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                    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
                            Computation Center

                            News bulletin #162
                               16-Nov-2000


Today's topics:
- Compaq announcement about explosion hazard of batteries in some portables.
- Courses by Omikron Delta (Matlab).


o Compaq announcement:  Compaq has found that in some models of  laptops
  Armada  V300 and Armada E500 there is a problem with the battery which
  might explode  under  some  specific  conditions.   There  a  detailed
  description in Hebrew about it on:

  http://www.compaq.co.il/ts.exe?tsurl=0.30.709.0.0

  If you have a computer from one of the above models  we  urge  you  to
  read the above URL and act accordingly.


o Courses by Omikron  Delta:   Omikron  Delta  (1927)  Ltd,  the  MATLAB
  representative  in  Israel,  announces  new  seminars  and  courses on
  MATLAB, as follows:

  Seminars:

  - Seminar of acquaintanceship, on 27 November 2000
  - Simulink for DSP, on 14 December 2000
  - MATLAB GUI (Graphical User Interface), on 21 December 2000
  - Signal Processing with MATLAB, on 3 January 2001

  Each seminar lasts 4 hours.   Participation  to  seminar  is  free  of
  charge, but it is conditioned by a prior registration.

  Courses:

  - Image Processing with MATLAB, on 17-19 December 2000

  If you are interested to attend one of  the  seminars,  or  to  obtain
  further  information about the Image Processing course, please fill-in
  an application, and send it to Omikron by Fax 03-5612962.  In order to
  obtain the application form, please contact Marian (tel.  6584937).