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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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i U.S. Nuclear SCOj/s.~E Services Support Center i g'i Regulatory .

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ITS Celebrates First Year Anniversary!

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

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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 of the first government tific timesharing facili-ties, w

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agencies to implement an se of the high de- f

, , E information cent er serving mand for ITS microcomputer -

Nh both train f r ame and PC training, the lab now j has two classrooms h y T equipped for hands-l' M d the ITS

".'O Planning :or on PC instruction. s 1 began as far back as 1983 when RM/D first conceived The outfitting of Nt ~~ Vj/

the idea of two complemen- Classroom C last September N[ #

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 j

cal support for computer ,1,,,,,m , no, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , Nf \

users. This idea culmi- cN/

nated in the establishment IM,N'e,l'll"'lc, ,;

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

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Training Lab metoi.no,. u, vo, ec. , 4:~,;

sr .i>, there is GOOD NEkS! sible mainf rar es such as the NRC Data General

) Recent1y a new monitor eenn erne re,einecot .nd switching system was in- ECLIPSE MV/8000, NIE/DCRT,

~"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 student can alternate be-

[j ',"3'",'((l[,"@^ , Over the past year, Sup-ran.ree by wors n:: .no port Center staff have tween the instructor's "!5 current display and his an swer r.d over a thousand own. service requests on the In 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 '"""N'""

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

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....... . . e. , , , s., n ., a ,.o 3 .e , , 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 " "

Support Center plant to Staff Contributions I" " "

support un ~ter and :n the

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E expand its services to NRC Many PRC and contracter usn. mr end users in a number of staif'have contributed e- N"E 7" " '.:cedback, deas, course ways. Several copies of the success of the !!S popular computer-based over the past year. Fran nalgations, aM m ents.

typing, word processing, are nelping us t c- bett a Goldberg, Chief of Infer-and data base tutorials mation Technology Servi- meet the needs cf the are being acquired ag m y. During the ecoing fer ces, was i n s t rumen t t.1 in year w pian to implerent loan to users who cannot planning and s et t ing up take courses at the Train- the two facilities. Maior a n n , post-tra M ng nal-ing Lab or who prefer to "" * " E #"" * " "

contributions to the suc-learn on their own. The ##" I" " E'" "#

cessful startup and opera-1evel of end-user comnu- training fferings and tion of the Training 'ab ting support will be in- " E '#*~

were made by Carolyn Sas-creased through the use ci sin, MDTS, and by contrac-nity to apply comput(r contractors for some ITS Eechnolog*; effectively.

tor staff from the USDA ,,*

functions; and a program Craduate School, including

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with you :n the coming

!"E of six-month rotational Trish Fineran, Arline assignments (see article, year.

Dell, and Ron MacNab.

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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AT THE NRC 9 p 1here

' ' are pre +ently Just what it " Artificial three contracted Al pro-i

.. . p Intelligence," usually re- jects being performed for ferred to as AI? One's NRC - two for the Office 6

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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 8 *]. expressions " machine telligence" and " symbolic in- along, with an expert system due for delivery in g} processing" may be more about two months. This descriptive. In any case, React.or Safety Assessment I AI amounts to an attempt System (RSAS) vill be 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, handling, and speak 2ng.

The nesest member of the Said another way, AI is a ITS staff is Jim Smith, Fovever, the potential who previously was Systems branch of computer science of expert systems at NRC Frogrammcr on NRC's mini- that loosely encompasses lies not merely in en-computer systems. Jim has the research areas of ro- gineering, but in any area been assigned the techni- botics, machine vision, that requires expertise col guidance of the Train- speech recognition and that needs to be shared - l ing Lab and the editorial synthesis, natural lan- the interpretation of re-oversight and publication guage understanding, and gulations, the preparation of ITS NEWS. expert systems. Of these of documents, the proper 1 areas, expert systems work submission of complex com-Jim joined the NRC in has thus far produced the puter jobs... you name it. >

