Annual Report 1998-99

擴大網絡覆蓋 電腦中心又推出連繫校園主幹網的「課室網絡」，以方便師 生利用手提電腦講課、交作業和做專題介紹；而「宿舍網絡」 則供宿生在宿舍房間把私人電腦連接上校園網絡以至互聯網。 已登記使用「宿舍網絡」的宿生人數逾一千八百名。另外， 許多宿舍已在自修室添置了公用電腦，供學生上網之用。 公元二千年數位問題 是年電腦中心為處理公元二千年數位問題，採取了許多特別措 施，以確保校園主幹網和重要的電腦系統能百分百過渡二零 零零年。截至一九九九年七月，電腦中心已為所有中央電腦系 統制訂了應變計劃。 Y2K Problem To tackle the Y2K problem, special efforts were made during the year to ensure that the Campus Backbone Network and al l mission-critical computer systems and applications are 100 per cent Y2K compliant. Contingency plans for all centrally managed computer system s were also completed by July 1999. 敎學輔助設施 Academic Support Facilities 71