Expansion of OS/2 PC McIDAS Network for Enhanced Education and Research

大气科学系正在对其McIDAS学生实验室进行现代化改造，购置三台新的基于奔腾的个人计算机，以升级旧的基于McIDAS OS/2个人计算机的网络。还在安装彩色激光打印机和对数量有限的旧OS/2个人计算机进行存储器升级等其他支助设备，以使该部能够充分利用未来的McIDAS OS/2能力，改进数据分配系统，并提供一个处理基地，以便对裁研所提供的基本软件进行预期的改进。这种新设备是许多课堂上的重要工具，学生们在课堂上解释和开发基于计算机的气象显示。基于OS/2的新PC为本科生和研究生提供了一个类似于工作站的环境，为他们提供了更多的研究机会。将这些工作站添加到实验室中，可以释放较旧的PC供入门课程和实验室使用，从而使高年级本科生可以集中精力学习新设备。

The Atmospheric Sciences Department is modernizing its McIDAS student laboratory through acquisition of three new Pentium-based personal computers to upgrade the old McIDAS OS/2 PC-based network. Additional support equipment, in the form of a color laser printer and memory upgrades for a limited number of the old OS/2 PCs, is also being implemented to enable the department to fully exploit the future McIDAS OS/2 capabilities, to improve the data distribution system and for providing a processing base capable of hosting the intended improvements to the basic software as supplied by UNIDATA. This new equipment is a vital tool in many of the classes wherein the students interpret and develop computer-based meteorological displays. The new OS/2-based PCs provide a workstation-like environment for expanded research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. The addition of these workstations to the laboratory frees older PCs for use by the introductory classes and laboratories, thus allowing the upper-class undergraduate students to concentrate their efforts on the new equipment.