1980 af ter working onsite greatest number of viable products.

as a contracted program- Jim Smith of the ITS is '

mer/ analyst doing main- currently engaged in the  !

tenance of administrative evaluation of software application systems. Prior packages, called expert What are Expert Systems? system to entering the computer generators, or field in 1978, Jim was an " shells," that permit a Expert systems perform user of an IEM PC elementary school science deductive reasoning to 3 on develop his/her own expert teacher in the Montgomery user-supplied informatin ,

County, Maryland schools. system. Do you possess guided by a knowledge base expertise at some parti-In addition to a Eache- that was derived by the cular task?

lor's degree in archae- Could others ology and a Master's in author from one or more benefit from its automa-l human experts. This body tion? The time may come education, he also has  ;

earned of knowledge, often in the when you'll be developing i thirty secester hours in computer science. form of IF-THEN rules, can your own expert system. I 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, coordinate agency interest The newly formed NRC AI sometimes more modestly in artificial User Group, which recently  ;

gence, an emerging area of intelli- called advisory systems, held its first meeting, is  !

are a means of preserving intended for all interest-computer science that may and making available to ed l prove valuable to the NRC NRC employees. Jim others the specialized Smith will be report ing l (see article this pege). expertise of individuals, this group's activities in i l

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future issues of ITS HEWS, h So far we have initiated as well as actual AI work %i- _ many contracts and studies underway in the agency, hA 3

. "ide in support of CDN. One of If you would like more  % sic]e these, already concluded, information about the User EE- NN. l resulted in the selection Group, feel free to give W '

of Cullinet Inc.'s IDMS/R him a call on x28310. 7 ~

Data Base Management and

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5l fourth generation soft-Each major development ~

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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 with the potential for cussions with productivity ever rising.

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all management, a Preliminary NRC, Al promises to be no ex- _ Strategic Data Plan was ception to this trend. It . issued. This plan identi-will be exciting, not just enal on how to me de fies the major categories to watch, but to partici-standard mainframe and of data, a recommended pate here at NRC in the softwa n packages. 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 which machines become ca- ther useful reference time and cost to devalop included in rmation is agency-wide pable of things that enly the data humans have done till now, all in one place, your 33,,3, source book - The NRC ADP Senices Guidel Watch We are now conducting a COMING SOON - THE NRC f0T lt-ADP SERVICES GUIDE! six-month prototype pro-ject t verify the pro-CORPORATE DATA Interested in getting a NET'NORK PROTOTYPE p sed ew eeth ds that we PC? Do you know where t intend t use f r develep-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 g ,f ments of the Division of microcomputer 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

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

• PCs; and introductory ma- scope and capability. 'El#

updated.

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. NRC ITS TRAINING CALENDAR ARCH 1986 13 INTRO FOR 4 cBASE lu USERS l INTRO FOR NOVICES GROUP 1:30 3.00 PM l 5 6 tNTRO FOR 7

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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

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own software to develop an a future issue of ITS 9

gh T g# l NRC application, which NEWS), this is a good time l would then be lost to the to touch on the most fun-h%

, e i government if the employee damental principle of

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agency; (2) the purchase of software for private consistently practiced common-sense precautions.

l , l use does not normally Care must be taken to pre-

) I carry with it a license of vent damage and theft of

1. 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.

h.ow that there ere the user to violate the (You may have noted that numerous microcomputers vendor's software license, drinks and food are prohi-available throughout the the agency could become a bited from the PC-equipped NRC, the agency has been party to the violation and classrooms at the Training faced w2th a whole new set could be sued by the Lab and at the ITS Support vendor; (3) the use of Center.) Also, he certain of policy issues relating standardized to their use. Over the software to back up (i.e., make a past year ' most erployees thr ugh ut the agency duplicate copy of) your have probably seen one or allows other users to run data regularly; make cure more announcements about the programs and access thst all diskettes are microcomputer user respon- the data when necessary, properly, labeled and sibilities and the ITS has n ces Ge need for W sto M in a uvered hs-training, allows users to kette file not in direct received many questions about these announcements. share applications, and sunlight; exercise control Abis article wil. perhaps simplifies future upgrades of software during busi-help to explain some of as technology evolves. ness hours; and, where the

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

reasons they are needed.

use would significantly

"" ."" " "" diminish all these bene-sof tware to work? fits. I'm the oniv one usine this application. Do I One of the most fre- .

