For some time now CN division has been building up new user services based either on Unix or PC systems. The PC environment does not itself support large scale data analysis for experiments but does offer all the usual office and electronic mail tools and a reasonable X-terminal emulator that permits login to the Unix services. Both use the same user home directory in the CERN-wide AFS file system. Users are free to choose either as attempts are made to minimise any differences at the user level but of course compiled programs are not compatible between the machines. Administrators should first select the CUTE group of services then will get a submenu of all the public and experiment based servers.
Users can already register on the new services.
A mail server which will act as a CERN-wide, system independent mail handler is being introduced. Users will automatically be registered on this server when they receive their first AFS account registration from January on. Groups should plan to migrate their TMS administration work to Unix as soon as possible. In addition many corridor IBM3812 printers are being replaced with new Unix based printers. Note that user Unix training courses are already being given by CN division and these will continue during this year.