ACQUISITION OF VAX MINICOMPUTER SYSTEM FOR BIOLOGICAL RE

加州大学洛杉矶分校的生命科学系在全国名列前茅， 主要优势在于NIH资助的分子生物学研究领域， 利用重组DNA技术的生物学。 我们也有强大的NIH资助的 神经生理学和现代生物学的其他领域的课程。 一个共同 所有这些不同的研究小组之间的联系越来越多， 现代计算机工具的需求。 当前的科学计算 加州大学洛杉矶分校的情况并不适合正在进行的研究类型 在生命科学领域。 IBM 3033大型机是由 学术计算（OAC）不能提供交互式计算的类型 这是大多数生命科学研究人员所需要的，而且几乎没有 专门为生命研究设计的软件 科学 在过去的几年中，DEC VAX小型计算机已成为 生命科学领域的主计算机和大量的软件 专门编写的运行在这台计算机上的研究需要， 现代生物学已经成为可能。 有几台VAX小型计算机 已经在校园里，但他们要么致力于特定的研究需求， 或使用受限。 由于这种交互式计算的要求， 致力于满足生命科学研究特定需求的设施， 加州大学洛杉矶分校，我们想提交一个新的VAX小型计算机的建议。

The departments of Life Sciences at UCLA rank among the best in the nation, with a major strength being in the area of NIH-funded research in molecular biology using recombinant DNA technology. We also have strong NIH-funded programs in Neurophysiology and other areas of modern biology. A common thread that runs between all these diverse research groups in an increasing need for modern computing tools. The current scientific computing situation at UCLA is not optimal for the type of research being carried on in the Life Science field. The IBM 3033 mainframe run by the Office of Academic Computing (OAC) cannot provide the type of interactive computing required by the majority of Life Science researchers, and there is little software on this system specifically designed for research in Life Science. In the last few years the DEC VAX minicomputer has become the main computer used in the Life Science field and a huge amount of software written specifically to run on this computer for the research needs of modern biology has become available. There are several VAX minicomputers already on campus, but they are either dedicated to specific research needs or limited in usage. Due to this requirement for an interactive computing facility dedicated to the specific needs of research in Life Sciences at UCLA, we would like to submit this proposal for a new VAX minicomputer.