UCC Timeline of Events

Timeline:

1973:

1974:

• UCC Constitution adopted.
• UCC acquires an IBM 1620

1975:

1976:

• UWA Department of Computer Science founded.

1977:

1978:

• UCC purchases an Alpha Micro, affectionately known as Murphy, for $20,000
• UCC obtains a club room in the Guild Building

1979:

1980:

• UCC Constitution amended.
• UCC wins a award from the Silver Jubilee Trust for Young Australians

1981:

1982:

1983:

1984:

• Marvin, a 'very cool, very powerful' NS32 000 series S100 bus computer was constructed by UCC
• [DAV] arrived. (?)

1985:

1986:

• The Organism arrived.

1987:

1988:

1989:

• The Great 15th Anniversary Carpet Auction held.
• Flame BBS came into existence, running on Remote Access.
• UCC received mullet (a VAX 11/750) and minnow (a VAX 11/730).
• UCC moved from Guild Hall to a room in Cameron Hall.
• The machine minnow died a horrible death.

1992:

• UCC bought mackerel. (?)
• Flame became a MUD and found a new home on mullet.
• UCC moved to a specially-constructed room in Cameron Hall.
• The UCC drink machine arrived.
• The machine mullet died a horrible death.

1993:

• UCC installed its first gopher server.
• UCC failed to escape UniSFA.
• Accounting software for the drink machine was written.
• Electronic door lock is bought. (?)
• The machine mullet died a horrible death.

1994:

• UCC gopher server died.
• UCC installed first web server.
• Jager left. (?)
• UCC bought culler off UWA Centre for Water Resources.
• Our mac machines titanic and exxon appeared.
• Door sensors were given internet access.
• Radio option added to [DAV]tronics amplifier.
• UCC obtained old UWA machine earwax. (?)

1995:

• [DAV] graduates. (?)
• Our machines starfish and manta appeared.
• UCC purchased VT220s and X-terms.
• UCC celebrated 21st anniversary.
• Snack vending machine arrived.
• NeXT machine beige obtained.
• Building of moray completed.
• Electronic door lock installed.
• Room cleaned multiple times. (Honest!!)
• Quinn left UCC bound for Apple.
• CD-Rom drive purchased for titanic.
• Tool cupboard project launched.

1996:

• Mac machines bounty and batavia arrived.
• UCC obtained axolotl and mermaid.
• Machine room constructed.
• Doorbell installed.
• UCC Constitution amended.
• SMD drive controller on mackerel died after many years.
• SPARC upgrade bought and installed on mackerel.
• 4.3Gb hard drive bought.
• Cyrix 686 chip bought.

1997:

• Snack machine discarded as unsuitable.
• BeBox tinkered with.
• Digital CRO purchased.
• Old Madvax donated.

1998:

• Sparc 1 Plus donated by Sun.
• UCC Web pages completely revamped.
• UCC Room cabled with Cat 5 UTP.

1999:

• Another snack machine is obtained.
• Several SGI machines obtained from Hammersley Iron.
• mussel, a dual Celeron, is purchased.
• 25th Anniversary dinner held at the Rydges.
• UCC wins "Best Club of 1999" award.
• UCC purchases an ethernet switch.

2000:

• erwin, the SGI O2, dies from motherboard failure.
• morwong, an AlphaServer 1000A, is purchased.
• UCC becomes NISed, with dominance (formerly kraken) as master.
• poobrown, an HP apollo, is donated.
• Rhapsody (OS X pre-beta) installed on nautilus
• hydra, the new router, created.

2001:

• mussel upgraded to be a dual pentium III 750
• cod, a console box is created from parts purchased and taken from mussel
• cobbler constructed
• mooneye dies a horrible death and is reborn as a dual pentium 90
• kormoran, a Macintosh LC (?) donated and set up for webcam capture.

2002:

• UCC clubroom power rennovations at Cameron Hall are planned.
• ...more to come!