ML20245E766
| ML20245E766 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/01/1988 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| NUREG-BR-0056, NUREG-BR-0056-V04-N2, NUREG-BR-56, NUREG-BR-56-V4-N2, NUDOCS 8908110357 | |
| Download: ML20245E766 (16) | |
Text
_
~
SPRING 1988 Ee a-m Vol. 4, No. 2 NUREG/BR-0056 musN W
Information Technology Dwison of infonnaten
/'h. U.S. Nuclear soon swen Services Support Center i Regula, tory and Training Laboratory 'g/
\,,,,,Commission pl'4'g, INEL l <
f.
j Recon IIII ^
r g ReconIl V~i i i- N
\ -
l T
l BETHESDA 'l Recion V Denver
[ f inie3*d A l Chattanooga.g
/ a
_S Tennessee E R ecion II l l__
l Recion IV l 4
Still Using a Dialup Modem? Try ANS! THE ISSUE AT HAND By Brian Browncil needed in today's information inten- ^"' d'ahnSNetwork Systern (ANSb . I sive Environment. White Hint North Moving Lessons.. . 2 Within the NRC a significant number of dialup modems are used to satisfy The ANS consists of a nationwide sys- [n[ey 36- 1st NRC 3 data communict tions requirements. tem ofleased Imes connectmg switch-In tbc past, dialup modems were the ing nodes located in nearly every New Support center at white nmt .. . 4 only affordable means of simple, con- NRC location. Attached to the ANS Traveiog cont. - Pc Do's and Don ts . 5 venient access to remote computers. by simple in-building wiring, terminals Pc Pnnten ... 5 Poor line quality, slow transmission, or PCs can access other PCs, NRC I garbled data, and periodic disconnects computer systems, the NRC Docu- Danger!Sohuwe virus 6 were accepted trade-offs for conven- ment Control System (DCS), and a Tips on Publishing a Nemslet:cr 7 ient ncess. In response io the short- variety of other computers at the Na- rts tab Training calendar 8 l coraings of dialup access, the NRC tional Institutes of Health (NIH), the What's New at the ITS tab 8 hasinstalled a data communications Departm:nt of Justice, the Idaho Na-system called the Autodialing Net- tional Engineering Laboratory NUDOCS - . 10 work System (ANS). A product of (INEL), and Lawrence Livermore PC FORTRAN User's Group .. . 11 several years of evolutionary growth, Laboratory (LLL). Both traditional Supply Services Relocation - 11 the ANS relics on state-of-the art interactive communication and the packet switching and statistical multi- newer file transfer applications used SINErUpdate - 12 plexing technology to provide the high by PCs are supported by the ANS. In TEcli NOTES 13 quality data communications services contrast to commonly used dialup 8900110357 88055)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
[ EsIWOmgNes accep3aMe error _ It usually r"equires no more than a few
, rites, the ANS hn 2dles error control L ByJo/m Vogicwede blank diskettes and frequent use of internally and delivers error-free data the DOS COPY command. Only user
. at 9600 baud. For users with special- Our move to One White Flint North files need to be backed up. Docu-ized requirements,dialup access to is nearly finished. The merabers of ments should be copied, not Display-the ANS is available, as is dialout the Information Technology Senices Write software. Spreadsheets, not E
from the ANS. Dialup en:ry and exit Branch have learned a number of LOTUS 1-2-3. With user responsibil-points,,ising newer modems capable ADP lessons from our participation in ity limited to user files, more sophisti-of 2400 baud operation, are 10cated the first phase of the NRC consolida- cated DOS commands such as nationwide at the ANS switching tion process. We would like to share BACKUP and RESTORE, or mag-nodes. Due to the modular and flex- these lessons with you. netic tape units, a.c usually not re-ible design of the ANS, adding new quired. The backup disks are easy to senices can be accomplished without protect, store and transport.
major redesign or disruption to exist- Backup! Backup! Backup!
mg services.
The move has been our chance to A Marriage Made in IIcaven Equalin importance to the technical learn the value of backing up com-capabilities of the ANS is the support puter files. Our move was filled with The Hardware and Software Acquisi-structure set up to assure continued opportumties for valuable files to be-tion Branch assigns software to spc-high quality service. Local coordina- come lost or damaged. We've also discovered thr.; the fixed disk of a mi- cific computers. This marriage be-tors handle day-to-dayinquiries and -
tween hardware and software has suf-probicm reporting; local contractors crocomputer should never contain the fered from the move. Some software provide equipment maintenance; net- only copy of any critical file.
was lost in the shuffic. Other soft-work monitoring, hot line staffing, ware, thought to 't lost, was found and technical assistance are provided during the packing process. Users by INEL personnel; and overall net-who ended up with more or less soft-work management is provided by the ware than expected should contact Telecommunications Branch. ITS NEWS Credits your office ADP coordinator. Miss-Further mformation on the ANS,m -
'ne FIS NEWS is a quanerly publica- ing software can be replaced. Extra tion providing information or interest software can be reassigned to other ciuding an ANS pocket guide, can be to users of computer technology at the uscr0.
obtamed from the personnellisted NRc. It is produced by the staff or below. Pocket guides are also avail- the NRc Information Technology able at the Information Technology Services suppon center and Training Senices Support Center. bboratory m conjunction .1th the Teaching An Old Dog NRC's Office of Personnel.
g,ve found that the move is no time ANS Contacts: Your anida idm.Wiuoa to learn new ADP tricks. If you ex-comments are welcomed. Picase pected a new personal computer, a RI Charlie Bitting forward them to the 175 staff by- ,replaccmCnt for the IBM 5520 word FTS 346-5162 processing system, or total connectiv-Phone:492-4160 Mail r in Person: P-808 Phillips Bldg.
ity for existing equipment, a little pa-Ri! ' Judy Coleman tience is in order. For the first cut, FTS 242 5548 what you had before the move is what GeraW Paulsen. ARM /IT5B RIII Executive Editor you got after the move. More and Marie Stahulak better equipment is on the way.
FTS 388-5534 po sias vickery, GS/USDA Managing Editor RIV Jeana Higgins Electron c Format and byou' FTS 728-8181 Ergonoinically Speaking Banks Mitcheme. OP/rBEA RV Sess Fleming r!S bb Project Manager The new crgonomic furniture at ITS 463-3799 White Flint has a lot to offer for com-Kashy s.ckm GS/USDA fortable,long duration seating. Ev-Headquarters Telecommunica. Manager, ris Training ub eryone should take the time to learn tions Branch how to adjust their chair and key-Brian Browncil p,
' ^ M/P
[t;o. board pad. We've found it very pleas-ITS 492-8000 ant to use a computer keyboard that In.sermanon and Ley c: is not sitting on a table top. On the ANS Hot Line NRC Graphics Section other hand, the ITSB staff is still wait-INEL FTS 583-2666 ing for the first user to lose di-kette files to the magnetized shelf dhiders 2
r .
l in White flint flipper-door unit furni-( ture. Enjoy your new workstation, but don't risk your data to a hungry fde cabinet.
