CUNY/Computing and Information Services serves as the central computing facility for the City University of New York. Computing resources are also available (for a fee) to universities and other nonprofit organizations. CUNY/CIS is connected to many university computer centers via BITNET and via the Internet to many educational and other organizations. The primary Internet node for CUNY/CIS is CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU; its BITNET nodes are CUNYVM and CUNYJES3.
Computers at CUNY/CIS include a partitioned IBM 3090-600J with Vector Facility, operating under MVS/XA and JES3, and VM/ESA. Dialup telephone numbers for these systems are: (212) 974-8680 for 9600 bps and (212) 974-8600 for IBM 7171 300/1200/2400 bps. The CUNY/CIS Support Center (CTRCU) may be contacted at (212) 541-0981.
FYeI provides ongoing information of interest to the user community. It is available on the CUNY/CIS WWW Home Page (HTTP://www.cuny.edu). Copies of current and back issues are available at the CUNY/CIS Support Center (back issues were entitled Communications); they will also be sent upon request to CUNY administrative, instructional, and research personnel. Anyone wishing to be added to the mailing list, including students who wish to receive copies of the newsletter through the campus mail, should write to:
CUNY/CIS Documentation, 555 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.
Contributions on topics of general interest or of significance to special interest groups within the user community are welcome. Suggestions or complaints should be brought to the editor's attention using the SUGGEST command on WYLBUR or VM, or mailed to: The Editor, FYeI.
Portions of FYeI may be reprinted without permission, except where otherwise indicated, provided that an acknowledgment of author and source is given. We will gladly exchange newsletters with other computer centers.
Editor-in-Chief: Holland Cotter
Senior Design Consultant and Graphics & DTP for This Issue: Robert W. Morea
Associate Editors: Marta-Lourdes Llano, Larry McCue, Helen McLean, Patricia Reber, Colette Wagner
Campus Contributor: Lisa Livingston, CCNY
Staff Photographer: Aron Eisenpress
The editors gratefully acknowledge the editorial suggestions and technical advice provided by the CUNY/CIS staff.
FYeI is produced on the Apple Macintosh using QuarkXPress. Mechanicals are printed on the Apple Laserwriter Pro 630.