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A microcomputer center opened in room 105 of Jonas Clark Hall in 1984. This photo from the 1984 Pasticcio<\/a> shows some of the 40 DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Rainbow 100 computers in the center, which was known as “The Rainbow Room.” Each of the computers was equipped with a staggering 256 KB memory capacity (the computers available for public use on campus today have 16 MB).<\/p>\n

JC105 is still filled with computers, but it is an instructional space. Public computer spaces are available in Academic Commons and on the second and third floors of Goddard Library.<\/p>\n

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