====== Physics Computer Lab Systems ======
The Physics student computing lab is located in room 137 of Tate Lab, and the Astronomy computer lab is in room 469B.

You need a **Physics account** to log in to these systems - your University Internet account will not work. 

{{  computing:department:lab_door.jpg|Room 137 Computer Lab}}

===== Physics Student Computer Lab (Room 137) =====

==== Lab Access ====

The computer lab is open to all Physics undergraduate and graduate students who are paying the IT Technology Fee. 

**Access to the lab is by a Ucard card reader**. To get on the access list, please update your Physics Directory entry to include your Ucard number: http://www.physics.umn.edu/resources/myphys/profile/edit_dirinfo_form.html

==== Linux ====

The lab contains five Core 2 Duo Linux workstations, each with 4096MB memory.

These can be used for any kind of general computing needs. They contain Mathematica, MatLab, compilers for C, C++ and Fortran, as well as various other programming tools. Microsoft Office is also available on these systems.

     * Please don't reset or restart a workstation - someone may have jobs running on it, or be using it from another location.
     * If you're going to run a cpu-intensive job, use condor so your job can run efficiently without affecting interactive users.
     * Don't lock the screen and leave for long periods. If a workstation screen is locked, and someone wants to use it, we will reset your session. 

Users also have access to the department's computational facilities via the [[:computing:department:unix:jobs:condor|condor batch system]].

     * [[:computing:department:unix:home|More about UNIX and Linux at Tate Lab]]

==== Windows ====

The lab also contains five Core 2 Duo Windows systems, each with 4096 Mbytes memory, running Windows XP.

These contain the [[:computing:department:windows:software|standard Windows software]] set for Tate Lab: Microsoft Office, Firefox, Acrobat, Mathematica, etc.

     * [[:computing:department:windows:home|More about Windows at Tate Lab]]

===== Astronomy Student Computer Lab (Room 469) =====

This lab contains four linux and one windows workstation.