The Academic Computing Facility Newsletter was published from May, 1981, until May, 1988. There are currently 18 issues online in PDF format. Each issue contains notes and updates about labs, systems, and software as well as announcements regarding seminars, talks, and other computing resources.
Click on any date title to download a PDF of that issue.
May 1988
Highlights
- Graphics Workstation Aids Research in Physical and Social Sciences, and Computer Graphics Education
- Toward Computer Prediction of Blood-Flow Patterns in the Heart
- Dial-Out Via NYU-NET Without Telephone or Modem
Jan. 1988
Highlights
- ACF’s Data Archive
- Local Area Network
- Network Connections, NYU and Beyond
- The ACF’s CONVEX “Compute-Server” Is On Line
- NOS/VE: A New, Second Operating System for the CDC CYBER at NYU
Mar. 1986
Highlights
- Microcomputers Are Focus of ACF Talks in April
- Ask Dr. Micro: Using a Micro to Communicate with the NYU Computers
- Computing Coordinators Welcome Input from Faculty, Research Staff
- Notes from the 1986 MacWorld and AppleWorld Expositions
- Faculty Doings
- Microcomputer Activity at the School of Law and the Dental Center
Feb. 1986
Highlights
- Update on Graphics al the Academic Computing Facility
- AT&T Gift Provides Workstations, Minicomputers for Physical Sciences Research
- NYU Joins Other Universities and Research Institutes to Form NYSERnet
- Dial-In’s to NYU Computers Can Be Made at a Faster Speed
- Computing in the Humanities is Focus of Local Association
Nov. 1985
Highlights
- Four Bulletin Bulletin Boards for Micro Users Are Added to the ACF’s INFO
- The ACF Opens a Macintosh Facility for Faculty and Students
- Discounts on Zenith’s New IBM PC-Compatibles
- Bobst Library Issues A Research Guide on Microcomputers
- Ask Dr. Micro: About Wordprocessing Packages
June 1985
Highlights
- A Fall Preview of Computing Sites and Facilities
- Supercomputing With The JVNC
- Campus-Wide Wiring for Local Area Network Is Planned
- An Upgrade of the CYBER’s Operating System
- Update on the ACF’s New Database Service
- Robotics Symposium to be Held At NYU
- Databases, Online and Off
May 1985
Highlights
- A New Microcomputer Bulletin Board
- License Agreements: Legal Issues in Software Use
- Ask Dr. Micro: Moving Information Between Micros
- Utility Software for IBM PC’s
- Microcomputer User Groups
- A Keyboard Chart for IBM PC Users
Mar. 1985
Highlights
- Connecting Computers: From Micros to Minis and Mainframes, and Back
- The PLATO Experiment at NYU
- Ask Dr. Micro
- “Micro-Like” Facilities on the ACF Minis
- Micro-Users in the Humanities
Jan. 1985
Highlights
- The PLATO Experiment Is Here
- Uploading and Downloading With KERMIT
- A New ACF Database Library and Service
- Statistical Packages: Brief Notes and Bug Reports
Apr. 1984
Highlights
- Getting Ready for the Summer Sessions
- A Second MICOM Port Selector Will Be Installed
Dec. 1983
Highlights
- Getting Ready for the Spring Semester
- Preview of CYBER’s NOS 2.2
- Introducing the Data General MV/8000
June 1983
Highlights
- Getting Yourself Ready for September
- Upgrade of CYBER’s NOS to 2.1
- Computer-Assisted Design of Heart Valves
Mar. 1983
Highlights
- CYBER’s NOS 2 is a More Usable System
Nov. 1982
Highlights
- A Redesigned Tisch Hall Site
- NYU Musicologist Uses the Cyber
May 1982
Highlights
- Ethics of Computer Use
- Some Ways to Protect Your Files and Accounts
- Subsystem for Automatic Archiving of Direct Access Files on CYBER
- Account Renewal for 1982-83
Feb. 1982
Highlights
- Update of ACF Systems, Software, Documentation
- User Services Update (Tutorial sessions, Seminars, Additional Notes
- The ACF VAX Configuration
- Passwords and Account Security
Nov. 1981
Highlights
- MICOM Portselector Installed
- UPDATE: ACF Systems, Software, Documentation (CYBER, IBM, VAX)
- User Services Update, Resources, and Seminars
- IBM System Configurations
May 1981
Highlights
- Introducing the ACF
- The CDC AFC CYBER Configuration
- For Dial-in Users of the CYBER 720
- Change in the IBM Operating System
- How to Save Computer Time
- ACF Charges for Basic Computer Usage