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Services

1966
Remote Terminals

1968
Interactive Services (TCP, FORTRAN, /RJE)

1969
Remote Card Readers

1973
Terminal Data Centers
SMF
Panvalet
CICS

1974
CIRCA
Limited use accounts

1976
SWAP

1978
COM

1981
MUSIC
Economy TSO
ATMS III
Class 0

1982
CMS

1985
NERFOCUS region established

1986
Class R
TCP support withdrawn

1987
CIRCA discontinues data entry service
Weekend hours expanded
CICS available 'til midnight M-F
NERDC-managed offline disk storage discontinued
VM Batch Facility
CICS/CMS
TPX installed
On-line memo distribution

1988
Class S
GDDM-PCLKF
Phoenix

1989
Bulk Data Transfer service
Class T, a new SYSOUT class
LINDO/Mainframe
TeX
DB2
Mainframe Wordperfect 4.2
SUBSCRIBE command for /Update and MEMO system
CHRGLIST utility

1990
24 hour/7 day services offered
Basic Access accounts replace Limited Use
RCI available
Rice Mail becomes default

1991
Softswitch
CRWTH (LEARN)
AIX
DOCSYS

1992
DOCBATCH
Graduate students given Basic Access

1993
JES2 system no longer supports access/sequence numbers for MVS batch jobs
Signon to CICS with access/sequence numbers no longer supported
WordPerfect no longer supported

1994
UFINFO Becomes WWW Server
NERDC Publications Available in WWW
MVS Security converted to RACF

1995
NERSP replaced NERIX as the primary UNIX environment
CGI and Image Maps supported on NERSP
VM/CMS converted from minidisk to Shared File System
IDSTATUS command available

1996
Charlotte replaced Albert on NERVM
Pine became default mail program on NERSP

1997
GatorLink accounts available

1998
Gartner computer-based training available on the web

1999
DOCWEB replaces DOCSYS
GatorLink e-mail system upgraded
NETg computer training courses available

2000
GatorLink accounts can now be accessed via the WWW at https://webmail.ufl.edu
Virtual Tour of NERDC available online
UF Hosts I2 Day

2001
New Network Storage and Archive Management Service (NSAM)
GatorLink mail boxes increased to 25M storage space

2002
SMTP authentication available
Virus scanning implemented on SMTP and NERSP mail servers
CICS production regions acheived a record number of daily transactions (2.8 million)

2003
Searchable CDs available instead of microfiche
Gatormail becomes UF's production webmail service
VoIP phones available
PH directory server removed

2004
GatorMail (webmail) upgraded
GatorLink mailbox size increased to 50 Mb
Spam-detection filtering system (Spam Assassin) enabled
CNS Problem Tracking System launched
Network services to the wall-plate available

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