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Not good with any othef offer. 693-2335 1504 Holleman South Campus 260-9020 4407 Texas Ave. North Campus 1 N S S s N N S s BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL? 822-7373 Townshire Center Bryan Page 6/The Battalion/Monday, May 4, 1987 Official: Computer system operates more effectively New program assists faculty and students By Chris Caywood-Brennan Reporter Students, faculty and staff can now call up campus computers from their homes more efficiently than before and at a fraction of the cost, the assistant director of technical services of the Computer Services Center says. “The Data Over Voice system is a joint effort between GTE phone company, University Telecommuni cations and the campus computing centers,” George H. “Butch” Kemper says. A- 1 ... •' r s >*‘ -T7 -z=n The system requires an already- established phone line, a home com puter and the DOV Terminal Inter face Unit — a small box that trans mits data signals over a telephone line, Kemper says. The computer terminal data is combined with voice telephone data to allow simultaneous transmission of both without interference. Equipment has been set up in the phone company office which makes a connection from the residence to the campus computer network, Kemper says. The transactions would be much quicker and the telephone could be used for normal calls, even while the user is communicating with a cam pus computer. However, since this alternative is distance-sensitive (the further from the phone company, the more expensive it is), the big dis advantage to the process is the cost, Kemper says. connects to any computer Academic Computer Cenir mote Computer Centei or] Computer Center. “DOV is basically a comli of the best features of computer systems,” Kemper The advantage of DOV is Kemper says. It is much quid the old dial-up method, and; phone can be operative e the system is in use. Als much less than the direct | nication line. . If a person wishes to rerrl service, he must fill out form. If the service is avail area (most College Statior accessible, but it clependsontM phone number prefix), to will Ik* granted and servicek shortly after that. Traditionally, in order to get such a connection, a modem — a small device which connects a computer to a telephone — was necessary. There are two disadvantages to the dial-up system, Kemper says. The process is slow and when it is connected to the computer, the tele phone cannot receive calls. The alternative to this process is a direct communication line from the user’s phone to the campus network. A more efficient and less costly system was needed. “We looked for ati alternative to the telephone (because of its slower speed and because it ties up the lines), as opposed to the high cost of a direct line,” Kemper says. “We wanted the best of both and that’s when we came up with the DOV project.” The interface unit, a modem-like device, is plugged into the telephone line at the user’s residence, Kemper says. The telephone and computer are then plugged into the same box. The line goes to GTE’s office where there is another box. Another line leaves GTE and goes to the Port Se lector Network on campus which At that point, the studem gain access to a DOV box.Oi be purchased for about $250. “I would strongly sugw people make sure they can; service before going out and: a 1m>x," he says. When the service begii' w ill be an $8 installation char a monthly charge of $15,li says. The user will he billed monthly GTE phone bill Kemper says there is us wait of no more than tw from the time the requesi: mitted and the service is insiai The service, financed bv l sity Communications and lislied in January, is only the service of its kind offered versity in the United States s| says. Houston faces critical of dispatchers; police shortage worried HOUSTON (AP) — The city is faced with a critical shortage of po lice dispatchers, and police depart ment officials are seeking more peo ple to handle the calls. “The officers in the streets are worried about the situation because they’re afraid for their safety,” said Mike Howard, vice president of the Houston Police Patrolmen’s Union. “The dispatchers are an officer’s lifeline, and they’ve got to be there when we need them,” Howard said. Some dispatchers say the opera tion is so short-staffed, they take two-way radios with them when they go the restroom, the Houston Post reported Sunday. One dispatcher said she recently handled a police chase via two-way radio while she rode in an elevator. “The sad thing about it is some of ficers are afraid the only way to have the problem permanently corrected is to have an officer or citizen hurt or killed because of a problem dis patching calls,” Howard said. Don Hollingsworth, the civilian who manages dispatching opera tions, agrees more dispatchers are needed, but said some problems are being exaggerated by union officials. Mayor Kathy Whitmire will be asked to relax the hiring freeze so six or more dispatchers can be added to the 150-member department, Hollingsworth said. A year ago, the Houston Post re ported as many as 100 calls per day were going unanswered. With a new computer system, only about 12 calls of an estimated 30,000 per week go unanswered, Hollingsworth said. One of the biggest problems stern- frofn the shortage is the inabil- uled breaks, said dispatchei Scealf, secretary of the Hou; lice Support Personnel Union ng itv of dispatchers to taTte their sched- “That really makes the| more stressful," Scealf said have to sit there and kec| stress inside. It’s tough.” Soldiers journey to Europe for 'exercise of the decadf Senio reads h< FORT HOOD (AP) — Fort Hood will be a quiet place during Septem ber when 28,000 of the post’s sol diers go to Europe for combat ma neuvers billed as the “exercise of the decade.” Soldiers will begin moving in con voys to Galveston and Beaumont later this year to load equipment on ships destined for West Germany. The exercise is called RE FORGER ’87 (Return of the Forces To Germany), says Col. Robert S. Fiero III, Corps and Fort Hood op erations officer. “This will be the 19th of the RE FORGER exercises,” he says. “It’s being billed as the exercise of the de cade because of the magnitude of deploying a corps. “There will be U.S. involvement from within Europe but not nearly to the degree as in the past. Most of the U.S. troops involved in cise will come from the States.” Fiero says that in the past, jades have gone to the e git w From the UniTed States andc system' of the participating U.S. ttd veai m< ready have been stationed! wiirhm many Fiero says that roughly^ of the U.S. soldiers involved exercises will be Army Resen marily combat support and service support units. “This is a great exercisetoi strate the readiness of our: component,” he adds. 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