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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.
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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
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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. "We
heaviet reliance on tHe Reset
ponents since we have
‘One Army’ concept of then easy qu
and reliability of our Reset 1 Mia
ponent partners.” 3 t,) l () gy,
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