Computing Support Resources
for Northwestern University
List of Departmental Technical Support Personnel.
NU Info Sites of Interest
- Academic Technologies
- NU Organization: Academic Technologies (AT) is a part of Information Systems and Technology (IST). AT is in charge of computing resources for classrooms and research.
- Galter Health Sciences Library
- Library in the MEdical School on the Chicago Campus.
- Guidelines for Computer & Networking Purchases
- Guide: The Official guidelines for computer purchases at NU. Put out by Information Systems and Technology (IST).
- ISDN Support (TSS)
- Microcomputer Product Center (MPC)
- Organization. MPC is the on campus computer product vendor for Northwestern, with stores in Abbott Hall (Chicago) and Norris Center (Evanston).
- Modem Pools
- Information: This is the list of current modem pools run by TSS for student, faculty and staff use at NU. See also the entry for 'modem' in PH.
- NetID: Check the Status of your NetID
- NetID: Management services
- Lets you activate your NetID, change your password, and apply for new NetID services (Tech workstations, email, mandarin, etc.)
- NetID: What is it good for?
- Services available with your NetID (modem bank logins, mandarin student registration, Tech Workstation accounts, and NUmed (medline at Galter Health Science Library))
- Northwestern University Information System and Technology
- Organization: The Home Page for IST. IST purchases, maintains, or outsources omputing, network and communication services at NU.
- NU Departmental/Faculty Computing Resources
- NU FTP instructions & links
- information: This is a collection of the FTP sites around NU for downloading supported programs, programs with site licenses, and freeware and shareware for a number of computer platforms.
- NU Info: Searching the Internet
- NUmed Ovid Web interface
- This is a temporary site. The Galter Health Sciences Library is evaluating the Ovid Web interface. Please check it out.
- Northwestern University Medical School
- Organization: The Medical School is located in downtown Chicago, in the heart of the Miracle Mile shopping district.
- Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Pubweb Accounts: HOW TO GET (web server)
- Information: This page has a very thorough description of how to obtain a pubweb web account so you can publish your own web documents! This is a "semi-official" web publication site. For official documents please see NUInfo.
- PubWeb: Frequently Asked Questions
- Information: This page has very useful and easy to understand (IMHO) information on how to set up your own web site on PubWeb.
- Smart Classrooms at the Evanston Campus
- Information: This page has the location and capabilities of the smart classrooms and the video classroom connection between Evanston and Chicago (and to the members of the North Suburban Higher Education Consortium).
- UNITS Representative Database
- Run by Distributed Support and Services (DSS). Find out who can help you with your computer problems!
- Windows 95 Info and Support
- The new Windows 95 information and support pages. Run by Technical Support Services (TSS).
- Windows NT Info and Support
- The new Windows NT information and support pages. Run by Technical Support Services (TSS).
Computing & Computers
Archives
- INFO-MAC HyperArchive ROOT
- Jumbo Archive Site
- Commercial Archive Site. Contains thousands of freeware and shareware programs, utilities, enhancements, etc.
- Jumbo Archive Site-Macintosh
- Commercial Archive Site. Contains thousands of freeware and shareware programs, utilities, enhancements, etc.
- Microsoft FTP site
Computer Connectivity/Service Providers
- Asynchronous Transfer (ATM)
- Information: A white paper written by Peter Owings at NU on the use and advantages of ATM.
- BeeHive
- Chicago-Area Internet Service Providers
- Information: A maintained list of internet providers in the Chicago area.
- How to Register a Domain Name at the InterNIC
- Organization: InterNIC has purchased the right to register all internet Domain names.
- InterAccess
- InterNIC Domain Registration Template
- Organization: InterNIC has purchased the right to register all internet Domain names.
- Miramar Systems
- Tribe Communications
Computer News and Info
- Newsletters, sites with new information
- BYTE Magazine
- Computer Benchmarks: HINT Data Page
- Computer Performance Benchmarks by AMES labs at Iowa State University
- The Cross-Platform Page: Encoding and Compression Formats
- Dataquest-surveys of the computer industry
- DejaNews Research Serv
- MacUser Web Site
- MacWEEK
- Ziff Davis Web Site
Computer troubleshooting info
- DNS Tools
- Win95 Networking FAQ
- Windows NT Specialists Guide
Macintosh
- System 7.5.3 Tips
- Useful tips and 'gotchas' on the latest Mac OS
- Keith's Mac Mgr Archives
- Mac Managers archive search
- NU-Lentz-Mac Advocate
- The Complete Conflict Compendiu
- The ULTIMATE Macintosh
Run by Apple
- Apple Related software
- Developer world
- Find it
- Technical Information Library
Computer Programming
Macintosh
- Bill's MacOS Scripting Page
- Apple Tech Info Library
- Direct Screen Access
- A posting on how to write directly to VRAM on a Macintosh. Pitfalls and Demos.
- Metrowerks
- Metrowerks C, C++, and Pascal compilers for Macintosh and Windows computers. Home Page for the most innovative and aggressive C/C++ compiler manufacturer on the planet!
- OpenDoc - Home Page
- Pacific HiTech
- Macintosh Product Vendor: A collection of shareware and freeware programs found primarily on info-mac bundled into quarterly CD-ROM releases.
- ScriptWeb
- Archive Site : Contains sample scripts, script utilities, and information on scripting the Macintosh.
- The Macintosh Advantage
- The WASTE Page
Computer Product Vendors
- Apple Developer Catalog Home Page
- URL Manager
- Great Shareware program for tracking URLs and URL annotations. $25.
- CE WebArranger Pages
- Home Page for WebArranger
- APS Hard drives and computers
- ARDI-Mac on PC emulator
- Build Your Own Gateway
- CE Software Home Page
- CE WebArranger 2.0 Demo
- Downloads Web Arranger Demo directly
- Cyberian Outpost
- Dayna Home Page
- Fortner Research LLC
- Commercial Vendor: Language Systems Fortran and Spyglass VDA (Slicer, Transform, and Plot) visualization packages for the Mac, Windows (95 and NT), Sun, SGI and HP workstations.
- Gateway 2000
- Home Page for Gateway 2000, the mail-order only computer vendor
- Maxum Development
- Now Up-to-Date
- Now Software Site Map
- Now Software has Now-Up-To-Date, a calendar/scheduling program, Now Contact, a contact/address book database, and other productivity, utility software for the Macintosh and Windows platforms.
- ON Technology Products
- Power Computing Corporation Home Page
- Sunset Direct Mac and PC
- Used Computer OnLine Exchange
- Commercial: Worlds first WWW Virtual Auction House for buying and selling used computers and computer pheripherals.
- Vendor 800 #s for Macintosh
HTML & CGI Programming
- clip2gif Home Page
- cgihtml Documentation
- Review of text search engines for web sites
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- Grant's CGI Framework
- Harvest Information Discovery and Access System
- Harvest search engine and sitebot
- HTGREP FAQ List
- John Norstad's CGI Mail Tools
- Web Developer's Virtual Library: CGI
- WebSTAR Product Information Page
- WWW FAQ: JPEG vs GIF images
- Discusses the pros and cons of jpeg and gif formats and the types of images best suited to each format
- WWWWAIS Documentation
- WAIS search engine/cgi script documentation
Quicktime VR sites
- Odyssey
- Welcome to GildaMarx Inc
- QuickTime VR
last modified 11/04/96, WAKibbe@nwu.edu