Economics Computer Labs
Wilson 234 is open to all active Economics Grad Students. An ESERVICES account is required to log in to any of the (8) computers.
Wilson 235 can be used for classes and presentations when scheduled in advance. You'll need an ESERVICES account to log in to any of the (12) computers.
- Experiments and scheduled classes or presentations may restrict availability of this lab.
Please keep the following in mind while using the lab computers:
- All Lab computers are subject to being rebuilt and having user files
deleted at any time without any prior notice to users.
- Any files saved to these computers can be viewed, copied, modified, or deleted by others.
- No student data (names, social security numbers, grades, etc.) should be saved on these computers.
Please see Henry Pritchard to obtain the combination to the Wilson 234 and 235 door locks.
Lab Printers:
- HP LaserJet 4200
- Econ-w234a is the default printer for grad office computers.
- Econ-w234a-ps should be used for documents requiring a postscript driver (mathematical equations, non-standard fonts, etc.)
- HP LaserJet 4250
- Econ-w234p is the default printer for grad lab computers.
- Econ-w234p-ps should be used for documents requiring a postscript driver (mathematical equations, non-standard fonts, etc.)
You should contact Debby Stanford for assistance printing multiple copies of large documents.
Economics Network Drives
Three network drives will be mapped when you log on to the ESERVICES domain from any computer On Grounds including those in the Economics Computer Labs.
G: Drive - This limited shared space is used for collaboration / file sharing. Remove files when you no longer need to share them.
H: Drive - This limited private disk space is intended for the temporary storage of working files. Remove your files when you are no longer using them.
J: Drive - This disk space is managed by ITC and can be accessed from the Economics Labs via the mapped drive, personal computers using the Home Directory Login Client, and via the Home Directory Web Interface.
Contact Henry Pritchard if you do not see these network drives when you log in to a machine in the Economics Computer Lab.
Storage of Large Files
In addition to the network
storage resources mentioned above, there are additional networked facilities
provided by ITC for large storage needs. Become familiar with the Research Services provided by U.Va.
Known problems with software installed in the Computer Labs
Gauss v3.2
Gauss starts with several error
messages and then doesn't run correctly. To alleviate this, before entering
Gauss, change the default printer to one other than Econ-W234a (such as
Econ-W234b) and the program seems to run correctly.
You'll only be able to print to that new default printer
from within Gauss (and remember to set it back to Econ-W234a).
Fortran
When
using Absoft Pro Fortran 7.0 on the lab computers, the proper way to access the
IMSL Libraries is as follows:
Using
the following as an example - f77
programname.f imsl.lib -f -N15
Invoke
the compiler with 'f77', use the programname you've used for your program with
the .f file extension, include the statement 'imsl.lib' and then add two
options, '-f' to place everything in lower case to run correctly with IMSL and
'-N15' to append a trailing underscore.
Scientific Word Version 3.0
For each different computer that
you use, you must adjust your profile to the following settings for Scientific
Word 3.0.
1. go to TOOLS
USER SETUP
FILES
Under file types look for Temporary files, Modify them to be:
C:/SW30/Temp
2. go to TYPESET
EXPERT SETTINGS
FORMAT SETTINGS
Select TRUETEX
3. After making the above changes
be sure to recompile the document –
go to TYPESET and COMPILE
Scientific Text Editing
LATEX (pronounced lay-tek or lah-tek)
is a document preparation system based on a typesetting language called TEX (pronounced tek). One of the
advantages of LATEX is that it is compatible with Windows and Unix
platforms. For information about getting started with LATEX
and ITC's short LATEX Tutorial, please visit ITC LATEX
Support. Additional LATEX documentation and tutorials are available on the Internet.
ITC (Information Technology & Communication) Resources
ITC Help Desk - Assistance with general computing questions.
Account Management
- Manage your U.Va. computing accounts.
Email
Student email accounts are now hosted a Gmail or Microsoft Live. Your UVA address is "userID@virginia.edu" and you can create email aliases (yourName@virginia.edu).
An email mailing list (Econ-Grads@virginia.edu) is available for communicating with all Economics Grad Students. Contact Debbie Stanford if you need to be added to the list.
Research Computing / Scholar's Lab Resources
ITC Research
Services offers computational resources available
to researchers such as high performance computing, use of parallel processing,
and memory intensive programming. The ITC Research Computing Support staff are located in the Scholar's Lab (Alderman Library).
Off Grounds Network Access
ITC maintains documentation explaining how to access the University network from Off Grounds.
Computer Software
- Software available to U.Va. Faculty, Staff, and Students (often at no charge) can be downloaded from ITC Software Central.
- Statistical or other specialized software can be downloaded (restrictions and/or licensing fees may apply) from ITC Research Computing.
Computer Hardware
- Please submit a Problem Report if you experience difficulty with any computer owned by the Economics Department.
- You should contact the manufacturer or reseller for problems with personally owned hardware still under warranty.
- Cavalier Computers stocks a variety of technology items, sells new Dell computers, and offers hardware repair services.
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