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Jim Davis - So Long - Mountain Computer Support (1Mar93)
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 33, 1 March 1993)

Jim Davis, who has provided support for the mountain computers and
network these past two years, left Mountain Operations at the end of
January to take a position in the University of Arizona's Department of
Computer Sciences. Davis brought a professional approach to the
mountain computers and network, and he was instrumental in installing
and configuring the Sun workstations now commonly used for data
acquisition and reduction.

Because of the current budget situation, it will not be possible to
hire a replacement. The first line of hardware and system support will
now fall to Mountain Electronics. Steve Grandi's group downtown will be
responsible for system changes and will be on call for major problems.
The IRAF group will continue to support that application.

What to do if you have a problem? First call an Observing Technician.
Maybe it is just a peculiarity in our system that you need to become
familiar with. If it is unsolved at that level, they will direct your
problem to an appropriate technical group. If it is something that does
not need an immediate fix, please post it to `service' or send e-mail
to iraf@noao.

And don't forget that we have data reduction support on Kitt Peak two
nights a week in the person of Lisa Wells. She is on the mountain,
usually Friday and Saturday nights, to help you. Do not hesitate to
call her on the radio or look for her in her office in the
Administration Building (telephone 306). Her schedule is posted on her
office door. Wells is an observational astronomer and is becoming
familiar with Kitt Peak instruments after coming here from many years
at CTIO. If she does not have an immediate answer, she can usually come
up with tests which can clarify the root cause and suggest a solution.

Bruce Bohannan

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