Does the phrase "msgops 2" mean anything to you?

How about Labcounts? Cafecounts? Or the Penn State Center for Academic Computing? We are trying to locate all of our PSU CAC Lab Op coworkers, comrades, and cohorts. If you know how to reach any of them, email me at snowman@sem-co.com or pass this URL along to them. We're also having a hard time remembering names and faces, age is setting in...

Internet Relay Chat

If you happen to be one of these unique persons, get yourself logged onto #msgops2 on our IRC server. Info on it is located here. It ain't VM, but it is the closest thing to our old online community that we are likely to get. Even if you can only log in during your lunch break, we'd be glad to have you join us.

Time has flown, and I have been so busy the past two years, that I have been *very* remiss in updating things around here.

Other interesting stuff we've dug up so far.

RAC111 has provided an op list from the 1989-1994 era.
Some of those infamous final email messages, as an op would leave for hopefully greener pastures.
Pictures and maps of the computer labs.
Op wedding photos.
Photos from other op gatherings.
Miscellaneous other fun stuff.
Let's get an Op Folklore section going.
Where are they now links to web pages by ex-CAC Ops. You'd think there would be more...
Current lab usage. Seems they've been busy since we left.
A frapper, whatever that is, of cacops

Also of interest would be scanned in pictures of people, pictures and maps of labs, (including the labs on the other side of College Avenue: Surf Club, Cafe, Zenos...), stories of the folks who graced the HDS terminals, those infamous farewell emails, anything that would give a glimpse into the lively subculture of student life that we had behind the counter in Willard. Email them all to me, and I'll start putting together an online scrapbook of sorts. Tales of the Willard Op Desk...

Ops who have been hunted down and made an IRC appearance so far are:

ASA101  AMERMAN ANTHONY SHA
BJP108  PANULLA BRIAN JOSEP
BLI  BRENDLE JEFFREY SCO
CXS165  SIDORCZUK CHRISTINE
DAB112  BARRO DAVID ANTHONY
DCM115  MORACK DOUGLAS CHRI
DLH103  HORCHOLIC DANA LYNN
DSB100  BARR DAVID SCOTT
GGN100  NAGY GREGORY GUSTAV
EAO102  OPORTO ERNEST A
ESB107  BOESE ELIZABETH SUG
EXD108  DENTEL EDWARD ANDRE
JAH137  HOWARD JENNIFER ALL
JAP131  PELNA JOHN A
JCS108  STRAFFIN JOHN C
JDA108  AUMAN JEFFREY DAVID
JJD118  DONOVAN JOHN JOSEPH
JJL101  LEHETT JOHN JAMES
JMP134  PANZA JEFFREY MICHA
JRH133  HENNESSY JOHN R
KXH105  HORNSTEIN KEN
LEK102  KUNKLE LISA E
MAL112  LEWARS MITCHELL A
MEM10  MERTZ MICHAEL E
MMG121  GOURLEY MATTHEW MIC
MSE103  EDWARDS MARK STANLE
MSL107  LOBER MICHAEL SHERI
MXC117  CARPENTER MARY
MTK101  KRATOFIL MARK TODD
PCO100  OTT PETER CARL
RAC111  CROPP RICHARD ALAN
RCW101  WOODLEY RONALD CRAI
RDB111  BERENDSEN RAYMOND D
RES134  SCHAFFER RONALD EDW
RJP119  PRIES RICHARD JOHN
SEK  KUEPPERS SONJA E
SPC1  COSTELLA SEAN PATRIC
SXE105  ELWOOD STACY
SXM101  MURRAY STEPHEN
SXW103  WUKOVITZ STEPHANIE
TJC111  CUSICK THOMAS JOSEP
WMA101  ARASIN WILLIAM M
WMK101  KRATZER WILLIAM MING
WES103  SCHAFFER WILLIAM ED

Oh yeah, VSOHRE and VSOMS too, but be careful talking to or about them.

For now, let's close with this cheesy grin.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.
-Bill Schaffer (WES103)

This was lovingly hand-crafted with VI.

Last updated 24 July 2002.

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