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This is to announce the connection of ucf-cs to Usenet.

System Name:	ucf-cs

Organization:	The Computer Science Department of the University of
		 Central Florida at Orlando.

Contact Person: Bill Mitchell

Electronically:	duke!ucf-cs!whm

Postally:	Bill Mitchell
		Computer Science Department
		Univ. of Central Florida
		Orlando, Florida  32816

Phone:		305-275-2341 or 305-275-1249

What we do:
		The Vax Unix system here is used to support faculty and
		graduate research in computer science. Also, several classes
		utilize the Vax.  We have 17 faculty members at this time
		and their interests are representative of the realm of
		computer science.  The department offers BS, MS, and PhD
		degrees and has about 700 undergraduate, and 100 graduate
		students, with a handful working on PhDs.  Current areas
		of interest are: AI, Architecture, Database, Complexity,
		Formal Languages, Graph Theory, Operating Systems,
		Programming Systems and Languages, and VLSI.

		If anyone wants further information on the program, get in
		touch with me and I'll send you some propaganda.

Facilities:
		A Vax-11/780, 2 Meg of memory (2 more on the way), 2 Rp06's
		(an Rp07 on the way), Tu77 tape drive, a Varian plotter,
		40 terminals, (four of which are for student use), and four
		modems that autobaud 300-1200.  (One autodialer on the way.)

Connection(s):
		At the current time we are connected to Duke University and
		we hand-dial them a couple of times a day at 1200 baud.
		We also occasionally call the University of Arizona, but
		that is irregular at best.

		We subscribe to all available news groups except for fa.arms-d.
		Of our 75 strong user community, 14 currently get some type
		of "network news", and we expect this number to increase
		with additional promotion here.

Call/Be called:
		This would be less than desirable now because of our sporadic
		pattern of calling Duke.  However, if the autodialer becomes
		a reality, we could probably make arrangements to call other
		sites if there is interest.

		Of course, if anybody wants to make informal connections with
		us, that can be arranged.

Black sheep:
		Until recently we were running VMS and Unix on a half-and-half
		basis.  The administration came to its senses and decided to
		get rid of VMS.  At the current time we are steadily cutting
		back on the VMS time and it will be extinct on Jan 11, 1982.