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===== The Rise of Word Processing ===== | ===== The Rise of Word Processing ===== | ||
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During the 1980s, a major change took place in the way computers were used. Earlier, they had been seen as special-purpose machines for solving scientific or financial problems, but they were beginning to replace typewriters as a way to prepare documents. Students could type their papers into the VAX mini computer, run them through a formatter, and print them out on Diabolo impact printers. These printers used electric typewriter mechanisms to print, which meant that they were slow and noisy. | During the 1980s, a major change took place in the way computers were used. Earlier, they had been seen as special-purpose machines for solving scientific or financial problems, but they were beginning to replace typewriters as a way to prepare documents. Students could type their papers into the VAX mini computer, run them through a formatter, and print them out on Diabolo impact printers. These printers used electric typewriter mechanisms to print, which meant that they were slow and noisy. | ||
- | The use of computers to type papers caused strife because the number of terminals was limited and ' | + | The use of computers to type papers caused strife because the number of terminals was limited and ' |
Plans to add DEC Rainbow PCs were also made, which students would be able to use for word processing, designing graphics, and database management applications. | Plans to add DEC Rainbow PCs were also made, which students would be able to use for word processing, designing graphics, and database management applications. | ||
- | These new devices increased the hours that the Center was open, but also increased the cost of printing for students. Student opinions of the Center were mixed, with many arguing that it was inefficient. In the September 30, 1986 edition of //[[tripod|The Trinity Tripod]]//, Peter Sobering, the manager of Academic Computer Operations at Trinity, responded to these critics, arguing that improvements had in fact been made and that the students' | + | These new devices increased the hours that the Center was open, but also increased the cost of printing for students. Student opinions of the Center were mixed, with many arguing that it was inefficient. In the September 30, 1986 edition of the // |
===== The Internet ===== | ===== The Internet ===== | ||
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Trinity College installed an Internet connection in the late 1980s. At the time, the Internet was a network of a few thousand educational organizations and defense contractors. Students could send and receive e-mail by logging into the DEC VAX minicomputer. Other uses for the Internet included logging in to computers at other institutions over Telnet and transferring files using the File Transfer Protocol. The initial connection speed was 9,600 bits per second (BPS), but it was soon upgraded to 56,000 BPS and then to 1.5 megabits per second, which was more than sufficient at that time. | Trinity College installed an Internet connection in the late 1980s. At the time, the Internet was a network of a few thousand educational organizations and defense contractors. Students could send and receive e-mail by logging into the DEC VAX minicomputer. Other uses for the Internet included logging in to computers at other institutions over Telnet and transferring files using the File Transfer Protocol. The initial connection speed was 9,600 bits per second (BPS), but it was soon upgraded to 56,000 BPS and then to 1.5 megabits per second, which was more than sufficient at that time. | ||
- | Use of the Internet at Trinity expanded slowly. As more computers were installed in Hallden | + | Use of the Internet at Trinity expanded slowly. As more computers were installed in Hallden, each one was connected |
===== Accelerated Computerization ===== | ===== Accelerated Computerization ===== | ||
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The Computer Center also responded to the rapid computerization of office work that was taking place in the late 1980's and early 1990' | The Computer Center also responded to the rapid computerization of office work that was taking place in the late 1980's and early 1990' | ||
- | In December of 1990, the Computing Center moved to the newly-constructed Mathematics, | + | In December of 1990, the Computing Center |
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- | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? | + | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29971530|Hallden Replies to Computer Critics, Trinity Tripod]], 09/30/1986, p. 3. |
- | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? | + | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29938149|Innovations at Hallden, Trinity Tripod]], 09/18/1984, p. 1. |
- | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? | + | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31635772|Pew Funds Computer Center Renovation, The Trinity Reporter]], Fall 1982, p. 10. |
- | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? | + | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29918949|New Computers Plan Careers, Save Time and Money, The Trinity Tripod]], 12/09/1980, p. 1. |
- | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? | + | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31571854|Student Researchers Quietly Seek New Horizons, Trinity Reporter]], 05/10/1971, p. 5. |
- | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? | + | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34547613|History of Trinity College]] (1967), Glenn Weaver, p. 238. |
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