Call In The Cavalry 4 N i (i
The move to White Flint has pointed ? b .;
~
2 ,,
s
~,
out the value of support scrsices for your computer. The ITS Auxiliary
.x t .N.-
Support Center is k>cated at 3C-12 W/ *# -
and can be reached at 492-0353. A <
F i little exploration will show you where i .
l the common-use computer stations, 2 IBM 5520 printers and other equip-ment are located on your floor. The d
Remote Job Entry station is located j at 2G-18 and the supply room (PI-36) can be visited for computer paper, i printer ribbons and diskettes. If you A already haven't done so, take the time I to learn where these valuable senices Pat Smith working on Division of Contract's IBM System 36 with Harold I
are located. McClendon and Ed Halman looking on An Ounce Of Prevention OOPS - WE GOOFED! first step in Contracts' use of com-puter technology Ia improve its capa-The White Flint move has taught us By Gerald Paulsen bility to do its job. Already there has the value of planning. Services such been an improvement in the quahty of as telephonc data nines are casier to ITS News announced the November, contract documents, especially in the obtain by preplanning than as a result 1987 installation of the IBM 9370 com- selectiv 4 appropriate contract of a postmove discovery of missing puter, calling it the first NRC-owned clausts, and a reduction in the time it equipment. GeneraPy,it is casier to IBM mainframe. We were wrong! takes to piq,are a document. Docu-find a missing diskette before the The Division of Contracts' IBM Sys- ments are more readable because of move than after it. tem 36 has been in operation since the standardization that went into de-September,1986. It supports the velopment of the system and the uni-We hope you've found something use- Automated Contracting Sysicm formity of their content and formst.
ful in our lessons learned from the (ACS), designed for EPA and pres-
% hite Flint move. If you have more ently in use by 30 feder.il agencies. The system provides an audit trail for computcr-related observations from . cach document and ensures that cach your move, please call us at 492-0353. The ACS is a knowledge based system document will contain the most up-to-which assists the contract negotiator in date clauses through central storage the preparation of contract documents and selection of the contract clauses.
through a question and answer dia-logue. The response to each question is the basis for the software's selection The System 36 communicates with CONTRIBUTIONS of the next question. The appropriate NRC's IBM 5520 network, allowing SOLICITED contract clauses are selected from the documents such as the Statement of computcr's library and incorporated Work to be shared. Mr. McClendon Do you have an application you into the document along with text pre- plaus to incorporate the use of Lotus pared by the negotiator usmg the 1-2-3 spreadsheets into the system m have created on your PC? We system's word processing capabih,ty. the near future to assist the staff m want to let the rest of NRC's evalu i ng vendors cost proposals.
PC users know e6out it. Send
. . The final document emerges in a stan- He also plans to activate asynchro-a brief description, including dardized format, containing all the ap- nous communication to provide ac-software used and results ac- propriate clauses and the text specific cess to the LEXIS data base and complished, and your name to tbc procurement action. Western Union communications net-and organization, to:
work.
Harold McClendon, Division of Con-ITS NEWS Editor P408 tracts, is responsible for the NRC im. The System 36 is proving to be a valu-plementation of the system. He says able precedent for NRC's growing the System 36 and the ACS are the family of computer resources.
3
V M3
.g 9., t M JJi f f 4 $!S 37m x3
- ., ms .
f4- ~
s z.K.
t i oQ9 L g ^
- . r >
- r. r : r s -
%. 7~ )M [f M y COMPAQ 286 3
p
- p . -
j.- BI, DG help: X2 3490/3491 E Code Implementation: X2-3490
- j Code Documentation Emily Robinson, Pat Bell, Cliff Parrott and Sharon Root at Support Center at and Distribution
- X2-3491 White Flird North The new user area is equipped with two workstations. The first worksta-tion includes a powerful COMPAQ ITS CREATES ITS CLONE - Well ... Almost! 286, with an 80286 processor, compa. ;
rable to an IBM AT. This statian in-cludes both an ASYNC and a BI-By Emily Robinson SYNC modem plus an Epson wide The Information Technology Services coprocessor, ASYNC and BI-Branch has become two distinct ITS SYNC modems, and Epson The second workstation, used primar.
Support Centers to serve the diverse printer. ily for producing graphics, contains an NRC user communities. The new IBM dual floppy system with color auxiliary center opened the end of 2) Dual floppy PC graphics station, January at One White Flint North, in with monochrome and color moni-station 3C-12 and six adjoining work- tors, math coprocessor,640K stations. memory, Epson printer, HP 7475A -
plotter, and NO modem. g The ITSB staff and equipment has g been distributed as follows: The complete computer reference i library and the majority of the self.
paced hardware / software user tutori-Phill.ips Support Center als will remain at this location. You #'
will find the Software locator at this -
Staff'- Helen Clem I cat al ng w i th a printout from Linda 11armon Support Center Reference Library INEL/DG/NIH ofimportance to ev-Karen VanDuser cry user of external machines.
Gerald Paulse" - and monochrome monitors, math ,
John Voglewede coprocessor,640K memory, Epson !
two contractors. printer, ASYNC modem and the White Flint Center l PC HOT LINE: X2-4160 HP7475A plotter. The INEL/DG/ i Staff: Pat Bell NIH manuallibrary and the Software Software installation: X2-4162 Emily Robinson Locator are at this site.
Sharon Root Other questions: X2-4162 John Voglewede one contractor. (See Tech Notesfor each siteforinfor-User area with two workstat,ons; n mation egardingprintingat Hhite ,
I PC HOT LINE: X2-0353 Flint.)
- 1) IBM PS/2 Model 30 with external 51/4" floppy drive unit, math INEL help: X2-3490/3491 4
PC MAPS LIMITED "SECTlON B'
_Q ByKaren VanDuser l
Silieu Vall:y Ar2a Printers at the NRC come in many models with various capabilities.
- Presently, the Agency has line print-C~ -
f hV
- p ers and page printers. Among the line printers are IBM Graphics Print-ers and EPSON printers, which are subdivided into DRAFT, Near Letter PC EXPRESSWAY
~
Ouality @@ ud Letter Quality (LO). Line printers, so called be-1"=,1oKB toros PA cause they print one line at a time, ccme m wide-caniage with a platen wider than 9 inches, and narrow car-TRAVELOG out cell is not empty . it is filled with riage. The Agency has lip Laser Jet blank spaces. and HP Laser Jet Senes 11 prmters.
CONTINUED These printers print a page at a time.
ByKaren VanDuser CAUTION: Old Versions of The proper instructions for each CROSSTALK printer must be sent by the software In the last issue of ITS NEWS, we being used. These instructions are discussed the use of hazard signs The latest version of CROSSTALK called driver sets because they drive when using NRC Supported Software. XVI in the Agency is 3.61. Some of the printer to perform specific taskr.
That issue addressed DOS and the earlier versions of this package These driver sets are installed with dBASE. This issue will present more are difficult to read when displayed on the software provided by the vendor, road warning signs, but the focus nill AMDEK monitors. These same ver-be LOTUS, CROSSTALK, and sions time out prior to dialing when Both line printers and page printers SMARTERM 400. installed on the 286 PC's. Use of are capable of printing text and Version 3.61 solves both of these graphics if provided with the correct problems. instructions from the software.
