CIS Services

This FAQ page addresses many questions about services offered by Computing and Information Services (CIS) at the University of Pittsburgh.

Most of the source information for this FAQ page is from the on-line Index of Computer Services and Resources which is a lengthy HTML document that may take a few minutes to completely load. Once your Web browsing client has loaded this document, however, subsequent entries will not take as long to appear.

Questions, comments or suggestions regarding this FAQ page or the Index may be sent to document@vms.cis.pitt.edu.

General Questions

What kind of consulting services are available?
What about accessing on-line library catalogs?
What kind of on-line databases are available to CIS Users?
What kind of connections to PittNet are there?
What about the networks that CIS has access to (Internet, etc...)?
What kind of Internet services are available to CIS users?
What kind of timesharing services are available to CIS users?
How do I set up a CIS Network Authorization Account?

Specific Questions

What is ABI/Inform?
What is Anonymous FTP?
What is an AppleTalk Gateway?
What is Archie?
What about VMS and UNIX file archiving?
What is an Asynchronous connection?
What about backup and file restoration?
What is Books in Print Plus?
What is BRS/Search?
What about bulletin boards accessible by CIS users?
How do I access the CD-Net group of CD-ROM databases?
What is the Center for Statistics?
What about the CIS computing labs?
What is the UCIR Classroom Technology Center?
What computer classrooms are available?
What is the Academic Computing Consultant at G-25 Cathedral of Learning?
What is the CGS Computer Learning Center in downtown Pittsburgh?
What about the computer system status message?
What is the Computers in Academia lecture series?
What about courseware?
What is Current Contents?
What are some on-line databases available through CIS and the University Library System ?
What is the UPMC Department of Medical and Scientific Photograhy and Illustration?
What about Pitt's dial-up modem service?
What about Pitt's DIALOUT modem service?
What about CIS on-line computing documentation?
What about electronic bulletin boards accessible by CIS users?
What about CIS electronic mail services?
What is an Ethernet connection?
What about CIS facilities for the handicapped?
How do I convert files between computing platforms?
How do I recover a lost file from a floppy disk or a hard drive?
What about CIS file serving facilities?
What is the finger command?
How can I access different print fonts off of the Internet?
What is FTP?
What is Gopher?
What are some available graphic design services?
What is Grolier's on-line encyclopedia?
What is HYTELNET?
What is the Institute for Computational Mathematics and Applications?
What is the Internet?
What is ISISINFO?
What about the Learning Skills Center Computer Learning Lab?
What about Linotronic output?
What about CIS local area network (LAN) services?
What is MacTCP?
What about the CIS Magnetic Tape Library?
What about subscribing to electronic mailing lists?
What about the Falk Library's Microcomputer and Media Clinic?
How do I use a modem to access PittNet services?
What is Mosaic?
What about multimedia production services?
What is a CIS Network Authorization Account?
What about Novell and other Networking Software?
What is the NSFNet (National Science Foundation Network)?
What about the CIS Office Systems Services Group?
What about the UCIR on-line film/video catalog?
What about the Personal Computer Support and Sevice Center (PC Center)?
What about the UCIR Photo CD archiving technology?
What is Pittcat Plus?
What is PittInfo?
What is PittNet?
What is the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC)?
What is PREPNet?
What about CIS Print Serving?
What about problem reporting for CIS services?
What about projecting computer images?
What about CIS computing-related publications?
What about the CIS query e-mail address?
What about computer repairs and service contracts?
What about on-line request for comments (RFCs)?
What about scanning images?
What about scanning text?
What about shareware?
What about site-license software?
What about generating slides from computer images?
What is a SLIP connection?
What about the CIS Social Science Computer Resource Consulting Center (SSCRCC)?
What about CIS software?
What about buying software at the PC Center?
What is a special assembly network connection?
What about systems backup and file restoration?
What about the system status message?
What about the CIS Technology Evaluation and Consulting (TEC) Lab?
What is Telnet?
What about the CIS Terminal Gateway Service?
What about CIS training/classes?
What about the University Center for Instructional Resources?
What about University Graphics and Printing?
What is the CIS UNIX Timesharing Service?
What about CIS UNIX help facilities?
What about CIS UNIX workstation support?
What about the CIS Academic Computing User Advocate?
What about the CIS User Advocate for Students?
What is the CIS VMS Timesharing Service?
What about capturing images with a video camera?
What are some available video production services?
What kind of computer virus protection is available?
What VMS help facilities are available?
What are White Pages?
What is WAIS?
What is the Workstation Support Hot Line?
What is the World Wide Web (WWW)?
What about the WPIC Creative Services Group?

General Questions

CIS Services

General Questions

Specific Questions

General Questions

What kind of on-line databases are available to CIS Users?

What kind of connections to PittNet are there?

What kind of Internet services are available to CIS users?

What about the networks that CIS has access to (Internet, etc...)?

What kind of timesharing services are available to CIS users?