases are services relating to the shape in FYC6 and will being developed, the Stra-acquisition and use of gracually increase in

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ever the following prob-Yes! While those issues l

1ees that could result:

warrant an article all g

e (1) the uset could use his their own (watch for it in f

own software to develop an a

future issue of ITS l

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NRC application, which NEWS), this is a good time 9

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would then be lost to the to touch on the most fun-i e

government if the employee damental principle of h

l transferred or left the microcomputer security:

h agency; (2) the purchase consistently practiced S

of software for private common-sense precautions.

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use does not normally Care must be taken to pre-

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I carry with it a license of vent damage and theft of sufficiently broad scope software, data, and equip-to also permit use by the ment.

For example, avoid government.

If the NRC placing drinks near the appeared to be encouraging keyboard or diskettes.

the user to violate the (You may have noted that h.ow that there ere numerous microcomputers vendor's software license, drinks and food are prohi-the agency could become a bited from the PC-equipped available throughout the party to the violation and classrooms at the Training NRC, the agency has been could be sued by the Lab and at the ITS Support faced w2th a whole new set vendor; (3) the use of Center.) Also, he certain of policy issues relating standardized software to back up (i.e.,

make a to their use.

Over the past year most erployees thr ugh ut the agency duplicate copy of) your allows other users to run data regularly; make cure have probably seen one or the programs and access thst all diskettes are more announcements about the data when necessary,

properly, labeled and microcomputer user respon-n ces Ge need for W sto M in a uvered hs-sibilities and the ITS has training, allows users to kette file not in direct received many questions share applications, and sunlight; exercise control about these announcements.

simplifies future upgrades of software during busi-Abis article wil. perhaps as technology evolves.

ness hours;

and, where help to explain some of fera h of F-W'&, M hm n the policies and the sonally-purchased software at the end of the day.

reasons they are needed.

use would significantly diminish all these bene-fits.

sof tware to work?

I'm the oniv one usine this application. Do I "U'

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One of the most fre-fits derived from the use it quently asked questions is of personally purchased

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software by an individual While developing com-

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simply do not outweigh the puter applications is RC drawbacks for the NRC as a something that many users computers?"

On the sur-face this may sound like a yhole.

For this reason, enjoy, few of us 1:ke to it is agency policy that qocument them.

Fowever, good ides.

It saves the the NRC supply all ADP if your organization is in user who has already

".n d hardware) any way dependent on a learned his or her own needed by its employees computer application, even software from h avir.g to fr the conduct of agency one that seems self-expla-1 eart.

how to use yet business.

anothtr package, and it natory to

you, it is appear; to save the extremely ic:por t an t to a

r e M er n er, document that application government the cost of the are there securit y issues so that others can both NRC software that would I need to be concerned use and modif y it, even in otherwise be needed by Consider how; abouti your absence, if neces-this user.

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ROTATIONAL The program's first work in downloading anc ASSIGNMENTS IN THE participant, who recently converting programs from t.

ITS SUPPORT CENTER completed her tour of mainframe computer to exe-In order to provide in-duty, was Clarice Long, cute on an IEM PC.

depth practical training On loan from the Office cf in the use of both micro-Research, Clarice concen-The next available open-computers and those main-trated on computer-and ing in this program will frame computers accessible video-assisted instruction begin December 1,

1986, by NRC, RM/D har initiated packages.

She states, "I

with applications accepted a program of temporary as-produced the revised edi-next fall.

Anyone inter-signments in the ITS Sup-tion of Tutorials Avail-ested in learning more port Center.

Twice each able at the Support Center about the program is in-year, one user from a pro-and gained enough experi-vited to contacu irancine gram, staff, or regional ence to assiet new users Coldberg on 492-4534.

office is selected by the with the selection of tu-ITS Chief in consultation torial training.

best with the MDTS and O&P for suited to their experience DESIGN ASSISTANCE a six-month detail assign-and program need."