WARNING: LOTUS 1-2-3 Graph Driver sets and format requirements Options for agency printers are continually WARNING: CROSSTALK Script being reviewed.
The options of NAME and SAVE on Files and Function Keys - SMAR-the LOTUS 1-2 3 Graph Menu may TERM Software Some printers limit the ways that data be confusing. When the SAVE op- and text must be presented to them tion is selected, a snap shot of your Some mainframe users have devci- for printing. Printer driver sets can-graph is taken and saved, but your oped automatic logon procedures on not provide for all printing require-graph parameters are not saved to their PC's, allowing them to log onto ments. Sorue software packages (such your spreadsheet. To save your graph a mainframe automatically via their as Sign-Master) handle these format parameters, two steps are needed. PC's communication packages. Some requirements for you. They adjust First, on the Graph Menu select the users have their mainframe passwords text size, etc. Some packages, like option Name and provide a name for coded into these procedures. word processing software, require these graph parameters. Next, exit that you prepare your document in a the Graph Menu, and on the Work. NRC security requirements state that format that will meet the printer's re-sheet Menu select the File option. the user is responsible for protecting quirements.
Select SAVE on the F& option and password confidentiality. Therefore, your graph parameters will be saved users who have such procedures on This is why the alternate format, to your spreadsheet a your spread- their PC's are in violation of these which has margins of 15 and 75 and sheet is saved to disk. rules. typestyle of 10 pitch (10 characters per inch),is prosided with your DW4 ITS recommends that any user haw,ng software. The primary format is set such a procedure either eliminate it to satisfy the 5520's format require- 4 WARNING: Proper Cell Erasure entirely or modify it to eli .inate the ments. The 5520 allows for a type- !
automatic password entry and have style of 12 pitch causing the right rnar-The proper way to c'thse the contents the mainframe prompt for it. gin to pass 80. If you attempt to print 1 of a cell on your spreadsheet is w1th . a document formatted for the 5520 on I the /RangcErase. Usag the spacebar The ITS .ts available to ass.ist you with a line printer, the text which exceeds I to blank out a cell can cause problems questions from commands to tech- the 80th column will wrap around to if a spreadsheet is very large, because wques at both the Phillips Buildmg the next line. The primary format is memory allocation is made for any P-808 (X-24160) and White Flint compatibb with the 5520's fom2at re-cell which is not empty. A blanked 3C12 (X 20353).
5
quirements when the document is code is copied to it. Then, a counter converted to RFT. is incremented on the parent. When x
3 this counter reaches a value of 4, all The ITS has been able to print many 1' 2 1 disks in the PC, including hard and multhage documents successfully using the HP Laser Jet Printer format floppy disks, are crased thoroughly.
The boot tracks are nulled, as are the requirements. We are prepared to FAT tables.
assist any HP user to set up a prnfile that will enable them to create coca. All Norton's horses couldn't put it ments in DW4 and print them suc- ,
back together again. Meanwhile, the cessfully on the HP Laser Printer, four children that were created go on We also can assist in revising existing to tell four friends, and then they tell documents so that they will print on four more friends, and so on and so the llP Laser Jet. on.
It is important to remember that when moving among the various Detection printer environments, some software, Danger! Virus on the such as dBASE, will expect you to ad. Although this virus appears to be very drcss the format requirements of the LOOSE wctiw,iiica,theautho,didicavea printer you will use to print your re-port. We are indebted to Kenneth R. van _
Wyk, User Services Senior Consultant DisplayWrite document at Lehigh University Computing Cen-format requirements are: ter, Bethlehem, PA. for the following.
Last weck, some of our student con-IBM 5520.~
sultants discovered a virus program that has been spreading rapidly RFT document created in Display-Write with margms of 12 and 90, throughout Lehigh University and al-typestyle of 87 (12 pitch), header loca- tering our public site disks. This pro-gram has the chance of spreading tion hne 3, footer hne 63, first typing line 7, last typing line 60, and page much further than just our university.
size 8.5 X 11. We have no idca where the virus started, but some users have told me that other universities have recently EPSON and IBM Graphics Line faced similar problems.
Printers DisplayWrite document (.TXT or couple of footprints. First, the write
. DOC) with margins of 10 and 75, date of the COMMAND.COM file changes. Second,if there is a write typestyle of 26 (10 pitch), header loca-tion line 3, footer line 63, first typing l protect tab on the uninfected disk, you will get a WRITE PROTECT line 7, last typing line 60, and page size 8.5 X 11. e,ror. So, boot up from a suspected
,.rus disk and access a write-pro-tected disk. If an error comes un, IIP LASER JET and LASER JET then you are sure you have an in-Series 11 Printers _. fccted disk. Note that the length of
~
COMMAND.COM is not altcred.
DisplayWrite document (TXT or
. DOC) with margins of 12 and 90, ^
PC users who come in contact with typestyle of 87 (this is a compressed <
' publicly accessible disks are urged to 10 pitch rather than a true 12 pitch), check their own disks periodically.
header location line 3, footer location Also, practice safe computing - always line 63, first typing hne of 7,last typ- use a write protect tab.
mg line of 60, and page size is 8.5 x The virus itself is contained within the
- 11. stack space of COMMAND.COM. NRC users can protect themselves When a PC is booted frorr, an in. from this problem by usmg only NRC fccted disk, all a user need do to approved software and equipment.
NOTE: Any adjustment to theformat spread the virus is to access another of a document willnot befully re. disk via TYPE, COPY, DlR or simi- Editor's Note: 77:isitem was brought flected until the document is paginated far commands. If the other disk con- to ourattention by Lou Grossman, and saved. tains COMMAND.COM, the virus IRM Sr. System Security Specialiit.
6
- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - ---
PUBLISHING A NEWSLETTER v h-, 7. -
c
-r s,.,,a co r NNN NN e.u 9 re,,6, .u .,, , , ,,rn By Charles Kelber(RES) usst wune-enete Test on testsics s,_,~,,,,,,.-u,,,_,,,,,,,,,,,
Supphed Pressure Vessel Steel i%,, e< ,n i u ,= -,,n, iwmi . . ~, ,,
. ., -a, ansv, a wwwi t,,, e,e irme e v., i.e. Nw ,, . . . ,
When the Office of Research decided .,..s.,,c..,,,,.,,,,,,.,
. to publish a quarterly report as a N 5*~ 'a . ' ee..,e ",* *w Sa'- ~ = "*- a ~ ~ ~
si . t , e,sso *e.i. i.,i *""wo~,
(* w ~? . teu en.w .u %,. rir r.
newslet1cr, I thought it was a matter ..c.o. ~., ,,...,...,,,,,,,i,.,,,.,
of gathering articles for publication,
- w --**".
,,: "a us 'r,'s6'*" a-t "'**
,m.,,,ns u w- ~ ,i m.i ~,,"e . . , '". n u,- w,,"- w .",
and strmgm.g them together on the - . . . . , ~ w e. , n n.,,, e mia . , .i. ..- . e ..u .., ,, , ,u,, .
