===================== SSCC News, June, 1999 ===================== Inside this issue... SSCC Telnet-Only Modem Pool To Close VMS Mail Services to End August 24, 1999 SSCC Summer Training Schedule Intensive Course in UNIX and SAS Offered this Summer Demography Seminar 6/29 on Directions in Statistical Computing ------------------------------------ SSCC Telnet-Only Modem Pool To Close ------------------------------------ At the end of 1999, along with the retirement of VMS, we will also be eliminating the Telnet-only dial-up modem service for VMS and UNIX terminal sessions. This announcement refers only to the 6 modems that are accessed via the 263-1655 phone number, NOT to the PRIMO domain modem pool (262-2144). DoIT's vast pool of modems -- now nearly 3,000 of them -- supports faster, higher-quality connections than the SSCC can any longer afford to provide. Making use of DoIT's modem pool requires only installing a module of the WiscWorld software suite on your home computer. Note: in your communications software you will have to refer to SSCC UNIX and VMS hosts by their full internet names; e.g., GUY.SSC.WISC.EDU. Information about WiscWorld is available on the web at http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/wiscworld/ WiscWorld software can be downloaded from DoIT at http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/wiscworld/download.html or you can purchase a CD for a nominal charge at the DoIT Tech Store or University Book Store or borrow a CD from the SSCC consultant. ---------------------------------------- VMS Mail Services to End August 24, 1999 ---------------------------------------- We have approximately 1250 VMS accounts. About 1000 of these accounts are "inactive" (haven't been logged into this academic year) and have been disabled. Of the approximately 250 "active" accounts, over half are NOT currently forwarding their mail to UNIX. If you are one of these 150 or so users, please note that mail will no longer be available on VMS after August 24, 1999. Sometime before then you need to transfer your mail to UNIX and either learn a UNIX mailer or (preferably) learn a PC mailer. SSCC staff would like to help you with this transition. You can set up an appointment with Consultant and we will work through this transition with you. (Just don't wait until the last minute!) If you want to make this transition on your own, we are offering several e-mail related training sessions (see offerings below). There are also two SSCC Publications: "Alternatives to VMS Email" (SSCC Pub #1-9) and "Converting VMS Mail for another Mailer" (SSCC Pub #1-3). Both handouts are available from Consultant or on-line at https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/Sscc/Vax/doc.htm. ----------------------------- SSCC Summer Training Schedule ----------------------------- All SSCC training sessions require preregistration. To preregister for a class, either send mail to SSCCLASS indicating which class(es) you plan to attend or register through SSCC's web page form (www.ssc.wisc.edu/Sscc/Training/trainreg.htm). You will be reminded about your preregistration through e-mail a day or two before the class begins. Date Time Topic Room Instructor ---- ---- ----- ---- ---------- 6/3 10-12 Managing Your Research Files on UNIX 2470 Rodriguez 6/9 12-1 Alternatives to VMS Email 4452 Flory 6/15 1:30-3 Using Netscape Messenger Mailer (PC or UNIX) 7413 Flory 6/16 1:30-3 Using the PINE Mailer on UNIX 2470 Wald 6/17 1:30-3 Using the EUDORA Mailer from your PC 3218 Wald 6/22 1:30-3 Getting Started with Excel 3218 Brauer 6/24 11-12 Transferring VMS SAS/SPSS Data to UNIX 4452 Hayes 7/7 1:30-3 Preparing Presentations with PowerPoint 3218 McDermott 7/8 1:30-3 WiscWorld (inc. FTP) for Windows from Home 4452 Wald 7/13 1-3 Intro to UNIX using VMS Conversion Tools 2470 Rodriguez 7/14 1-2 Using the UNIX Tape Drives to Move Data 4452 Flory 7/15 1-2 Transferring Your LOGIN.COM to Unix 4452 Rodriguez 7/20 10-11 Running SAS on UNIX (for VMS SAS users) 2470 McDermott 7/20 1-3 Managing Your Research Files on UNIX 2470 Rodriguez 7/21 10-11 Running SPSS on UNIX (for VMS SPSS users) 2470 McDermott 7/28 1-2 Alternatives to VMS Email 4452 Flory 8/3 1:30-3 Using Netscape Messenger Mailer (PC or UNIX) 7413 Flory 8/4 1:30-3 Using the PINE Mailer on UNIX 2470 Wald 8/5 1:30-3 Using the EUDORA Mailer from your PC 3218 Wald 8/11 10-12 Creating a Web Page for a Course 2470 McDermott Note: Any session scheduled in 2470, 7413, or 3218 (SSML) is "hands-on". Descriptions for each of the training sessions listed above may be found in SSCC's web page (https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/Sscc/Training/trains99.htm). ---------------------------------------------------- Intensive Course in UNIX and SAS Offered this Summer ---------------------------------------------------- Professor Hal Winsborough will be teaching a four-week course entitled "Computing in Sociological Research" (Soc 365) that he invites SSCC members to attend. The course is divided into two parts. The first part - the first week of the course - introduces the UNIX Operating system and EMACS editor. The second part - the remaining three weeks - is devoted to learning SAS. The class begins June 14th and meets Mondays through Thursdays from 9:00-11:30 a.m. in the Social Science Microcomputing Lab (Soc. Sci. 3218). Contact Professor Winsborough for more information (winsboro@ssc.wisc.edu). -------------------------------------------------------------- Demography Seminar 6/29 on Directions in Statistical Computing -------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Bates, Professor of Statistics at UW-Madison, will be the presenter at the Demography Seminar on June 29 at 12:20 in 4414 Social Science. Bates will be talking on new directions in statistical computing. He will primarily focus on version 4 of S, version 3 of xlisp-stat, and the R system. These will be compared with more traditional systems such as Minitab. A secondary objective is to assess the usefulness of the Linux operating system and the GNU operating system for instructional computing. He will briefly discuss current trends in hardware and systems software and how they will influence statistical computing. Then he will discuss the evolution of languages for statistical computing, including S, R, and omega, and what these will mean for data analysis presently and in the near future.