Introduction to this history.
A Case Study of the 1981-86
Microcomputerization of GSM
Clay Sprowl's 1950-1980
history
| 1980 | Jason Frand appointed director GSM Computing Services |
| The Computing environment: key punch to terminals | |
| 1982 | First Hewlett-Packard Minicomputer Grant: HP3000/44 |
| 1983 | First microcomputer lab: HP125s |
| 1984 | 55 HP150 microcomputers installed; HP3000 upgraded; Lotus and dBase introduced; faculty offices wired to HP3000 |
| 1985 | Laptops provided to EMBA students: HP110s |
| $2 million Management of Information Systems (MoIS) grants from IBM; IBM XT lab created (with Token Ring network); | |
| 1986 | Ashton-Tate Framework II adopted as software standard for instructional program |
| 100% GSM building wired with RS232 twisted pair to AT&T data switch installed linking faculty offices to both the IBM 3090 and HP3000 | |
| 1987 | 100% faculty have desktop computers |
| 1988 | GSM becomes UNIX environment with replacement of HP3000 by HP9000/850 |
| Apple Macintosh II lab created (with Ethernet network) | |
| 100% staff have desktop computer | |
| MS Excel adopted | |
| 1989 | AGSMail critical mass of users achieved |
| 1992 | Apple PowerBooks required of all EMBA and FEMBA students |
| 1995 | Moved to new fully-networked complex: ATM backbone |
| First Anderson Web site posted | |
| 1996 | Laptop computers required of all full-time MBAs |
| 1998 | Formal integration of Computing Services with Management Library creating new organization: Anderson Computing and Information Services. |
| 1999 | 100 Gigabyte of online storage provided on network |
| 2001 | Upgraded network to gigabit backbone |
| Disconnected modem pool; ISP access only | |
| 2002 | 1 Terabyte online storage capability |