Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

CHAPTER - 5
FUNCTIONS OF CONSOLE SECTION
5.1. INTRODUCTION :-
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In the year 1968, Console Section started with four Console Operators, who
were working on IBM Company’s Computer for store department’s jobs, on hourly
rental basis of 160 hours per month, expanded with our own computer systems D G’s
MV 8000 in the year 1981 and PCS’s 7800 xp in the year 1989, One Mini Computer
System LME of Wipro (which was scrapped recently) to 5 mini systems at Zonal
Computer Centres, Synergy of Wipro, two RS 6000 of IBM; Netware linking with 15
PC till year 2001.
E.D.P. Department is located at Backbay Depot which is callled “CENTRAL
EDP DEPARTMENT” and under which three zonal computer centres are working.
Eash Zonal centre having one mini computer system, which is having about 10
terminals and three Dot Matrix Printers and one line matrix printer each. Zonal centre
are headed by Zonal Co-ordinators in Grade G/GV. Most of the Zonal centres are
working in three shifts.
Central EDP centre is having :-
i) IBM RS 6000 7012 – 397 model – having 33 terminals and 2 line
Matrix printers are for development and production of Electricity bills.
ii) IBM RS 6000 43P 260 model – having 10 terminals and 15 PC’s are
for development and production of Pay-Roll system.
iii) Micro-Point LAN System – having one server and four nodes
exclusively are for development of programmes which are to be run on
PC’s in Traffic Department, Transportation Engineering Department,
Cash Department, Provident Fund Departments etc.
iv) Both the IBM – RS/6000 Systems, NOVELL NETWARE (6.5) LAN
System, WINDOWS 2003 SERVER with 42 PC’s are in Network.
Computerisation of user’s Department started with the Inventory Control job
of Stores Department in the year 1968 to 8 main user departments such as Consumers
(Billing, ESL), Commercial (ESB), Accounts (Payroll), PF, Traffic (DVR), Ticket