On many student servers, a folder containing many Teachtext files may be accessed by any student with a password, which are generally freely available for the asking. Administration Cracks Down on Computer Servers by Derek Rose Vassar Spectator, Graduation 1992, pages 8-11. In what may be a striking example of this, Matthew Patterson '92 may be facing eviction from college housing without a hearing. Mr. Patterson runs a computer file server, utilizing the power of the Appletalk network which runs into nearly every room on campus.
File servers are a popular medium for exchanging data across the campus.
Every Macintosh computer is sold with networking software that allows it to connect to a server, and the latest version of the Macintosh operating system has built-in server software. If a computer is running a server, all or part of its hard disk may be accessible from another networked computer. ACC file servers allow users access to many different computer programs from their rooms. The Miscellany News's file server allows students to make submissions from their rooms, and most minutes of VSA Council meetings from the past two years are available on the VSA file server. Popular among many students, these bulletin-board type files allow for discussion of various topics, which have in the past included abortion, racism, sexism, jazz, sexually explicit topics, gossip, Clarence Thomas, civil disobedience, drugs, films, the environment, journalism, baseball, Star Trek, AIDS, television, books and bands.