The plans to move the NTSC into production mode have been indefinitely postponed. One service unit equals one hour of wall clock time on a single 550 MHz processor. Users must be added to the startup account . The deadline to submit a request is November 15. A PI must be a researcher, educator, or postdoctoral associate at a US institution.
More detailed information is online.
PIs can add users to the startup account using an online form. A startup account will expire on June 30, 2000. PIs who expect to need more than 25,000 service units or who will want to continue to use NCSA's NT Supercluster after the end of June must submit an AAB or NRAC proposal . There is currently no mechanism for a single user to have multiple projects on the NT Supercluster. Information will be added online when this situation changes.