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UseNet 1994
Article: 898 of cs.cs2 Newsgroups: cs.cs2 Path: dcs.ed.ac.uk!cnews From: Paul Nothard <pjn@dcs.ed.ac.uk> Subject: Tardis Project Message-ID: <CyCCF1.5ro@dcs.ed.ac.uk> Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin) Organization: <none given> Distribution: cs Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 16:57:00 GMT Lines: 69
The following is a brief introduction to the Tardis computer network, run entirely by students (and ex-students) from DCS. If any of the stuff below interests you, and you think that you would like to get involved in Tardis (or if you just want an account where you won't get jumped on for finding out UNIX computer systems in general) then please contact pjn@tardis for more information.
What is Tardis? 20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)blip2 20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)
Tardis is a sub-network of the Department of Computer Science at
Edinburgh University. It consists of machines that have been given to the students to set up and run, and to provide an area where students can learn about such things as:
computer programming in general unix programming in particular systems administration
amongst others. There is also web space available, with the
ability to run CGI scripts etc. from the web pages. Many people currently use tardis, from just having a mail drop with their own name on it to serious work involving systems programming.
What Computers does Tardis Have? 20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)~~
The current computers that are being used by the Tardis Project are
a couple of Sun 3s, a microVax, an HP9000 and a Sun 4 (not actually here yet, but should be 'real soon now.') The Suns are the main machines, and the others normally occupy certain specific areas rather than being general machines (eg/ the HP is currently running as a WWW/FTP server.) Apart from this there are various drives and interfaces, which all need attention from time-to-time.
Tardis Administration Hierarchy 20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)~
The hierarchy on tardis is as follows:
users - people who just want to use the system assistants - these are people who actually carry out system administration tasks on tardis, such as back-ups etc. These are also people who look after specific packages eg/ gcc, latex. timelords - these are the `controllers' of tardis. They look after the tardis management - things such as setting up the machines and designating what tasks they are to be used for. There are normally two active timelords in CS4 to look after the machines themselves.
Generally, those in CS2 use the system (amongst others from all
over the world,) some of CS3 become assistants (if they so desire) and a couple of people in CS4 will be timelords. In this way the system is always looked after by a suitable number of people.
Tardis Application 20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)20:56, 9 August 2009 (BST)blip2
If you've read this and are interested in any aspect of tardis
please contact pjn@tardis for more information, or get an application form from ~pjn/Tardis/composite_form.ps
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Paul Nothard .. pjn@dcs.ed.ac.uk, pjn@tardis.ed.ac.uk
Department of Computer Science Edinburgh University, Scotland.
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