She E

M ment.

describes her t in.e spent SUPPORT CENTER n

on assignment as a re-The purpose of this pro-warding experience."

gram is to provide parti-Nany f

the problems with reporting, updating, cipants with an " immersion Clarice's successor at experience" that will help tht iTS Support Center is and print 2ng brought to them to be useful sources Jay Vargo, who hails from the Support Center are a of computer skills and the Office of Internation-result of the system de-knowledge when they return al Programs (IP).

Jay gign and/or software used I r the application sys-to their original offices.

hopes to obtain a thorougEt The program is intended knowledge of the operation tem.

Users frequently choose a package because also to encourage two-way of microcomputers and It s the only one they communication between RM/D software applications.

and other organizations -

She expects to learn hcw know or have. This may oc nromoting among users a to program for IP informa-the only immediately clearer understanding of tional needs and to gain available alternative, but RM/D's policies ard pro-enough hands-on microcom-may not ultimately be the best choice.

I9 other cedures while simulta-puter experience to train neously sensitizing RM/D other IP personnel.

Upon cases the correct software to users' concerns and her return to IP, her has been chosen but design viewpoints.

expertise will be put to flaws (e.g.,

too many files, use of sorts rather than indexes, etc.) result g'h 2n a system that is a maintenance nightmare.

h-Bigger problems follow as i

dependency on the system p

increases with use.

If r/

g you find yourself in this f\\

position or want to avoid a

@g this fate altogether, the Support Center wil1, on a time-avsilable basis, help

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technical advice and as-f sistance on system design and implementation.

Give i

us a call on x24160.

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destination (5520

user, using a

.bisynchronous Displaywriter local ad-modem and Displaycomm dress, or PC local ad-software.

If they do not r

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dress).

The 5520 calls have the bisync tio d em,.

590 the receiving 5520 system they can use. asynchronous c

and ~ distributes the docu-connunications to transfer k,m. R rent without any operator the material to a PC at

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assistance.

the NRC, where it can, in

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turn, be moved to the 5520 If your office has a by one of the methods de-PC, you can request that scribed above.

it Le attached to the 5520 in your building.

You rust register ycur request If you have trouble 5520 EMULATION with the 5520. System Coor-using your PC to sign on FOR YOUR PC

dinator, then submit a

to the 5520 system, the

" Request for NRC Standard first persor to call is Several NRC offices - now PC System Up3rade" form to the 5520 System Coordina-have PCs hardwired to RM/ DSS, F-622.-

tor.

The Coordinator can l

their 5520 systems. These tell you the status of the PCs, in emulation; of 5520 There is a limit to the 5520 system and assist you workstations,-can. transfer number of workstations with problem determination draft documents to a 5520 that can be attached to a procedures.

system for

revision, 5520 system.

In some

printing, and/or elec-offices, there can be only tronic distribution one PC attached to the l

through the NRC Office 5520.

Other PC users in (Continued from page 7)

Automation Network.

The the office can be provided sary.

Your boss will in-documents can be created with DisplayWrite software variably need your.ter-on the hardwir ed PC or for drafting docurents rific dBASE III report transferred to it from that can then be trans-(with " minor" changes) the other PCs.

ferred to the 5520 system day you are en route to via the attached PC.

Albuquerque or in the hos-l All Headquarters and pital with a broken leg.

Regional Of fices, as well If your office has a PC as reactor

sites, are but there is not a 5520 Keep in mind that a pro-equipped with either 5520 system in your building, gram that never changes is

systems, communicating you can create documents probably one that is not Displaywriters, or PCs with DisplarWrite software being used.

The wisest (hardwired or with BSC and communn:ste them to a users design both their communications).

All of 5520 vi; telephone.

The programs and documentation these systems comprise the PC will need a bisynchro-so that future changes are NRC Office Automation Net-nous modem and Displaycomm as painless as possible.

work. Text and files can software.

