Quarterdeck 3.3

Part 3 (conclusion)
The Room 1102 Story

By D. Craig Cooper

. . .Continued from part 2

They're here!

[196K] [173K] Graduate students Michael Baca and Beom Seog (Vincent) Han upgrade and set up a Power Mac for the new microcomputer lab. (Photos by Rahilla C.A. Shatto)

By early May 1995, the computers, hardware accessories, software, furniture, chairs, and carpet color had been chosen, the purchase order had been approved by department head Dr. David Brooks and Dean Earl Hoskins and sent to the central purchasing office for collection of out-side bids. The car-pet was installed in July, the desks arrived in late August, the computers arrived at the end of September, and the new ergonomic chairs arrived in October. As an unexpected bonus, Texas A&M's purchasing department found a deal which allowed us to buy six computers for the price of fiveWhoop!

Future plans include redesigning the department computer laboratory in room 617, the purchase of 100megabyte removable ZIP drives, upgrades to the current UNIX workstations, the purchase of another scanner and a departmental color slide printer, continuation of upgrades for software packages, and establishment of a CD-ROM data library. Ideas and suggestions for needed additions will receive a warm welcome and may be contributed in person or by sending email to ogcexec@ocean.tamu.edu, or any of the addresses found in the OGC's homepage on the World Wide Web.

The moral of this story is that the new computer lab did not happen all by itself. There are many people to thank: The graduate students who took an interest and gave their time and input, Drs. Brooks, Jackson, and Powell who helped to find a way to provide this facility, Mark McCann who works unendingly to keep our computers alive and well, Dr. Ed Shaar, whose time, effort, and advice has been an invaluable asset, the Texas A&M University staff who have aided and improved upon our ideas, and most importantly the OGC, without whom this project would have died before it even got started. This microcomputer lab is the result of two years of work by the OGC. Were it not for student involvement, room 1102 would still be a storage room for old DEC terminals and dead computer equipment. Instead it is an example of what OGC can achieve.

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Updated January 8, 1996