The 'New User' Facility Staff and students can now automatically create their own username on the UNIX mainframe machine Sable. At the standard 'Which Service' prompt type 'Newuser' and follow the instructions accordingly. The Centre is open to all staff and postgraduates involved in humanities teaching or research. All machines have internet access. Laser printing is available at a cost of 10p per sheet.
All machines support standard applications as well as more humanities-specific software.
Blank' CD's will be available from the Centre for use. At the moment the system is being tested by a limited number of projects but interested parties should contact staff members at the Centre for details of public use. The Centre has acquired a Macintosh Quadra 840AV which will be made available for multimedia development. PAT PAT stands for the Program for the Analysis of Texts and has been purchased by the centre for browsing and analysing SGML files. Texts and Corpora will be made available over the University network.