Submit a "Re-A year from now even you be transmitted to and from quest for NRC Standard PC may not remember the row any of the systems on the System Upgrade" form to and column number where network.

P-622 for the necessary you stored your LOTUS menu hardware and software.

macro or the exact syntax Communication in the of a complicated dBASE III Office Automation Network Contractors using PCs to command needed to produce is handled automatically create text documents for a particular report, by the 5520 system.

The NRC should use Display-PC user has only to key in Write software to create If you have any other the request for sending a the documents. They can questions regarding micro-document and complete the then transfer the docu-computer policy, call Fran menu parameters for the ments to the 5520 system Goldberg on (49)2-4534 j

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This section of the news-draw their own graphs pand and/or improve its letter serves as a

independently of the services in the future, bulletin board for dis-graphics characters.)

please give us a call on seminating information cf the number listed below, interest to NRC micro and mainframe coc>puter users.

An Error with Error During the past few meet-If you bave any cuestiens Messages on SMARTER) 400 ings we enjoyed deton-regarding the bullet in strations of a menu-driven board notices or wish to SMARTERM 400 v3.Ca has mailing list generator and contribute a problem to be been giving error messages trinter utilities.

Other discusst_d, contact the ITS 1592 and/or 1590 when used topics of discussion in-Support Center by calling on newer IBM system units.

cluded indexing of date 492-4160.

This is due to a change in fields, setting up printer tardware read / write access

buffers, and using RAM capabilities, according to disks. Flanned topice for PERSONAL COMPUTERS Per sof t.

If you have this upcoming meetings include problem, call Clarice Long the tricky JOIN function, Attention Project on x28906 to rece2ve a multiple file processing, Managers!

corrected verrion of the using SET commands, and software.

sharing files with LOTr5 Are your contractors de-1-2-3.

veloping applications fcr FC's?

RM/D has material LOTUS 1-2-3 Update Meetings are held on the to help you assure that functions Made Easy first Tuesday of each those app'icatiens will month at the ITS Training run on NRC machines. Call Users of I-2-3 who perform Lab (W-102) at 1:30 p.m.

the Support Center for a routine update functions For more infermatien,

copy, involving their spread-please coctact the ITS sheets may be interested Training Lab on 492-5790.

in using the macro capa-One Thing an EPSON bility.

The ITS has a Printer Won't Do number of books, artic!cs, Compressed Trint with DW2 and tutorials that explain EPSON printers don't have how to design and use To get an existing docu-the graphics character set macros.

ment to print out in ecc-like the character code pressed mode on a

FC set 80x - FRx used by the

printer,

" revise" the IEM printers. Fortunately dMSE III Users' Group document and change the this affects only MSIC document formats (option prograes that utilize the The purpose of the NRC "u").

Change the line extended character set and dMSE Users' Group is to format (option "a")

and doing a PRINT SCREEN when share ideas and techniques change type style f from graphics characters are among beginning and ad-87 (12 pitch, NRC default) displayed on the screen.

venced NRC dMSE users. If to 256 (16.5 pitch, coe-(LOTUS 1-2-3, Chart-you have any ideas on how pressed).

You will need

Master, and Sign-Master the Users' Group can ex-to paginate before print-10

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l-ing the document.

Don't the previous limit of So plan your INEL comput-forget to change the 4000K.

ing tasks to run first type style back to 87 and thing in the corning, and re-paginate if you later save rioney!

decide to send the docu-More Print Flexibility

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ment to the 5520!

At hIH Computerized CYEER.

J Many new print fonts are Software Index NIH available on the laser print en at NIE.

For a The Software Services 4

Mark IV complete list consult the group has a computerized I

NIE Users Guide and Inter-index of all software Mark IV Release 10.0 is face 4126; both are avail-packages and technical now evailable for testing.

able in the ITS Support codes that reside en the Vendor support was ter-Center.

CYBER systcms.

Users r.s y n:inated for cider releases call FTS 5S3-9349 fc:

on Jan. 31, and cost Mark information.

