ACES Academic Computing Facility
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ACES Academic Computing Facility
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Provide College of Agriculture students with access to the most up-to-date hardware and software possible in a supportive lab setting. |
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Provide faculty with a setting where they can teach a course, demonstrate software for individual classes or place problem sets for students to complete. |
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Provide space for Special Interest Training for others within the College. |
- 1982
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The College of Agriculture Microcomputer Facility was established in 199 Bevier Hall, initially composed of ten Apple IIs and five IBM PCs.
- 1983
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Focus moves to more IBM PCs as 15 additional PCs are added, and Apple IIs are cut to five.
- 1985
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IBM EXCEL grant fills backroom of 199 Bevier with 2 IBM PC-ATs and 16 PCs, all on a broadband network. The original purpose of this setup was behavioral research in a live auction simulation. After the research was completed, the machines reverted to a more general academic support role.
- 1986
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Ag Econ 199-E Becomes Ag Econ 161.
- 1988
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Moved to the old Ornamental Horticulture Building. Remodeled to accommodate two IBM computer labs, rm 101 & 103. 5 Macintosh SEs are added in room 101 for use in Ag Econ 100.
- 1989
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Checkin system started. Room 103's network is connected to the growing campus network backbone and the internet. A Student Computer Fee grant provided some funding for replacement PS/2 computers in Room 103, which was dubbed the "High Tech IBM Lab". OS/2-based LAN servers added.
- 1990
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Another IBM grant, combined with College support, allowed the purchase of additional IBM PS/2 computers, this time completely upgrading the room with PS/2s.
- 1991
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Additional remodeling provided space for the Mac Lab. The College funds purchase of IBM PS/2 computers to replace aging PCs in room 101. Room 101 is networked, connecting it and MacLab to internet.
- 1992
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Birth of the gopher system - a gopher server is started on a 486DX-33. OS/2 installed on computers in room 103, provides DOS, Windows, and OS/2 application and networking support.
- 1993
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Web Server functionality is added to the gopher server in April of 1993.
- 1994
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Computer upgrade to provide state-of-the-art computers capable of supporting multimedia applications in all three labs. OS/2 in use on all PCs. Room 101 gets new furniture. Computers previously housed in the IBM and Mac labs were used to open a fourth, Auxiliary lab for general student use.
- 1995
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Ag Econ 161 becomes ACE 161 in College reorganization.
- 1996
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Facility receives CFAC funding for software updates.
- 1997
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Upgrade all computers in room 103 to Pentium Pro computers. Windows NT is added as an additional operating environment on the new computers. Building network enhanced with switched ethernet to mitigate exploding bandwidth demands.
- 1998
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Room 101 is also upgraded with new Pentium Pro computers. Facility receives CFAC funding for software updates. Older machines in room 204 (Overflow lab) are (being) updated to add NT 4.0 capability. Room 103 gets new furniture and two scanners. New Overhead projector in 101. New Air Conditioners in buiding. Zip Drives added to rooms 101 and 103.
- the future...
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New building - Agriculture Alumni and Information Center
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ACES Academic Computing Facility
Information Technology and Communication Services
College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign