WORKING GROUP ON SPACE SCIENCES IN AFRICA
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    --- Questionnaire on Computing Facilities of WG Members ---

One of the aims of our Working Group is to identify and address the
resource needs of African Space Scientists. Chief among these needs
is adequate access to information processing technology. In order to
gauge the needs of our members and to devise means of addressing those
needs we are gathering information to establish the status quo with
regard to computer facilities. You are cordially invited to participate
in our information gathering process by completing the following
questionnaire. Questionnaires completed in English should be posted
to the Coordinator (P. Martinez) and those completed in French should
be posted to the Editor (F. Querci). Information gathered from the
returned questionnaires will be reported in a future issue of the
newsletter.


PERSONAL DETAILS
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Name          :
Institute     :

Address       :



Fax Number    :
Email address :


COMPUTER USAGE
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 o  Estimate the fraction of your work which involves the use of
    computers in any way:


 o  Indicate (x) which of the following categories of computer usage
    applies to you:

    o  programming
    o  data reduction and analysis
    o  mathematical modelling
    o  word processing
    o  instrument control
    o  other (specify)


 o  Do you consider your computer resources to be adequate for your research?



COMPUTER RESOURCES
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 --- Hardware ---

 o  Do you have access to a personal computer?


 o  If yes,  please give a short description of the machine
     (e.g. processor type, disk space, display type, operating system):



 o  How many other people share this computer?


 o  Do you have adequate printing facilities?



 --- Software ---

 o  Do you write your own programmes?  If so,  which programming
    language(s) do you use?



 o  Name the main commercial software packages you use:


 o  Which operating systems are you familiar with?


 o  Do you have the TeX or LaTeX typesetting software?


 o  Do you have PostScript printing/viewing capability?



 --- Electronic communications and data transfer ---

 o  Are you connected to electronic mail? If `yes', please furnish
    your email address in the first section of this questionnaire.


 o  Do you have access to electronic file transfer via FTP?


 o  Do you have TELNET access to other computers?


 o  Do you have access to the World Wide Web?


 o  If your answer above is `yes' and your institute has a WWW site,
    please list the URL:


 o  What is the cost to you of using email, FTP or WWW access? Do you pay
    just a connection fee or do you pay per Kbyte of information transferred?



COMPUTER SUPPORT
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 o  Do you have good access to professional hardware and software
    support personnel?


 o  Do you receive sufficient information to keep abreast of developments
    in information technology that may impact on your work?


 o  If your computer malfunctions are you able to get it serviced
    professionally and promptly?



ADDRESSING RESOURCE NEEDS
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 o  Do you feel that one of the principal initiatives of the Working
    Group should be to secure computer hardware for the its members?


 o  Would you like the Working Group to establish a collection and
    distribution point for public-domain computer software?


 o  Name one or more ways in which the Working Group could address
    your data processing needs most effectively: