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ECN To Decommission 5 Machines By June 30

Five ECN machines will be retired this summer. They have served well in the past, but have outlived their usefulness. Get ready to say goodbye to

Three VAXes:

• ab a VAX 11/780 used in the National Soil Erosion Laboratory in AGEN. It will be replaced by a Sun-4.
• cb a DUAL VAX 11/780 in Civil. It was the second Vax in the Civil Engineering Department and was originally used by Civil, ChmE, and MatE. Cb will not be replaced.
• pb a VAX 11/780 used in Robotics in Potter. Pb will not be replaced.

For ten years these machines have toiled on the Engineering Computer Network doing homework assignments for thousands of fledgling engineers and solving research questions for scholars. When these machines were first installed, we marveled at their power; today you may have more computing power in the workstation sitting on your desk!

Also, two machines that were donated to the University:

• ei a Gould PN9080 in EE
• el a CCI 6/32 in EE

These "one of a kind" machines are becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. The load on these machines has been moved to en, the Macs, and the new Sunlab in MSEE.

The machines are expected to be removed on or around June 30th. However, your site specialist will be removing and rearranging files and partitions from mid-May on. So, if you will not be here this summer, you should take care of your account NOW, before you leave.

You should plan today for how and where you wish your files to be relocated.

-- Now is a good time to do a good file housecleaning. Delete obsolete and unneeded files.

-- Check on how much space the files you intend to move require,then check the space available on the recipient machine. This can be done by using quota and _d_u (disk usage).

-- Move your files using ftp or _r_c_p. Read the September 1991 No Name Newsletter for instructions on how to use these commands.

-- Consider placing large and infrequently used files on tape.

If you fail to take action before "shutdown" day, your site specialist will, as expeditiously as possible, move all your remaining files to another of your accounts. This placement may or may not be to your liking...if you have a preference, do it yourself.

If your mail host is on any of the soon-to-disappear machines, move your mail host to another machine. If you need information on how to move your mail host, read the article "E-Mail Delivery Host?" by Stacey Clark that follows directly. You are not guaranteed to receive your mail if it is directed to a machine which no longer exists.

If you need to use VAX specific software, you should talk to your site specialist. There is limited VAX access available. However, all users are encouraged to move their work away from VAXes to other platforms since, at some point in the future, there will be no more VAXes.

If you have any questions regarding the removal of these machines, please direct them to your site specialist.

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