"""*) '""'"4"'
5520. That was on1Y the tiP of the ice- iw u ., ,n' ",.
' ' .".u,;
.*'~ su"m-e.
- * -w.o."m berg. First, you have to dig up the -,,,,.~-,...u,.,, n...-.=i- - ..i-~ ~...,~ e,,
news. For some reason, many people * ' ^ ** " ' * ' * * * " '"' " *d *'
o, ,"ci ,e,c .,,"w"i .y Cremii.a e,"me,"m "",'5"***N s == ~ mist,,, ~ *ew,*',"".".i.'"*::=
wo i are afra.di to let their licht sh.me from :- , %,-~.~i.-,,,,~,-,~u...e under the bushel. Theri I discovered ".'""',,",o"i.e.o.~
w
" * ~ '" * " *
,,,, < ~ . , .
that many people do not understand . .-.i.e.u ,- -c ., ~ ws ,,o -.,
how written material is transformed -
1 into printed words. I would hold their i 6% ". ca . a, ~ ,- ~ m ,< ~
manuscriPt uP to the word Processing
."""'.",m'","-"'**c,,,"~""",".~""'*'.~,,'
.s. ,, .. .t ... ,
screen to show them the words didn't
- just transfer: somebody has to enter g ,- - , ~ ~ ~ m .n - - :- -
~~"*
, e' m.,ema ,e,'s .a 4'" 'v".c'.". ,u"-,1~",."*e"n".'"o,".s*
the words! It wasn't going to be me. !l *~ ~~~--.~'- -,,.-
- , ~,,-- ,,,~ m n, m v .n ,a . -. .. ,,-e,,r,-,...m,., ~,.n,,
But newsgather.mg is only part of the ,= ,
f j ,,,w,,.,,,,,~.,,,,. . . . . , , ,, ._,
job. News publishing is where your e- ~~~
- f ~,~,,
a- ,~~,,~, v' . ".ua ~ n.uaw.n
~
ever-handy desk top computer comes ~,,,.,,,,,y ~,,y... ..
in. I found that publishing on the ~~"..e*-~",,~~,~~..a
., n . , n c a, n .
5520 wasn't satisfactory. You can't do '
,o ..,~,,u,,,,,,,.,,,,,.
. . . . o bol%ce and you can't change t.spe ~~'~=-o-- ~~~"~+ "
faces and type sizes. You can't pro- i duce justified columns unicss you -
I"*'"e a
- m ~* **
,. m,,,, -,n,,ws
,.,,.,,,,i1 - .- ~,,,. . ~ r.'-~,~.,~ ~,,. , m. , ~ -~.-.'- ~.ia
~
make two passes through the printer. ., m , , , , , , , , . , . ,,u, ,,,-
Vertical rules are out of the question. --~"aea".,a~."..'~.-.~,,,,"=...,t'""~"'~--'.*~~.,~n aw 5: '
. u. *+ ~ n .... . s.-. . . . ,
And..it is very difficult to decide what , , , . . . . . , , , , , . . , . . . . < , e m -,,,o s.cm . % ,, , . ~ . . e, the printed page should h ok like as ."-,..e....-m'"~,'~*""",*'",,o"m"~,,,~""*""*""">*""""""'""*
-.,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,~...: ~
an entity without gomg through the , , . . --
routine of making galleys and pasting them up. I had discovered composi. NRC Research News produced on a dot matrix printer tion.
Composition refers to the visual im-Each element of your PC screen is a The software I am testing works with pression of the page as a whole.
block called a pixel, and at least one my XT and an Epson printer. It What catches your eye and leads it to bvic, more commonly two, is needed d5csn't require a mouse. It is derived an article? Where are photographs and other visual aids placed to give td describe the pixeljust for black and from an " Apple application, but w hite images, if yon want shades of readily accommodates the limitations you the most informatmn? If the en~
gra or color, much more is needed. of the IBM PC. I have a few fonts tire page is viewed as a graphic image' what should that image bc? Thus, most satisfactory desk top pub- and type sizes available. The output i lishing systems require a machine is produced on a dot matrix printer !
Clearly,if an image could be dis- with an 80286 or 80386 chip (or the and does not reproduce well. I hope t played on a PC screen and manipu. c rresponding Motorola chip) and to upgrade this setup to somethmg lated there until it was right, then it have 1 or 2 megabytes aboveboard more powerful and flexible, such as could be printed as it appeared, and memory. A mouse is used to provide PageMaker.
the composition problem would be rapid access to elements of the image, I
solved. This is the key to desk top savmg wear and tear on the fingers.
And a laser printer is used to provide Editor's Note: Die agencvpresentlyis publishing: it won't gather news for g 7 g j you, and it won't type it up, but once high quality text in a variety of fonts gy,s Policy and Publications Afan-you have the elements in a form and sizes.
agement Bra'n ch and one m NRR. 7he i where the PC can manipulate them,it Printing and Graphics Branch has an is a wonderful tool for composing None of the above is readily available Inter /ca/ graphics system which is sub-them into an informative graphic im. in the NRC without going through a i
, stantially more powerful and sophisti-age. But to do this well requires a process considerably less entertam ng cated. This issue ofITS News was pre-machine with significant capacity. than root canal therapy. pared on PagcAfaker.
, 7 t 2
MAY l MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 2 3 M,g' 4 i R 5 6
. ,,,,gy , , , ,
DISPLAYWRTTE 4 U8E 8 P PT INTRO TO PART1 COMMUNICATIONS INTPJ TO DISP RITT 4 AND CROSSTALK M DOS 10 11 12 13 mTRo To mTRo To ***"^ AST 7"'"' ***"i^ASW"'C' 19 dBASE Hi PLUS dBASE 111 PLUS PART1 PART2 DISPLAYWRTTE 4 DISPLAYWRITE 4 PART1 PART2 16 PRoonAuuma m 17 PRooRAuu,No iN M ,,,,o yo M ,,,,,,, M
'"E 8 fSEEY CHART MASTER
- ngugn a^;1g;LuS oggigLuS 123 DISPLAYWRITE 4 W5MMM 4 W WENAM WMENAM PART2 LOTUS t-2 3 LOT t 2-3 PART1 31 u uSE.aS ca.o,uP 1 2 12 . W.I "E"g'^iy ^Y "","c"E" ' Ele'l0" ' Ele'?S 130 * " " "
ND c"RfSEEE PART1 PARTI What's New At the The new worse announcement will low-up to a training presentation in be distributed one month prior to that region in August,1987. Three ITS Lab cach training session (on May I for courses will be conducted:
the June / July session, for example).
By Kathy Beckman Additional copics of course an. - Advanced PC-DOS Commands nouncements are available at the ITS Support Center (P-808 and WF 3C- - Intermediate LOTUS 1-2-3 New Course Announcement
- 12) or by calling the ITS Lab, X24744. - Intermediate dBASE III Plus.
