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

扩展 OS/2 PC McIDAS 网络以加强教育和研究

• 批准号: 9650193
• 负责人: Dean Morss
• 金额: $ 1.28万
• 依托单位: Creighton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650193&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Expansion; OS; PC; McIDAS; Network

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.

大气科学系正在对其McIDAS学生实验室进行现代化改造，通过购买三台新的pentium个人计算机来升级旧的McIDAS OS/2 pc网络。此外，正在为有限数量的旧OS/2个人电脑增装彩色激光打印机和内存，以使该部能够充分利用未来的McIDAS OS/2能力，改进数据分发系统，并提供一个处理基地，能够容纳对工发数据开发协会提供的基本软件进行预期的改进。这种新设备在许多课堂上是一个重要的工具，在这些课堂上，学生们解释和开发基于计算机的气象显示。新的基于OS/2的个人电脑为本科生和研究生提供了一个类似工作站的环境，以扩大研究机会。将这些工作站添加到实验室中，将旧的pc机解放出来，供入门课程和实验室使用，从而使高年级本科生能够集中精力使用新设备。