Down the Corridor of Years
- 1988 ‑‑ Project Eagle begun, the NTSU and GTE voice response project, which allowed NTSU to be one of the first Texas universities to implement teleregistration.
- North Texas State University became the University of North Texas.
- Eight 2400/1200/300 BPS modems installed on the metro lines. UNT became an ARPANET node. UNT BBS implemented on the VAXcluster.
- 1989 ‑‑ Six IBM AT compatible PCs and six Macintosh SEs linked to a file server on a Novell Local Area Network installed in ISB 110 to create the first general purpose, general access microcomputer lab. HP ScanJet installed in the Graphics Lab. Desktop laser printing available from ISB 110 to an Apple Laserwriter II and an HP LaserJet II.
- The last keypunch machine available for public use was removed from the area near the ISB RJE.
- ANUNEWS and Netware VMS installed on the VAXcluster. VAXcluster connected to USENET.
- Twenty-four file servers across campus linked via the broadband to create, at the time, one of the largest university Novell microcomputer networks in the nation. By 1990 over 40 servers linked over 1,000 micro. Sixteen 2400 baud modems installed on local dial‑up lines.
- 1990 ‑‑ An additional NAS/8083 mainframe installed to support academic computing. Administrative computing done on the NAS/8083 already in place. NAS, bought out by Hitachi, changed the names of the mainframes to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) 8083's. VAX 6310 replaced 11/785s. Installation of VM/XA on the Academic HDS.
- Willis Library microcomputer lab opened.
- Phase I of the fiber-optic communications backbone installation completed.