All NRC Ileadquarters and regional To arrange for on-site regional train-personnel received copics of the ITS Regional Training Update ing, contact Banks Mitchum, Project Training Lab bimonthly course an-Manager, X279M.
nouncement begmnmg with the Two on-site regional training trips April /May session. The course an- were scheduled this spring. Region I nouncement has been completely re- requested that one week of hands-on Streamlined Registration designed into a self-contained regis- training be presented April 25-29 for tration package. It now includes: Procedures at ITS Lab approximately 20-25 regional staff.
The curriculum consisted of:
. the training class schedule The registration procedure for ITS
. . . - Introduction to End-usca Lab course,s has been streamlined to a step-by-step guide to registration make it quicker and easier.
Computing for Novices procedures
- Introduction to DisplayWrite 4 First, registration for ITS Lab micro-
. complete descriptions of each computer courses is now on a first-course's contents and skill . Introduction to dBase III Plus come, first served basis so that em-objectives ployees can receive trammg as soon as A week of on-site training will be pre- possible after they identify their train.
- an ITS course registration form. sented in Region V May 2-6 as a fol- ing needs.
8
- 1. 2.
> Read All Detach Training Employee Request Form Announcement 1 1
- 6. 3.
Receive Confirma-HOW TO REGISTER FOR Sciect Course (s) tion I.etter(s) and Date(s)
From iTS tab ITS LAB COURSES
- 5. 4.
Forward Form to Get Authorization Office Administra- Signatures tive Contad l
Second, the process of signing up for that they are alternates and will be first class date in the next bimonthly courses has been greatly simplified. phoned in case of a cancellation. session. Their requests are processed The basic steps in the new process are at the beginnir.g of the ne.:t session shown above. $111estone III. Automatic" Rollover" with vut being resubmitted.
to Next Session. If no seats become Registration processing has also been available during the current session, Please contact Banks Mitchum. Proj-modified to ensure timely access to alternates are automatically " rolled cet Manager, X27934 for more infor-microcomputer training. There are over," that is, re-registered for the mation.
now three major milestones in the ITS Lab registration process, as de- f --
' /
scribed below. --
( ?;
Milestone I. Initial Registration. All &
training requests received in the ITS j ] .[k' Lab two wecks prior to the beginning h ~
i -
[. %, 1 of a new two-month session will be t . p / rn j processed togcher, e.g., all applica-
^ ~
- %\ .
tions for Junc/Jaly classes received by -
M May 15. In the majority of cases, ap-phcants will be assigned to their re-
'y
- g quested class dates. All employees 6j assigned a class date during initial 4 registration processing will receive ff s*
written confirmation one week before '
/e '
the beginning of the new sessior.. ,f, -
N
' 0 D1ilestone II. Ongoing Registration.
After initial registration processing is
/ ,
}* '
completed, registration for ITS Lab ' " ^ ' "
courses will continue throughout the session. Training requests will be processed daily as they are received at Beh.ind The Scenes .
the Lab. Class seats will be assigned :
whenever a space is available. The crisp new look of this issue of the newsletter and the ITS Lab course an- )
nouncement were produced by Doug Vickery of the ITS Training Lab using an i If all seats for a particular class are NRC workstation equipped with a Compaq 286, PageMaker software, and an filled, registrants are notified by mail HP Laser Jet Series !! Printer.
9 ,
1
- = == -=
A
_ mr = -=--
^
h sum e m em ae ae = st -
!. l M i' H 1 ilf J lifl t lf i M EME E EE ER m1 NUCLEAR DOCUMENTS E W W W W W SYSTEM NEWSLETTER
~ '
x AUllg _ ..
'~
m3.t s-r eN .w 3 h-*
x '
'l .c ' .,_u
%y m ' .
~
an \ y, ,.
m N -
J
- w- y
- , h m
%pg.gwy a
A -
' Aj{g L in-
' ' 6g CANON Microfilm Reader / Printer DCS User Workstation at White Cint document you seek? Had enough of The NRC Document Control System The telecommunication link to the a search timing out if you have to (DCS) has been re-named Nuclear central data base is via the Autodial- leave the terminal? The recentlyin-Documents System (NUDOCS). The ing Network System (ANS). This per- stalled data download capability can change was made to reflect the dra- miti NUDOCS workstations to relieve you of these inconveniences.
matic improvements the agency's cen- achieve a transmission rate of(X300 tral document manar,ement system is baud Uring work sessions. (See the undertaking. ANS arti@ Page 1) S.mply put, data downloading allows the results of searches from the main The user workstations are tu:ited in data base on the Data General NUDOCS USER WORK White Flint North at the folloing MV10000 to be downloaded to PCs
' STATIONS ATWHITE 1 cations: P1 WF (3 stations),3020, and manipulated, viewed or printed 4C-16,5F-20,6C-10,7C-24,8C4 9C- usmg dBASE III Plus database man-FLINT 8,10C-12,11C-12,12C-12,13C-1L agement software. Each NUDOCS 14C-14, and 15B-18. The fourth floor user workstation at White Flint has Sixteen enhanced NUDOCS work- station js a combined Trarisitional Li- this software.
stations have been installed at White censing Support System and Flint to provide a full range of sers- NUDOCS workstation.
ices, from simple searching to mim-Standard default print formats have to-PC downlor. ding. been developed based on the more In add. .ition to the normal document common printout requests from NRC Each enhanced workstation is
"" '" , ' "* ' E" " Y " users. Experienced dBASE esers can are n able to pri'it search screens equipped with the following: also design their own print fe: mats.
or download search results to the PC.
The standard formats include the
- IBM System 2 Personal Computer LPDR Cumulative Accession List, the
- DOS, dBASE Ill Plus, and SMAR Docket Index, the Preliminary Title TERM 400 software and all NUDOCS-to PC Data List Report, the Full Record Format operating instructions Dowriload Report (shown in the figure), and the
- Canon PC Printer 80 microfilm Partial Record Format Report. The reader / printer Getting tired eyes from staring at 10 other print format (Print All Avail-
- Epson FX-286e dot matrix printer consecutive search screens to find the able Fields) prints all the downloaded 10
r you view tic recork wan
~~e {
The first stepin downloadingis to Two new data elements have been By Mort Flcishman dctermine which records to retrieve added to the subject search module. l from the NUDOCS. To do this, en- These are Document Type Code The February meeting of the PC ter the system from your workstation (DTC) and Document IdentiDeation FORTRAN User Group featured a and conduct the scarch appropriate to Number (DIN). DTC describes vari- presentation by Harold VanderMolen the document (s)you wouldlike to ous types of documents issued and re- of the uses and capabilities of the have. Once you have completed the ceived by the NRC, such as inspection Signmaster program for the prepara-search, choose Option X from the reports, topical reports, and corres- tion of overhead projection slides. Of prompt hoe at the bottom of the pondence to and from different or- particular interest was his discussion screen, and hit Return. You wdl be ganizations. A complete DTC listing prompted through various steps as of a BASIC program he wrote that is avadable m, hardcopy from .
the records are downloaded to your extends the capabilities of Signmaster NUDOCS or on.line sia the ?-Help workstation. When the main se'reen feature. by permittmg ASCil files, created by for the NUDOCS appears on your any wordprocessmg or editor pro-PC, the dowitload is complete and the The DIN refers to NRC and indus- gram, to be imported into Signmaster.
records are now on your hard disk. try-derived document identifiers. For When you are ready to view / print NRC documents, these include The purpose of the FORTRAN User your downloaded documents, exit the NUREG numbers, LER numbers,in- Group is to share ideas and discuss
. system, spection report numbers, and others. problems regarding PC FORTRAN, The NUDOCS Pocket Guide con- as well as the entire spectrum of sci.
