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3 <br /> 2. Current Equipment <br /> Mainframe: (2 systems) <br /> M9255 530H <br /> 212 Open Ports ( 160 in-use) 128 Open Ports (All in-use) <br /> 8 MB Memory 32 MB Memory <br /> 6 Disk (2GB Total) 1 2GB Disk <br /> 2 1/2 " Tape Drives 1 1/2 Tape Drive <br /> 1 8MM Tape Drive 1 8MM Tape Drive <br /> Reality (Pick OS) 65 Universe/Pick License <br /> We currently have all land related systems (Tax Billing, Tax <br /> Collections, Revaluation, Land records, Register of Deeds, etc. ) <br /> along with all financial related systems (General Ledger, Payroll, <br /> Personnel, Accounts Payable, etc. ) running on the M9255. We have <br /> the Elections system and all Human Services systems (Health MIS, <br /> Child Support, MCI, etc. ) running on the 5308. We are providing <br /> automation support for the Town of Chapel Hill, on the 530H, and <br /> the Town of Carrboro on the M9255. Chapel Hill is scheduled to <br /> install their own hardware by June 30, 1995, which will allow us <br /> to move Carrboro's application to the 530H. <br /> We are in the process of downloading the Register of Deeds <br /> system to a PC LAN system. With the GIS system due to be online <br /> this fall we are facing several major connectivity problems, <br /> primarily involving access to the tabular data located in the Tax <br /> and Land Record systems on the M9255. We also need to provide <br /> easier access of financial data to our growing base of PC users, <br /> either as standalone or as part of a PC LAN. <br /> The availability of parts to maintain the M9255 is becoming <br /> a problem as those machines have not been manufactured since the <br /> mid to late eighties. Our decision three years ago to abandon the <br /> very expensive maintenance contract has proven extremely <br /> beneficial. During the few outages we have had in that time, our <br /> depot maintenance provider has been very responsive, and DP <br /> operations Countywide have not been adversely affected. Moreover, <br /> the funds that would have been spent to maintain the McDonnell <br /> Douglas contract have instead paid for a new, highly reliable <br /> workhorse mainframe in the RS6000. <br /> Personal Computers: (330 systems) <br /> Human Services Non-Human Services <br /> 220 PCs 93 PCs <br /> 91 Printers 56 Printers <br /> 10 LAN/Printer Servers 7 LAN/Printer Servers <br /> 26 WordPerfect or Licenses 37 WordPerfect or Licenses <br /> 28 MS Office/Word 0 MS Office/Word <br /> The Data Processing Steering Committee and the Master Client <br /> Index Automation Committee recommended a county-wide WINDOWS <br />