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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Computation Center
News bulletin #133
18-February-1999
Today's topics:
- BMAIL bug fixed.
- Testing Personal computers for Year 2000 Readiness.
- Harman library bulletin.
o BMAIL bug fixed: There was a bug saving binary attachments in BMAIL
(the attachments were saved corrupted). This bug was located and
fixed.
o Testing Personal computers for Year 2000 Readiness (written by Diego
Kramer):
One aspect of Year 2000 readiness involves ensuring the desktop
computer continues to function properly after December 31st, 1999. A
key element of this is the PC's Hardware (the Basic Input Output
system - BIOS); the y2k (y2k = abbreviation for Year 2000) problem
concerns software as well: operating systems, software packages and
applications.
The Hebrew University tender committee elected the ArtNet Expert ltd.
company to perform Hardware and Software testing for year 2000
readiness of Personal Computers.
You can contact Artnet on phone 03-6356191, Fax 03-6356296 or
E-mail artnet@artnet.co.il.
The service can be ordered in the following ways:
1. Hardware tests - 25$ for PC
2. Software packages - 38$ for PC and Mac (for a predefined list of 12
software packages- see
http://helpdesk.md.huji.ac.il/y2k/software.shtml)
3. Hardware and Software test - 51$ for PC only (46$ for 25 PC
together at the same site)
4. applications test 38$ an hour
The payment according to the University rules.
For more details and information please visit
http://helpdesk.md.huji.ac.il/y2k/ or send an E-mail to
diego@md2.huji.ac.il
o Harman library bulletin: The Harman Science Library invites members
of the Faculty of Science to an ISI Institute for Scientific
Information demonstration covering the following ISI products:
Web of Science
Chem Server
Derwent Innovations
Journal of Citation Reports Web
Links
CC Connect
Date: February 25, 1999 Thursday
Time: 9:30-11:30 AM
Place: Bloomfield Library for Humanities and Social Sciences
on Mount Scopus campus
Media Center, Room 32
Limited number of seats available.
Please register with Yossi Harosh at tel: 82144
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