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1990
  • An IBM 3090/600E was installed (128 MB, 32 MIPS).
  • 9600-Baud service was installed.
  • 24 hour/7 day services were offered.
  • Basic Access accounts replaced Limited Use accounts.
  • RCI became available.
  • Rice Mail became the default mail system.
  • First 3390 DASD unit was purchased.
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    • 1991

  • The NERDC/UFNET backbone was completed.
  • The New Versatec goes into production.
  • Softswitch was installed.
  • CRWTH (LEARN) replaced Phoenix as our CBT system.
  • AIX, IBM's UNIX became available (NERIX).
  • DOCSYS was installed.
  • MVS/XA was replaced by MVS/ESA.
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    • 1992

  • DOCBATCH was installed.
  • Graduate students were given Basic Access accounts.
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    • 1993

  • An IBM ES/9000 Model 740 (pictured) replaces the IBM 3090 600J.
  • PostScript printers are available.
  • The JES2 System no longer supports access/sequence numbers for MVS batch jobs.
  • Signon to CICS with access/sequence numbers is no longer supported.
  • WordPerfect for the mainframe is no longer supported.
  • Dial-up to NERIX is available.
  • TCP/IP was installed in MVS.
  • First DANCE classes were given.
  • NERDC's first Annual Review was published (November issue of /Update).
  • New SIGNON menus were installed to make access easier for novices.
  • A test version of Gopher (UFINFO) was installed.
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    • 1994

  • The IBM ES/9000 Model 740 was upgraded to an IBM ES/9000 Model 831.
  • IDRC Tape Compaction becomes the MVS System Default.
  • MVS Security was converted to RACF from ACF2.
  • UFINFO becomes a WWW server.
  • NERDC Publications became available on the WWW.
  • Dial-in Access to the whole Internet became available.
  • Telnet directly to MVS became available.
  • Copyright expert (Gary Becker) speaks to Campus Computing Coordinators.
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    • 1995

  • IBM scalable POWERparallel SP2 UNIX-based NERSP supercomputer installed.
  • NERSP replaced NERIX as the primary UNIX environment.
  • COM system replaced by Datagraphix XL500.
  • Dial VTAM command removed.
  • CGI and Image Maps supported on NERSP.
  • VM/CMS converted from minidisk to Shared File System.
  • UF Dialup Communications Server installed.
  • IDSTATUS command available.
  • Terminal Server 4-hour idle time-out implemented.
  • 92 28.8 modems installed.
  • IBM 9672-R22 computer acquired (air cooled).
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    • 1996

  • VM moved to an IBM 9672-R22 processor.
  • IBM 3380 disk drives were replaced by 3390s.
  • Charlotte replaced Albert on NERVM.
  • The NERDC modem pool was upgraded to 28.8 K modems.
  • The NERDC modem pool and the UF Individual Dialup modem pool were merged.
  • Pine became the default mail program on NERSP.
  • AIX UNIX on NERSP was upgraded to V 4.1.
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    • 1997

  • IBM 3493 robotic tape library installed.
  • Water-cooled IBM ES9000-831 replaced by air-cooled, CMOS technology IBM 9672-R45.
  • IBM 3130 laser printer installed (NERAFP).
  • Java and NetRexx installed on NERSP.
  • PGP integrated into NERSP Pine mail.
  • GatorLink is launched!
  • The Network Technical Advisory Committee and the Network Advisory Committee were formed.
  • The UF Internet connection was upgraded to 45Mbps.
  • NERDC celebrates its 25th anniversary.
  • ISIS was launched using NERDC's NERSP and MVS systems.
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    • 1998

  • Gradual withdrawal of VM announced.
  • Ron Schoenau, Director, and Bob Smith receive 35-year service pins.
  • 56K modems installed.
  • Internet2 gets connected to UF; OC3 physical link to vBNS is turned on for the first time.
  • UF President, John Lombardi, announces computer requirement for all students.
  • First annual Information Technology Security Awareness (ITSA) Day.
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    • 1999

  • The IBM 9672-R45 processor was upgraded to a model R55 (5 CPUs) and the memory was doubled to 4GB.
  • The NERSP interactive processor was replaced with a newer model and eight new silver nodes were installed on the RS/6000 SP computer.
  • DOCWEB replaced DOCSYS.
  • OS/390 operating system upgraded to V2.6.
  • ISDN service available.
  • NERVM POP3 e-mail server removed.
  • GatorLink accounts get web space and account limits were increased to 15M for e-mail storage.
  • A separate OS/390 system environment was created for Y2K testing.
  • NERSP mail servers reject mail relaying.
  • Modem pool upgraded to 56K modems only.
  • First annual Information Technology Day.

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