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Stephens Memorial Hall
 
 
 
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UCS Conference Center Computing Facilty

About UCS
UCS is the University's academic computing system. The system consists of a Sun Client-Server Computing Facility where users may use a variety of applications in a UNIX environment. UCS accounts must be activated before users can access UCS. Accounts are activated at the Help Desk.

161 Sun Workstations, divided into two UCS computing facilities are available for use. The main UCS Computing Facility is located in the Conference Center Solarium (CONF 152). An additional computing facility is located in Stephens Memorial Hall, Room 109. Printout distribution areas are located in both facilities.

Why use UCS?
UCS is a reliable computing environment where account users may access University Email accounts, statistical analysis applications, programming compilers, word processing applications, and the world wide web. Additionally, UCS account users have allocated storage space for files. Support for UCS applications is provided by Computing Support Services. Users requesting assistance may contact the Help Desk (Stephens Hall, Room 201; helpdesk@louisiana.edu; 482-5516) for support.

Applications Available on UCS

Popular applications available on UCS include: Mozilla, SAS, SPSS, various programming compilers, and other applications.

Telnet to a UCS Workstation
Telnet enables a user to log into a specific UCS workstation. When you telnet to a UCS workstation, you may modify your email options (such as forwarding mail, creating email aliases, and changing your UCS password).

For instruction on establishing a telnet session, select the appropriate operating system named below. Workstation host names range from d1.ucs.louisiana.edu through d38.ucs.louisiana.edu OR s7.ucs.louisiana.edu through s70.ucs.louisiana.edu OR c1.ucs.louisiana.edu through c10.ucs.louisiana.edu.

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