National Center for Supercomputing Applications _A_d_d_r_e_s_s: National Center for Supercomputing Applications 152 Computing Applications Building 605 E. Springfield Ave. Champaign, Il. 61820 _E-_m_a_i_l: consult@ncsaa.ncsa.uiuc.edu _P_h_o_n_e: (217) 244-0072 _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is located at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illi- nois. Funding is provided by the National Science Founda- tion, the University of Illinois, the State of Illinois and Industrial Partners of the center. Grants and equipment loans from major computer vendors enhance the resources of NCSA and foster new research and development programs. The Interdisciplinary Center (IRC) is a ``think tank'' for researchers using NCSA equipment. NCSA offers these resources: o+ CRAY X-MP/48 with a 128 Mword SSD running the UNICOS operating system. The clock speed is 8.5 nsec. o+ CRAY-2S/4-128 running the UNICOS operating system. The clock speed is 4.1 nsec and the static memory speed is 45 nsec parallel processing is available on both CRAY sys- tems. o+ Common File System (CFS) from Los Alamos running on an Amdahl 5860 _________________________ The information in this section is provided in accor- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front of this guide. June 28, 1989 NNSC Section 1.5, Page 1 o+ DEC VAX 11/785 cluster running VMS as front-ends for file transfer, tape handling and electronic mail and notesfile conferencing o+ Workstations for visitors including IBM PC/ATs, Apple Macintosh, Sun systems, DEC VAXstations, and Silicon Graphics IRIS systems NCSA offers these services: o+ systems consultants, applications specialists, and research scientists in various disciplines to assist researchers o+ visitors program to allow researchers to come and work in an intensive manner and interact with NCSA staff o+ training via monthly training sessions, summer institutes, outreach visits and various workshops and conferences o+ strategic users program for researchers interested in partnership with NCSA to help the general research community o+ publications including two center newsletters, a technical resources catalog, and reference materi- als on all of NCSA's systems o+ documentation and reference materials on all of NCSA's systems o+ workstation software developed at NCSA including telnet software and graphics tools o+ scientific visualization program to carry out research and work with academic and industrial researchers to visualize data o+ output in the form of photographic prints and slides, and videotapes o+ Affiliates program to train support personnel at academic institutions, scientific institutes and government agencies - there are over 80 affiliate institutions. June 28, 1989 NNSC Section 1.5, Page 2 _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s NCSA facilities are accessible via: o+ Internet networks (NSFnet and ARPAnet) for file transfer, electronic mail and interactive access o+ direct dial up to 9600 BAUD o+ BITNET for file transfer and electronic mail _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _C_e_n_t_e_r Any academic researcher may apply for time to use the center. All requests are peer reviewed monthly for alloca- tions under 100 hours and quarterly for allocations of 100 or more hours. Industrial partnership programs are also available. _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n Further information can be obtained through the following contacts at NCSA or at the address above: Main Receptionist (217) 244-0072 Applying for time (217) 244-0635 Consulting Office (217) 244-1144 Academic Affiliates (217) 244-2341 Industrial Affiliates (217) 244-0474 June 28, 1989 NNSC Section 1.5, Page 3