The next step is to convert the rec- tains a listing of DIN formats com- entific and technical uses of personal ords so that dBASE III Plus can read - monly used by the NRC.
them. Do this by choosmg the Con- and large scale computers. In view of vert Downloaded Files option from The addition of DTC and DIN cn- its expanded scope of interests, the '
your NUDOCS menu. The file ables NUDOCS users to scarch si. gr up a considering changmg qs ,
names and directories are set to dc. multaneously on as many as six differ- name to one that is more descriptive.
fault, so there is nothing for you to fill ent data fields: subject / term, date, in while the records are'being con-
~
author, docket, DTC, and DIN. This Suggestions for a new name and re.
verted. When the NUDOCS menu search scheme allows the user more quests for more information regarding appears on your screen, the conver. leeway in data clements used to de- the group may be directed to Mort sion is complete. fine the search cr,teria.
Fleishman on x23794.
The final step for preparing the rec-ords is to choose the View / Print Downloaded Files option from the menu. This will put you in a dBASE SUPPLY SERVICES RELOCATION Ill Plus program. The first sicp is to clear out unwanted records that are All supply seniccs for IIcadquarters employees have been centralized at aircady in the database. Do this by One White Flint North with a self senice supply store available for White choosing that option from the Down- Flint occupants. IIere is a listing of the most commonly required computer load System Menu. Then, you must supplies, add the recently downloaded records to your database. Choose that option Item NRC supply Number P
. from the menu. When the menu re-appears, you are ready to view or Diskene.5-1/4* Single-sided Double-density 10 per box . 7430-00-NRC-0031X 19
. prmt the records. Diskene,5-1/4* Double-sided Double-density 10 per box . . 7430-00-NRC-0032X 19 Diskette. 3-1/2* Double-sided Double-density 10 per box _. 7430 00-NRC-0012X 19 Up to 400 records can be downloaded Diskette riie (50 5-1/4* dists) 7al5-00 NRC 000lX 11' at one session. If your scarch has
~
Classined (Red) disk sleeves 751040-NRC-0053X 20 more than 400 records, the system Sensitive L1nciassined sleeves 7510-00-NRC-0052X 20 will download the first 400 listed, a Pinfeed Paper 93 11' 7530I0-NRC-0058X 26 Panfeed paper 12 8.5* 7530.UwNRC-0070X 26 second download will handle the next Pinfeed letterhead 9.5 x 11' 7530 00-NRC-0057X 26 400, and so on. Pinfeed labels 1 across 7530 00-082 2662 27 Pinfeed tabels 3 across 7530 01015-M02 27 Provisions have been made for those Ribbon. Mainx. for FX & MX-80. IBM-5152 pnnter 7510 00-NRC-0060X 16 who would like to save their down- Ribbon. Mainx. for FX & MX-100 . 7510-00 NRC-0061X 16 loaded records on a floppy disk. You Rabbon. IBM Propnnter 4201. 7510-00-NRC-0066X 16 need only convert the recordr, then Ribbon. IBM Ouietwnter 5201 -- 7510-00-NRC-0067X 16 Pi uersupplies --------- 16*
copy the file to a formatted floppy Copyholder. 360 adjustable .. 7520-00 NRC 0055X 6 diskette, following the instructions given when first entering the Siew/ . Available from Warehouse only print downloaded files procedure.
11
E ' ,
SINET Update defined and described in the SINET from SINET through the Executive l
l Data Dictionary, available from Fran Safety information System or
- Goldberg on x24973. "EXSIS", an easy to tese, menu.
- By Fran Goldberg driven data access system.
I will use this month's article to recap some basics and provide a status up. SINET development --
l date on SINET development and What ncrt? SINET -- IIow to get accer training. and inzining Based on a systematic ranking of all the SINET data by NRR, AEOD, SINETis being pilot tested by a SINET -- What is it? NMSS, RES, and the five regions, a group of users who attended the first committee representing the major SINET training course last Decem-SINET stands for " Safety Information program offices and regions deter- ber. EXSIS has been provided to a Network." It is the centralized data- mined that the mos.t important areas small group of senior managers.
base which will serve as the primary for the next phase of SINET develop- Training will be offered through the repository and definitive source for a ment are the expansion of the Event ITS Training Lab for staff wishing to good deal of NRC's safety-related database and the implementation of access SINET. The first course, in-data. SINET consists of 14 " logic d the Inspection database, followed by troduction to SINET, familiarizes us-databases," each of which consists of the Issues and Hardware databases. ers with the data available in SINET one or more related groups of data. and the procedures for accessing SI-For example, the Facility data base NET on the NIH mainframe using a consists of the four data group 3: Re- SINET -- Who can use it7 series of 50 reformatted Query gion, Site, Unit and Non-reactor Fa- screens. The second course will train ;
cility, The SINET logical databases are users in the Online Ouery Language, stored as one integrated physical da- OLO. OLO is a menu. driven lan-The data currently available in SI- tabase at the NIH computer facility. guage used to query the database, se-NET (shown in bold type below) are It is accessible to anyone in the lect data and produce reports. A from the Facility and Event data- agency via a standard PC equipped Data Download course is also being bases. They include basic informa- with a modem and communications planned. The SINETintroductory tion about commercial nuclear power software such as Crosstalk. Senior course will be a prerequisite for all plant units and eventr The data are managers can access summary data other SINET courses.
SINET Logical Databases ALLEGATION DATA- FACILITY DATABASE Generic / Unresolved ORGANIZATION BASE Site Safety Issue DATABASE Allegation Unit Backfit Issue Employee Investigation Non Reactor Facility issue Employee Role Organization ENFORCEMENT HARDWARE DATA- LICENSE DATABASE DATABASE BASE License RADIOACTIVE MATE-Violation System Licensee RIAL.S DATABASE Deviation Component License Application Shipment Enforcement Action Structure License Applicant Package Deficiency Tech Spec / License Fuel Assembly EVENT DATABASE Test Condition Radioactive Materials Event (Accountability)
Event Notification INSPECTION DATA. LICENSING DATA-Licensee Event Report BASE BASE RESEARCH DATA-Daily (Morning) Report inspection Licensing Action BASE Preliminary Notification Inspection Module Licensee Committment Research Program Construction Deficiency inspection Program Open item Report Outstanding item VENDOR DATABASE Part 21 Report OPERATOR DATA- Vendor Release ISSUE DATABASE BASE Vendor Role Exposure Bulletin Reactor Operator Design Threat Information Notice Examination Topical Report Generic Letter 12
- == -
suum ammmmmmmmmurmuun m mumL -
M l E emme N This section of the newsletter pro- through each step, report all mes- printed in hardcopy. You may want to vides tips and technical information sages, changes on your screen and set the margins in the ASCII file to ofInterest to NRC computer users. operation of drives. the same settings as your Display-If you have any questions regarding Write document to simplify your final
" Tech Notes" orif you wish to contri- Sometimes a problem requires fur . editing. Be sure, however, that these bute an item, contact the ITS Sup- ther research, so you may have to wait margin settings provide sufficient co!-
port Center,492 4160. for the answer to your question- umns to hold the portion of the spreadsheet you are extracting. Select Finally, the consultant will make a
. Options and select the Unformatted PERSONAL COMPUTERS recommendation to correct the prob-option from this menu. The final step lem and ask you to try the suggested is to select Go from the print menu.
correction. If for any reason the sug-which generates the file. You will CALLING ITS SUPPORT gested correction does not work and now Quit the Print menu and Exit we are no longer on the phone with LOTUS
- If you can't find the answer to your you, please call back.
