Computer Services, maintains a handouts system documenting USC Computer Services systems, software, and policies. Below you will find links to available handouts as well as links to related informational sites.

Computer Services Web Site
An introduction to services, support functions, and departments within Computer Services.

Computer Services Help Desk
The Computer Services online support system. This is on your one-stop online help system for all your computing needs.

Academic Support
The Academic Services website, detailing services and support provided by this group.

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Student IT Web Site
Information Technology basics for incoming USC students.

Student Email System
Account Info and a tutorial in Gamecock Email (GEM).

Blackboard Tips for Students
Account lookup, system requirements and access instructions for Blackboard, the web-based instructional system.

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CMS
Intro to IBM's Conversational Monitoring System, CMS; covers account policies and procedures, logon, password, efficient storage procedures.

XEDIT
Intro to XEDIT, the CMS text editor; covers creating and printing mainframe files, adding, deleting, moving, and copying text, and more.

STORAGE
Discusses efficiency tips for using CMS virtual memory and diskspace.

PROFILE
Explains logon and XEDIT profiles and how to use them under CMS.

PASSWORD
Discusses password procedures on mainframe systems (CMS and MVS).

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PLEASE NOTE: As of August 1, 2000, new CMS accounts issued will not provide access to an email client. For details on the new student email system available Fall 2000, visit the studentIT website.

EMAIL
Covers the basics of the Mail/Mailbook package on the University's CMS mainframe.

LNAME -- Maintaining E-Address Books
Covers use of the LNAME email address book system on the University's CMS mainframe.

ADVEMAIL -- Advanced Email
Covers advanced features of the Mail/Mailbook package on the University's CMS mainframe.

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CHARLOTTE Web Browser
Covers use of the World Wide Web browser Charlotte on the the University's CMS mainframe.

NNR USENET Newsreader
Covers participation in USENET Newsgroups using NNR on the University's CMS mainframe.

LISTSERV Participation Basics
Discusses subscribing to and posting messages to LISTSERV discussion forums.

LISTSERV List Requests
Information on requesting creation of a LISTSERV list for a class, research group, or administrative unit; a request form is included.

FTP
Discusses FTP (File Transfer Protocol) access to/from the University's CMS mainframe, VM.SC.EDU.

TELNET
Provides information on telneting to other Internet hosts from the University's CMS mainframe.

MVSTCPIP
Discusses telnet and ftp access instructions for the University's MVS mainframe (mvs.sc.edu).

FTPBATCH
FTPing files to and from the MVS DASD disk system using batch jobs.

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Online Personal Information
Describes the two interfaces to the online personal information system, which allows faculty and staff to query benefits, leave, and upcoming paycheck information.

USC Administrative Menu
Describes procedures for accessing and using the University of South Carolina's Administrative Menu.

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HARDWARE
Describes the CPUs and associated peripherals on the USC mainframe systems.

SOFTWARE
Describes software packages available from the CMS mainframe system, including utilities, programming languages, and statistical packages.

DISK
Discusses procedures for reading/writing to auxiliary disk storage (DASD).

TAPES
Discusses procedures for reading/writing magnetic tapes on the USC system.

LABELS
Discusses general procedures for producing computer-generated mailing labels.

RATES
A list of rates for Computer Services resources and services.

ONDEMAND
A support and documentation website for the ONDEMAND product, which allows browsing and printing of mainframe Production reports.

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SUBMIT
Documents the procedure for submitting jobs for patch processing (on MVS) from CMS.

JCL
Discusses job control language statements and parameters needed in submitting batch jobs to the MVS mainframe.

ABEND
A list of common system abnormal endings (abends) and their probable causes.

JOBS
Discusses conditions under which jobs must be scheduled with Computer Services prior to submission.

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DSUTIL
Discusses the utility that provides the user with control over reading, writing, accessing, and deleting cataloged data sets.

IEBGENER
Discusses the IBM utility IEBGENER that is used to copy sequential datasets.

SORT
Discusses available utilities for sorting datasets.

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COBOL
Documents COBOL on the mainframe systems.

FORTRAN
Discusses the use of FORTRAN compilers on the mainframe.

REXX
Discusses the REXX language on the mainframe.

SAS609
Use of SAS v6.09 statistical package on the mainframe. See below for information on SAS products for Windows and Macintosh systems.

SAS
Use of SAS v8.2 (default) statistical package on the mainframe. See below for information on SAS products for Windows and Macintosh systems.

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Teaching Evaluations
Discusses procedures for submitting teaching evaluations for optical scanning analysis.

Exam Grader
Discusses procedures for submitting exams for grading using optical scanning analysis and the USC GRADER program.

Optical Mark Forms
Discusses procedures for the use of Optical Mark Forms at USC

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Software Distribution Information
This site discusses software distributed to the USC community under site-license agreement or as shareware or freeware products by Computer Services.

MSOFT
Discusses procedures for ordering Microsoft software under the terms of the State MS Select License.

SASINST612
SAS 6.12 Installation Instructions for Windows.

SASINST81
SAS 8.1 Installation Instructions for Windows.

SASINST82
SAS 8.2 Installation Instruction for Windows.

SASLIC82
Updating SAS 8.2 License Information for Windows

SASLICMAC
Updating SAS License Information for MAC.

SASLIC612
Updating SAS 6.12 License Information for Windows.

SASLIC81
Updating SAS 8.1 License Information for Windows.

SASPROCS
Enhancements and New Procedures in SAS 7 and 8.

SASY2K
SAS Year 2000 Information.

SASDOC
SAS v.8 Institute Online Documentation

SPSSINSTALL
SPSS 10.05 for Windows Installation Instructions.