IdentifierAGN-00000648TypeAdministrationDate1974 to CurrentDescription
The University Computing Centre was created in 1974 and was located between Boundary Lane and Abercrombie Street, Chippendale It provided "substantial computing services between 8.30 am and 9.00 pm, Monday to Friday, for the University and outside bodies". The mainframe was a Control Data CYBER 72 running the KRONOS system, with BATCH and timesharing capability linking 128 remote terminals. Peripheral devices include magnetic discs with a storage capacity of approximately (10 to the 9th) characters, six magnetic tape units, and facilities for graph plotting and optical character reading. (Source: University Calendar 1978 Page 434)
Renamed University Computing Service in 1987.
In 1992 named Information Services in the Office of the Registrar and Deputy Principal in the Calendar.
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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) (1974 to Current), [AGN-00000648]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 02/11/2024, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/23281