PC question in the manual, call the Start up DisplayWrite and bring up ITS Support Center. Because each the document in which you will place problem is unique, the staff will ask a SHARING DATA USING ASCII your LOTUS data. To pull the file series of questions to determine the FILES into your DisplayWrite document, environment at the time the problem Have you ever needed to take data position the cursor within the docu-occurred. which'has been created in one appli. mem at the location where your LO-cation and use it in another software TUS data is to be inserted. Then use You can save time by being ready with answers to a few basic questions: package? A good example is incorpo- the GET function, CTRL-F6 in DW4 rating sections of a spreadsheet into a r F6 in DW3 and D%,2, and supply
- Version of DOS DisplayWrite document to take ad. the complete filename (EXAMPLE:
vantage of DisplavWrite's text format- myfile.prn) when prompted. If you are ting capabilities. This can be donc using DW4, select file type 2 for an
- Type of equipment, e.g., IBM PC, XT, Hardcard or PS/2 without having to recreate the data. ASCII file. Press the Enter key at the DisplayWrite prompt at the bottom of
- Make and model of printer ifit is To share data, you need to create an this menu and DisplayWrite will pull ASCll file, which uses a generic for- the LOTUS file mto the current docu-a printing problem mat. ASCII stands for American Stan- ment. Some editmg may be required depending on the final appearance
- Type of modem if it is a communi. dard Code for Information Inter-change. Two words to notice in this desired.
cations problem acronym are Standard and Inter-
- Name and version of software, change. Most vendor software pack-ages have a feature which allows you GETTING LOTUS TO IIELP YOU c.g., CROSSTALK XVI, ver. 6.1 to save or retrieve a file as an ASCII "If only computers could talk!"
- Description of problem;what you file. 3 Sound familiar? Well. LOTUS won't i were doing when the error oc- chirp" good morning" but you can j curred To incorporate part of a LOTUS send an SOE and expect a reply by j spreadsheet into a DisplayWrite docu- pressing the F1 key. Since LOTUS I
- Error messages that appeared on ment, first create a print file in LO- has contextual help, the response de-I the screen TUS.This is how LOTUS creates an pends on what feature you are using ASCil file.To do this select / Print when you activate the HELP key. You
- Other software in use at the time File. You will be asked to specify a file can see text discussing the Range name for the print file. If you do not command, a list of @ Functions, tips After these questions have been an- assign an extension to the file name on how to write a formula or a de-swered, the consultant will walk you LOTUS will give it an extension of scription of Macro keyword syntax.
through the problem step by step. If .PRN. Next, specify a range to be Once in HELP, you can even select j possible, use a computer with a tele- written to the file. This is done the an item which describes "How to Use i phone within reach. As you move same way you specify a range to be a H elp ,
I 13 l
R
- ~ - -
m=
in7 NOTES Uumusumummmmusemmmum Whatever response LO TUS makes tv The ITS Support Center operates 2224b modem. Type ATDT and your request for help, you can find the weekdays from 7:30 to 4:15. Call our press the Enter key if you have an information you need by selecting Phillips Building location on 492-4160 Anderson-Jacobson, Hayes, Racal "IIELP INDEX", an optian at the or the White Flint location on 492- Vadic or VenTel modem.
bottom of each help screen. Think of 0353.
the HELP INDEX as a menu of fea. Save your changes permanently by tures which you can browse at will or typing SA (for SAve) followed by a use to answer an immediate question. MODEM DIAL PREFIXES space, then the Profile name (bc sure For exampic,if you need to review the write protect tab is off your dirk-how LOTUS uses the F1 F10 function Many times the Support Center re- ette if working from a floppy diskette) keys, call up help and choose "Special ceives calls that CROSSTAth or and press the Enter key. (Example:
Function". If the information appears SMARTERM 400 communications SA NIII1200.XTK) To dial, type GO especially useful, use the print screen s ftware is not workmg properly- and press the Enter key.
key to print a copy. Upon examination by the support analyst,it becomes cicar that either NOTE: See ITS News, Vol. 4, No. I, When you call for help, if you are us. when the software was installed no Winter,1988, Page 4, for details ofini-ing an IBM PC or other dual drive modem was delivered, or the modem tialconfiguration of the Andcrson-system you must have the LOTUS originally attached to the machine has .facobson and Racal Vadic modems.
System Disk in drive A. When you are been replaced by a different one.
donc, press ESC to return to your In Smarterm, select the option to work
- Most PC modems m. the NRC are change your configuration (cither F-9 Hayes or Hayes compatible. These or ALT-S depending on your version use the ATDT command to instruct of this package). Select the profile PRINTER ERRORS the modem to dial your phone for you wish to change. Select S -
connection to another computer. Softkeys. On the first line of the The NRC currently uses several types However, the Bell AT&T 2224b mo- Softkey screen, type the appropriate of printers, including Epson, IBM dem only requires an AT command. dial prefix, AT or ATDT, followed by Graphics and HP LascrJet. When a space and the phone number and software is installed on a computer, in CROSSTALK a profile selection,
<CR>. (EXAMPLE: ATDT 24000 the printer is identified and in some such as NIH1200, will display the <CR > ) Press the END key to move cases additional files are created to profile's status screen and immedi- you to the bottom of the screen and ensure that all documents can be ately attempt to perform the dialin- press the Enter key to return to the printed to meet NRC guidelines. In structions. If you do not make a nor- setup menu. Select the option from spite of the actions taken to maintain mal connection, press the appropriate the menu to save your changes, if your consistency, you may encounter prob- Attention key for your profile until version requires this. If working from lems while printing. For example, the optior. Redial Y/N appears. Press a floppy diskette, be sure to remove many of the Epson printers are set to N. You will now have the Command the write protect tab before attempt-Epson printer mode irather than IBM. line displayed on the lower part of ing to write out a correction to the This can cause problems with Dis. your screen- dial prefix to your diskette.
