Achievements

NUSNET Complete 1990 With the completion of NUSNET, the campus-wide network forms the backbone of the University's IT-intensive environment for the 90s and beyond. The high-speed FDDI fibre-optic network now links all the 93 academic and administrative departments and over 3,000 computers in all offices, classrooms, laboratories and halls of

Distributed Computing 1989 NUS has truly gone distributed computing. Personal computers were provided for each of its 1,300 academic staff members. NUS joined the privileged league of academic institutions in the world with access to supercomputing power when it established links to one of the two supercomputers in Singapore at

Moving Towards Computer-based Learning 1988 The widespread use of microcomputers in the University provided the impetus to introduce computer-based learning (CBL). Personal computer networks were installed in four halls of residence to boost computer usage and computer literacy.

A New Era Of Communication 1987 A satellite link to BITNET opened a new era of communication between NUS and over 600 well established universities in the world. NUS introduced a campus-wide office automation system to more than 400 university administrators and office workers.

Spearheading The Community Into The Computer Age 1986 An IBM 3090/150 with a computing power of 10 MIPs was installed to support the campus-wide office automation and administrative information systems. NUS kicked off a computer literacy programme aimed at achieving full computer literacy on campus by the early nineties.

NUS Computing Environment Has Come Of Age 1984 NUS acquires a 12 MIPs IBM 3081 GX computer to replace the 3033N computer. NUS computing environment has come of age. A wide spectrum of software is now available on both the mainframe and PC platforms.

Personal Computers For The Academic Community 1982 The mainframe computing power was more than doubled with the installation of a second mainframe computer, an IBM 3033N. Personal computers were first introduced to the academic community.

Dawn Of A Paradigm Shift 1981 The availability of high-quality IT tools is becoming as important as strong library resources in the support of teaching and research activities.

A New HP3000 Minicomputer System 1977 The University acquires a HP3000 minicomputer system with 17 terminals centrally located in the Computer Centre.