Dentalgram May 2002 The end of an era-the School pulls the plug on Data General MV9500 computer Ruben Hernandez, network administrator (left) and Carl Imthurn, computer programmer/analyst (right) pull the plug on the School's Data General MV9500 computer, in use since 1978. The School’s computer services department recently pulled the plug on the Data General MV9500 computer, which had been in use by the School since 1978. According to Carl Imthurn, computer programmer/analyst, the computer was used as a data repository for virtually all School and clinic information until June 30, 1999. The dental supply and sterilization departments used the computer until late 2001 when they began using other programs “In our preparation for Y2K,” informs Mr. Imthurn, “we realized that the Data General was not Y2K compliant. The computer, which had very little memory was also old, slow, and tired. After lengthy research it was decided that we would switch to the Quick Recovery System.” The Data General computer was kept running until the information that was used to run reports could be backed up. The computer was finally unplugged on Thursday, April 25, 2002.   Back University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search | Employment | News_&_events | Academics | Our_mission | Admissions | Registration | Research | Alumni | Student_resources All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved. Revised February 14, 2001 Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu  URL: http://www.llu.edu