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