This page was written by Christopher Spry. The initial purpose of this Internet site was to provide information on the academic, computing and Internet resources at the British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Immunology Research Group. My website http://sprysgi.sghms.ac.uk/~cspry was started in March 1995 on a Silicon Graphics 'Indy' computer, using Netscape's 'WebForce Magic' server software and the Netscape 1.0S browser. It was one of the first to provide an Internet resource for Cardiologists, Immunologists and those interested in applying these techniques in information technology for Medical Research. The server was updated to the Netscape's 'Communications' server in September 1995, then Netscape's 'FastTrack' server in January 1998 and Apache v 1.3.12 on 17 July 2000. It has over 120 pages in 4.3-MB with over 5,000 hyperlinks. Visitors to the site see over 1,500 pages/day.
I have documented many of the steps involved in setting up webs and resources on the Indy. Others who are setting up their own Internet resources may find information here of use to enable their own resources to improve access to Medical Research and clinical data.
The BHF Group closed in April 1996 and Christopher Spry retired on 30 September 1998. He has been allowed to continue to retain this site and update its resources during his retirement.
This site retains its original purpose to provide stepping stones to the many valuable WWW resources available to Clinical Scientists. It has information on the academic work done in the Group and information on the computing resources that were set up for the Group. Perhaps the most useful functions of this web site are indexed lists of useful links to medical, academic and general interest sites on Internet. There are also local 'Usenet conferences' where anyone is welcome to exchange ideas and information on computing and resources as they affect this Medical School during this time of rapid growth in on-line communications.
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© cspry@sghms.ac.uk. Department of Biochemistry & Immunology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK. Phone +44 20-8725 5819; fax +44 20-8725 5821. This page was updated on 10 December 2001 11:27:14.