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Say Goodbye to an Old Friend

When we find ourselves in a financial crunch like the one the University is currently facing, we have to use the dollars we have as efficiently as possible. Sometimes this means finding new cost-effective alternatives for existing services. That's what the Computer Center has had to do with the old CalComp plotter.

The CalComp has faithfully provided plotting from such VAX applications as TechPlot, Matlab, and ACSL for over ten years. But, as with many of us, old age becomes expensive. While maintenance costs have steadily increased on the CalComp, actual usage by students, faculty, and staff has dwindled to almost nothing. Most users have already found other printing and plotting solutions they like better. Because of this decreasing use, the expensive maintenance contract on the CalComp has expired. Those still using the CalComp may find that the laser printers meet most of their needs for smaller black and white plots.

As soon as the CalComp's age catches up with it for the last time, it will be retired to that big Operations Room in the sky. The Computer Center staff is already working on an alternative to plotting with the CalComp that will better fit the users' current needs. As soon as this is available it will be announced. If you need help making the transition for plotting and printing, please call Jeff Gold at extension 3979.

This page maintained by: Lauren Neal
For additional information, contact Lauren Neal, LNeal@tntech.edu
Last updated: December 11, 1998