IV jobs were converted INEL accordingly.

Passserds in Batch Job BNL The additional library Staterents capabilities and ather

!! and MFE Fetire features now available NRC's Division of Security required changer to rost policy prohibit s ERC users Soth MFA (mair-frame-A) of tbc Mark IV catalegued from putt ing passwords in and MFB, CDC-6600 cc:pu-procecures (PROCS);

thus any batch job staterents.

ters, have been retired every Mark IV job at NRC All NRC users of INEL were and replaced by MFC, a

is affected. For details, sent a tiero deted 10/29/S5 CYEER-180/E30 computer.

please be sure to read the explaining how to use a MFZ will remain in place October 10, 1985 meno free new feature to avoid using fer an indefinite peried.

Chuck Fit rgerc1d to all passwords in batch jobs.

MIH users.

If ou reed if you did not receive the MFC uses a hi;;her level r

further assistance ;1 ease meno or need some addi-version of

.0S / EE than call Anne Stracke on tionsi help on using this that used on MFA and MFE,

492-9578.

feature, please call ITS as well as IETERCCM S (re-Support Center.

piscing INTFRCOM 4).

REGION SIEE 1ARGER MFC queues jobs to be run UNDT.R MVS/XA Interactive Charget on UF7. Although INTEFCCM Discoucted 50*

ray be used with MFC te The region size limit has interactively generate and been increased for TSO EC&G announced October 1, submit job

strears, no sessions and batch jobs on 1985 that interactive other interactive work may the I BM System 370 facil-charges are discounted by be done on MFC.

ity.

The maxieum size is 50*

evety norning until now 6144K, as opposed to 10:00 ae (Eastern tiee).

11

VIE M G ere are a few tips to The top of the screen 0:str.cE customize your office.

should be a little below C

AEYBOARD HEIGHT l SCREE',

table holding your compu-

away, and tilted back

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HEIG M ter should be about 25-28 slightly. Lights should be

}l inches high with no center bright but diffused; also, G

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drawer.

There should be proper light placement is U

enough surface area to important, as screen glare j,

comfortably hold the com-is a major cause of eye i

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puter and papers.

A good strain.

Try to adjust chair is essential.

You thedesk or blinds so that I

must be able to adjust the light is not reflected dgl$

height and backrest, and from the screen. Also try it should have five wheels to avoid positions that for stability.

A copy force you to icok into a holder is also extremely background light

source, GETTING COMFORTABLE useful for preventing eye like a window.

WITH YOUR PC.

and neck strain.

Work-ERGONOMICALLY station furniture is Finally, give vourself a SPEAKING available to support ADP break!

Intermix other and LTP systems.

For more tasks with your computer by Michael Canyes gg g-11 b e.

Also, look n g from So, you've been using a Estep, P63B, on x28293.

the screen often to rest PC for a few months and

Now, adjustments.

Set y ur eyes.

you feel terrible.

Maybe the chair height so that you have headaches, or a M re inf rmatien 'an be your elbows are at right core back, or peihaps your f und in the informative angles when you type. If eyes burn. You might even feel 2rritable.

All of necessary, use a footnst short videotape titled Video Display Terminals...

to reduce stress on your these symptoms and more legs. Adjust the backrest The Human Factor, which can be caused by a poorly can be viewed at the ITS a

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'our bwn designed work environ =ent.

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! Location:

Location:

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NRC Local 9-492-5790 l

l Center Hours:

l 8:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. M - F I

Open:

Consulting Hours:

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I 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. M - F Hours:

I Services 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

I I User Assistance (Telephone & Walk-in)

I l Equipment and Software for Trial Use Services:

I l Demonstrations Three classrooms for formal ADP training in-I g Technical Library cluding two equipped with twelve IBM PCs.

l Tours I

" Hands-on" instruction in the use of g

L Computer-and Video-based Tutorials _________________

a; microcomputers and timesharing systems

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