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COMPUTER

by Dennis MacKay

For the sum of thirty thousand dollars, the University of RE]. has purchased a second-hand com- puter from the University of New Brunswick. The computer, an IBM 1620, came on the market around 1960, then cost $375,000. The IBM 1620 was succeeded by a newer model in 1965.

John Mainwaring of the Math Department is responsible for get- ting the computer operational at U.P.E.I. He hopes that it will be ready by the time classes begin. It will be located in Room 208 of the Duffy Science Center. It is hoped that there will be a full-

time director‘for the computer\

center this term. “As of yet,” says Mainwaring, “there 18 no one

with the full-time job of being res-.

ponsible for the computer.”

Any member of Holland College or U.P.E.I. who learns how to use it may use it free. People outside the educational community will have to pay a fee, but no fee has been agreed upon as of yet. As yet there are only two courses which will be'using the computer as part of their program; an engin- eering course and a business course.

Mainwaring said he would like to see a non-credit course given so that interested students and faculty might learn how to use it. According to Mainwaring it is not that difficult to learn how to do simple operations with the computer and manuals on how to use the computer will be on sale at the University Book Store and the Computer Center.

The computer will be used by the University mainly for teaching i.e. how to program and use the computer and academic research. It is ‘not expected to have any administrative use.

What the computer will do appar-

ently depends a great deal upon the operator who is using it. '

Evaluating math expressions, sort- ing information into categories and processing surveys are a few ex- amples of what it can do.

The card reader unit in the com- puter is capable of reading punched cards and while a good key-punch operator could do one or two cards per minute, the computer can do 500 per minute.

Mainwaring also compared the speed of a reasonably good typist to the speed of the computer. He said that a typist could do two or three printed lines per minute and the computer can do two or three hundred lines. (of course the newest computer models can do over 1,000 per minute)

Mainwaring stated that the pur-‘ chase of this somewhat dated com-

.puter was an interim solution; and

that it was hoped U.P.E.l., Holland College and the pr0vincial govern- ment would study the possibility of purchasing a newer model.

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BEAR FACT

by Bearcub M.

CHARLOTTETOWN (CPS) —

We have it from reliable sources that the ever present and growing Bear Party will once again submit a budget to thes Student Union Council. The money, if granted, will be used for the purpose of bringing bears back to the Island.

A Bear Party survey reported that out of a total of 30 thousand tourists interviewed this summer

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The University's IBM-1620 Computer

3 NUDE BUSDRIVERS MEAT

— a personal memoir by Guido U. Basso.

Subways always made John have a bird. “Hmmm,” said John (or at least that is as close as we can come to what he said) “let’s see now,, that’s three birds to the ounce, four threes are twelve and so are two sixes.”

Satisfied by this information John proceeded to declassify the Seven Roads to Wisdom, translated the “Wrestler’s Monologue” into Sans Crit, ate himself into a stupor and moments later he awoke on a sub- way track.

Seeing a light ahead he pressed on. “Hmmm,” said John, “a light.” John wasn’t exactly one of our greatest minds when it came to snap- py dialogue. Arm in arm they walk— ed fearfully out of the tunnel..they were in love and looking for a man of godot to marry them. Seeing no

99% said they would not return one they called for help. “Oh suck-

to the Island because of the absense 'of bears. The survey also showed that people are in general very disappointed that bringing buffalo to the Island was made a pri- ority over that of the Bears.

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er, oh sucker,” they observed gal- licly. When he had arrived they were married. The child was named Mordar, after their saviour (over his

strenous objections that the fairy— child be dubbed Mordar II - — or, if you prefer, Mordar also).

Cynthia had the little nipper und- er a wee (or, in Quebec, oui) fai- ry toadstool, oblivious to the tra- umas it might cause that would be— come apparent when the child en- tered man’s estate.

Mary ran off with a bank manag- er trainee, John got a divorce and took ballet lessons, and the flaming groovies made porno flicks. More than that is not yet known.

“Hmmm,” said John.

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