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quently asked questions is . fits derived from the use 5 it '"?

,w hy shouldn t I use my of personally purchased

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[ RC simply do not outweigh the puter applications is computers?" On the sur- drawbacks for the NRC as a something that many users face this may sound like a yhole. For this reason, enjoy, few of us 1:ke to good ides. It saves the it is agency policy that qocument them. Fowever, user who has already the NRC supply all ADP if your organization is in

".n d hardware) any way dependent on a learned his or her own software from h avir.g to needed by its employees computer application, even 1 eart. how to use yet fr the conduct of agency one that seems self-expla-anothtr package, and it business. 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 otherwise be needed by I need to be concerned use and modif y it , even in this user. Consider how; abouti your absence, if neces-(Continued cn p::ge 9)

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ROTATIONAL The program's ASSIGNMENTS IN THE first work in downloading anc 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-frame computers accessible trated on computer- and ing in this program will 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 a six-month detail assign- and program need." She DESIGN ASSISTANCE ment. describes her t in.e spent E M on assignment as n a re- SUPPORT CENTER The purpose of this pro- warding experience."

gram is to provide parti- Nany f the problems cipants with an " immersion Clarice's successor at with reporting, updating, 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 to their original offices. hopes to obtain a thorougEt I r the application sys-The program is intended knowledge of the operation tem. Users frequently also to encourage two-way of microcomputers and choose a package because communication between RM/D software applications. It s the only one they 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 cedures while simulta- best choice.

puter experience to train I9 other 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 a

f\ position or want to avoid this fate altogether, the

@g '. Support Center wil1, on a time-avsilable basis, help

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you review your system re-Sf quirements and provide f

/% / technical advice and as-t *k sistance on system design i

and implementation. Give us a call on x24160.

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r destination (5520 user, using a .bisynchronous Displaywriter local ad- modem and Displaycomm r ,

dress, or PC local ad- software. If they do not dress). The 5520 calls have the bisync tio d em , .

c [j PC.590 the receiving 5520 system they can use. asynchronous

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

/s g y1l= \ assistance. the NRC, where it can, in

( ) 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 Q

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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- Don't the ing the document. 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 J

Computerized CYEER.

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

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

should be a little below AEYBOARD ' *

" C RE 7 HEIGHT l SCREE', table holding your compu- away, and tilted back P[g rON } HEIG M ter should be about 25-28 slightly. Lights should be

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

'D_ drawer. There should be G U enough surface area to proper light placement is important, as screen glare i j, comfortably hold the com- is a major cause of eye

-f_ puter and papers. A good strain. Try to adjust I

chair is essential. You thedesk or blinds so that 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 SPEAKING station furniture is Finally, give vourself a available to support ADP break! Intermix other by Michael Canyes and LTP systems. For more tasks with your computer 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. y ur eyes.

you feel terrible. Maybe Set you have headaches, or a the chair height so that core back, or peihaps your your elbows are at right M re inf rmatien 'an be eyes burn. You might even angles when you type. If f und in the informative short feel 2rritable. necessary, use a footnst videotape titled All of these symptoms and more to reduce stress on your Video Display Terminals . . .

can be caused by a poorly legs. Adjust the backrest The Human Factor, which designed work environ =ent.

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Consulting Hours: Monday - Friday l l 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. M - F g 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 " Hands-on" instruction in the use of I g microcomputers and timesharing systems L Computer- and Video-based Tutorials _________________ ___ a;

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