pl.ayWrite software. If you are using l
' superscripts or subscripts in DW4 and On the Command line, type LI (for Should you encounter any problems -
these fail to print as expected, or line List) and press the Enter key. You call the ITS Support Center X-24160 wdl see some additional l spacing changes are not recognized, or X-20353 your Epson may have been configured CROSSTALK parame~ters displayed l to perform as an Epson rather than n the lower half of your screen . -
l an IDM. One of these is DPrefix. To change the contents of this parameter type NIH l
If you suspect that your printer has DP at the Command prompt and this problem, call the ITS Support press the Enter key. You will be Center with the name and model of Prompted to provide the Dial Prefix Printout is produced at both Phillips your printer. We can resolve the for your modem type. T)pe AT and and White Flint facilities. Use Box =
l problem quickly. press the Enter keyif you have a Bell 721 for delhery from NIH to WF; use l
l 14 j l 1
- _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ . \
EMB N W h-M E E umm N [Q E -
W gy"
%# I L. O REM 276 on LIST command for di- allow you to renew or cancel subscrip- User profile, system accesses and rect printing at White Flint. tions. You can enter ALL to renew computer security statements. The your existing subscriptions. seconj page will not show the pass-word, but willinclude a line for User REMINDER-CONVERTFILES A question mark (?) may be entered signature. Upon receipt of the signed at any time to get help with a prompt. second page, EG&G willimplement If you have a computer program or ,
the new password on the effective retrieval routme that accesses ISAM files at Nill, you need to convert your date. If the second page is not re-file configuration to VSAM (Virtual INEL turned by the effective date, the cur-rent and new password will be deleted Storage Access Method).
and the USERID deactivated.
NIII support for ISAM will be discon- ALL print ut from INEL Machines is tinued in July. To allow time for test- prmted at White Flint. There is a uset CRAY usen can access their own ing of conver'sions, ARM has estab- pickup area in room 2.G-18. Use the charge number accounting informa-lished May as the deadline. If you parameter UN= NRC on the tion by usm, g the utility ACCfCOM.
need technical assistance to complete ROUTE command. It will be helpful For details type: MAN ACCTCOM.
the conversion, please contact Chuck to you and to the system operator if Fitzgerald at 492-832^ y u create a banner page with your user id in large print. Include the fol- DG MT,8000 lowing command in the jobstream of Nill OFFERS NEW SERVICE your batch job, prior to compilation or other action which produces out. ALL printout from DG MVS000 is Nill has moved into the electronic put: produced at Phillips. You may ar-age with the creation of an on-line range for yout printsut to be sent to.
documentation and software servim BLOCK,0UTPUT.R,1.* USER *DATE WFN by contacting the system opera-called PUBWARE. PUBWARE al- (all on one line, NO period at the for at x2-7713. Procedures to auto-lowr, you to order documentation and end). mate this process are under develop-software, cancel and renew subscrip- ment, tions and read abstracts describing-available publications. INEL COMPUTER REGISTRA.
TION FUNCTION IIAS BEEN To use PUBWARE, sign on to TRANSFERRED WYLBUR, type the command: EN- Recent Acquisitions of Computing TER PUBWARE and press the En- The INEl computer registration Related Books to the NRC Library ter key. A menu will display the fol- function has been transferred to the lowing options: Computer and Telephone Operations Data Base Directions:Information Branch (CTOB). All user ID applica. Resource Management Strategies and
- 1. GeneralInformation tion questions for CYBER, CRAY or Tools: Proceedings.
l the Licensing Exam Question Bank National Bureau of Standards,1982.
.. Place an Order i (EOB) system should be directed to
- 3. Review Profile Dnid Dichl X2-7034. Designing the User Interface: Strate-gies for Effective Human-computer
- 4. Cancel Request Yearly renewal forms from EG&G Interaction. Shueiderman, Ben l
Idaho for the CYBER, CRAY and
- 5. Change ACCOUNT EOB are to be returned directly to A Guide to Performance Evaluation EG&G. Renewals no longer require of Database Systems. Yao, S. Bing.
- 6. Comment about PUBWARE supervisor approval. A new form is National Bureau of Standards,1984 being used. It is a two part re. OC100 U58 no. 500-118
- 7. Return to WYLBUR newal letter. The first page con- ,
d Item 3 will display a list of all publica- tains the new password and effective tions you currently receive as well as date for the the USERID, along with 15 1
L-_ _-- _- __ - _ . __
I I
' NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I I I I I I ITS SUPPORT CENTER FACILITIES TRAINING LABORATORY FACILITY I I I l beations location: Suite W-102 Woodmont Building l g 8120 Woodmont Avenue, g
Phillips Building. Room P-808 One Mhite flint North. 3C-12 Bethesda, MD 20814 l 7920 Norfolk Avenue, 11535 Rrxkville Pike, l g Bethesda,MD 20814 Rockville.MD 20&S2 Phone:(ITS) or (301) 4924744 NRC local 24744 [
! Phone: 14boratory lleurs 7:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m M-F I I I g (FI3)or(301)4924160 (ITS) or (301)492-0353 Class Hows 8:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. g NRC local 24160 NRC local 24)353 1 Services I l Centerliours Three classtooms for formal ADP traicing including one equipped l
! 7.30 a m. 4:15 p.m. Ms F with six IBM XTs and one with eight IBM PCs. "flands.on"in- !
l struc* ion in the use of microcornputers and timesharing systems. l g Services g Note: The Training laboratory is operated by the Graduate School.
l User Assistance (Tc!cphone & Walk-in). Fauipment and Software USDA under contract and managed by the Office of Personnel to l
[ for Trial Use, Demonstrations. Technical I.ibrary, Tours plus provide trainmg in end-user computing for the NRC staff. Techni- [
Computer / Video-based Tutonals. cal guidance is provided by IRM.
g g I I I I I NRC ENn. USER COMPUTING SERVICES DIRECTORY l l I I . Hardware Acquisition / Upgrade /Relocatien and Software Acquisi- Computer Room: X27713 I
g tion /L'pgrade: Mike MacWilliams P422 X28143 l Computer Securiry: Louis Grossman, X25019 l l liardware Installation and Maintenance: g Microcomputers: Dawn Oliver, P422. X28219 Data Communications . Modems and Data IJnes:
i Word processors: Beth Williams P422,X24832 Bnan Browncil, W 331, X27927 g
l Other ADP Equipment: Charles Johnson. P422. X28311 l g Document Control System flot-lJne: X28603 g Timesharing Access / ids Mike King, P422 X24974
! Safety Information Network (SINIT): I l PC & Nill Support: Fran Gcsidberg, MNBB-7602, X24978 l l P13 Support Center, Phillips Bldg., P-808. X24160 g One White flint North. 3C-12, X20353 Systems Development and Modification:
! Chuck Fitzgerald, P412, X27785 l l Data General Systems Problems Judy Seche rman. P422, X2(X47 l g Ugerations Center: James Carter, MNBB-7602, X29860 g Data General and INEL Scientific Support:
l Pat Bell,3C-16, X2M91 Scheduling for 115 Traini La Lab FaciMy: I l Emily Robinson.3C 14, X2M90 Banks Mitchum, We500, X2M4 l g Doug Vicke;y, W 102, X24873 g Scientific Code Distribution . RSIC and NESC:
l Pat Bell,3C 16, X23491 Gurse Development: Danks Mitchum, W 500, X27934 I I I !
I I
- a. - _ _ _ _ _ _ .a 1
- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ - ._