End of DXCERN Ultrix Service

  Judy Richards CN/DCI

As announced early this year the DXCERN Ultrix service will be stopped, after many years of faithful service, when CERN closes for Christmas on December 20th 1996. Alternative arrangements are being made for the small number of users who have informed us of their dependence on utilities that only run under Ultrix.

Users who have not already obtained an account on one of the alternative public Unix services, should do so as soon as possible.

• Users with no specific needs should get an account on the IBM/Aix based CERNSP service.
• Users who have collaborators working on HP systems (LEP experiments, some parts of the accelerator divisions) can get an account on HPPLUS.
• Users who have a need for specific Digital based facilities can get an account on DXPLUS, but note that this service is running Digital Unix/OSF, not Ultrix, and it is not binary compatibility with dxcern.

Watch the news and dxcern login message for more information if you need help to move your files and email elsewhere.