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Happy Chinese New Year ! |
Progress of the Major Upgrade of HKU Campus Network
Yam Pak Building Connected to the Campus Network
HKUNAP (Network Access Package) for Windows 95
Oracle Financials is now Online
Expired Computer Accounts will No Longer Receive
Mail
Internet
Service News
Web-based Courseware Tools - WebCT
Counting the Access Frequency of your Web Page
About Newsgroups
SP2 Supercomputer
News
Parallel Debugger Xpdbx Available on HKUSP2
UNIX News
Quota for Electronic Mail on HKUSUA/HKUSUB Systems
HKUSUA and HKUSUB Laser Printing Facilities Enhanced
Submitting MATLAB jobs in NQS (Network Queuing System)
RSM 2000 Open Storage Array for Unix Servers
PC News
Eudora 3.0 for Windows 95 Available in HKUWIN
Graphics Software Upgraded for Macintosh
More Central LAN File-Servers Employing RAID Technology
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Computer Centre Opening Hours
Normal Schedule : September 15, 1997 to June 14, 1998
Monday (8:00 a.m.) - Saturday (9:00 p.m.)
Sunday (12:00 noon-7:00 p.m.)
Microcomputer / Workstation Rooms
Run Run Shaw Building (Room 101, 103, 104) :
Run Run Shaw Building (Room 210),
Knowles Building (Room 218) and
K.K. Leung Building (Room LG-108) :
Run Run Shaw Building (Room 201) and
Old Library Building (Room 135, 136)
Old Library Building (Room 134)
Holidays Schedule from January to April 1998
(All microcomputer/workstation rooms are
closed on holidays)
| Holidays | From | To |
| Lunar New Year Holidays | January 27, 1998 (Tuesday) 1:00 pm |
January 31, 1998 (Saturday) 8:00 am |
| Foundation Day (University Holiday) | March 15, 1998 (Sunday) 7:00 p.m. |
March 17, 1998 (Tuesday) 8:00 a.m. |
| Ching Ming Festival | April 5, 1998 (Sunday) 7:00 p.m. |
April 7, 1998 (Tuesday) 8:00 a.m. |
| *Easter Holidays | April 10, 1998 (Friday) 8:00 a.m. |
April 14, 1998 (Tuesday) 8:00 a.m. |
* During the Easter Holidays, the Computer
Centre (Room 101, Room 103 and Room 104 of Run Run Shaw Building) will
be open from 12:00 noon to 6:30 p.m.
(All central computers in the Computer Centre will be running unattended during the holidays.)