CAPITAL TIMES, August 26, 1991 Upgraded John Rudy Capital Times Staff Penn State Harrisburg's PC lab, located in Olmsted W 304, was treated to a major equipment upgrade over the summer and was officially opened at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Taking part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony were Ernest Dishner, associate provost and dean of the faculty; Eton Churchill, assistant professor of humanities and communications and chairman of the computer facilities committee; and Lakshmana "Vis" Viswanath, director of the Office of Computer and Information Systems, formerly known as the Computer Center. Over 40 students, staff and faculty members attended the opening. Intro ductory demonstrations were held in the lab every half-hour throughout the afternoon. The refitting replaced the lab's aging IBM PC ATs with 35 high-speed, high capacity computers acquired from Swan Technologies of State College, Pa. For you computer junkies, each Swan is equipped with a 386SX microprocessor, 4MB of main memory, a 50MB hard disk and a high-resolution super-VGA monitor. All are equipped with 3-1/2" high-density drives and five of the machines have 5-1/4" high-densily drives as well. RESERVE OrriCERS' TJUAJ NAN HOW TO MASTER THE TOUGHEST OBSTACLE COURSE OF ALL. COLLEGE. CPT Canay, (717) 245-1221/1222 You have something most college kids don’t experience. And Army ROTC helps you build on your Army experi ence. Develop your leadership skills. Sharpen your competitive edge. You’ll graduate with a college degree and an Army Officer’s commission. So enroll in Army ROTC when you register and college won’t be as tough as it looks. ARMY ROTC THE SMARTEST COLLEGE COURSE YOU CAN TAKE. For note Information Call: PSH NEWS PC lab features new computers "Vis" Viswanath explains operation of new Swan computers during the PC lab's grand opening The new machines are loaded with the latest software, such as DOS 5.0, Windows 3.0, Grammatik and Inter mission, as well aspreviously available! C O- R P S software like Word Perfect, dBASE and Lotus 1-2-3. Access to Penn State's Uni versity Park mainframe computer will be available in the PC lab later this week, j Obtaining a logon code name for the new lab is as easy as filling out a single form;" "We're very flexible," Viswanath said. "Anyone who asks for one will usually, get one." Viswanath was hired June 1 to fill the Office of Computer and Information System's director position. Viswanath served as director of academic com puting at the State University of New York at Cortland and holds Master's degrees in meteorology from the South Join the Yearbook Staff for students to work on the 1992 edition Needed: Editors, photographers, typists Contact the Student Activities Office The Capitalite staff is currently looking Olmsted Room 212 948-6273 Dakota School of Mines and Tech nology,"and in computer science from lowa State University. Viswanath explained that he is basically responsible for the lab's equipment installation. "I don't want to take all the credit for what happened here," Viswanath said. "The computer facilities committee said this lab needed upgrading. It was a combined effort of many people: the committee, faculty members, adminis trators and many others. My staff did an excellent job putting that lab together in See Computers, page 5 Photo by John Rudy
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