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Universities,
academic institutions & hospitals
St. Georges
Hospital Medical School
Christopher
Spry's academic work with other Immunologists
in the Department of Biochemistry & Immunology, St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London.
- Annual Reports of the `BHF Cardiovascular Immunology Research Group': 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995.
- Read my book on `Eosinophils' in Adobe's `Acrobat' format. It was published in 1988 and reviews the literature up that time, with 2,019 references concerning eosinophils and diseases with eosinophilia.
Computers and computing at this site
PCs:
- Disk cloning: my suggestions for making backups of system disks.
- Getting help with software on PCs.
- Guide to install a Polaroid 'SprintScan CS-4000' with 'PolaColor Insight Pro' v 4 on a PC.
- Guides to install Microsoft's 'Windows 2000 Professional' and 'NT 4' on Toshiba Tecra 730 computers.
- Guide to install Microsoft's 'Windows 2000 Professional' on a Toshiba Tecra 8100 computer
- PC hardware. Details of my Dell Precision 610MT workstation, Toshiba Tecra 8100 and Tecra 730XCDT notebook computers and Gateway P5-75 tower PC.
- Windows 2000 software. A list of the programs on my PCs with links to where I got them.
- Password protecting 'FrontPage' web pages.
- Secure connections between computers using 'ssh'.
- Small networks: client-server, peer-to-peer, modem dialup, ADSL and wireless (radio) networks. ADSL in the UK
Additional computing resources from others:
- Guide to networking software for DOS, for local use.
- Illustrated guide to computers and software, by Michael B Karbo. A 'Click & Learn' self study course.
- Robert Lawrence's single and dual NT/Windows'95 installation instructions.
UNIX
Sun 'Blade 1000' administration: Links to the 'help' files that I use to backup and administer my Sun Blade 1000 computer.
- Cloning and mirroring the system disk
- Configuring the Blade 1000
- Installing POP3 services
- Setting up SSH
Sun Blade 1000 hardware. A list with links to information about the computer
Sun 'Solaris 8' and other software that runs on my Blade 1000
'Indy' administration. Links to the 'help' files that I use to backup and administer my SGI 'Indy'.
- Backup
- Backing up the system disk
- Setting up and configuration
- Configuring Sundry advice for Indy administrators.
- `inn' NNTP news server on IRIX 6.2.
- Installing Microsoft's `FrontPage98 Server Extensions' for Netscape's 'Communications' Server under IRIX 6.2 and Netscape's 'FastTrack' Server under IRIX 6.5.
- Installing Apache web server v 1.3.12, MySQL v 3.22.21, PHP v 3.0.16 and Microsoft's 'FrontPage2000 Server Extensions' on an Indy running IRIX 6.5.8
- Installing the 'Samba' 'SMB' server using the current version. Installing 'libdes' password encryption for earlier versions of `Samba'.
- Installing POP and IMAP4 mail server on a SGI Indy under IRIX 6.5.
- `ppp' connection to enable modem PPP phone connections, using an Hayes 28.8 modem.
- Printer configuration: install Hewlett Packard 'LaserJet III' and Tektronix 'Phaser 740 Plus' printers.
- How to ensure that your Indy shows the correct timezone: TimeZone in IRIX 6.*
- How to ensure that your Indy shows the correct time: `ntpd' time correction on IRIX 6.5*.
- How to set up 'ssh1' and 'ssh2' on an Indy. These are secure replacements for 'telnet'.
- Using
- an IndyCam to send a picture to a WWW client
- non-system `man' pages: viewing and formatting
Silicon Graphics 'Indy' hardware. A list with links to information about the components.
Silicon Graphics IRIX software. A list of the IRIX programs on my Indy.
Links to other places of interest on
Internet: Scientific, Medical and General Interest links.
You
may find the single page version easier to
use.
- Starting places on Internet and searching for information
Scientific and Medical: alphabetically by subject
- Anatomy & embryology
- Archaeology
- Astronomy, Astrophysics & NASA
- Biochemistry & Biophysics
- Biology including Natural History
- Botany
- Cardiology & cardiac surgery
- Chemistry
- Communicable & Tropical diseases
- Computing
- Engineering
- Geography, weather, atmospheric resources, & earth sciences
- Geology
- Haematology
- Immunology
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Medicine & Dentistry
- Molecular & cell biology
- Molecular modelling, Molecular Graphics & Crystallography
- Neurosciences & Mental Health
- Oncology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology & drug studies
- Physics
- Veterinary Medicine
Computing: computers, software and computing resources
- Academic Computer Departments
- Computer companies
- Software sources
- Windows 98, Windows NT & Windows 2000 beta 3 resources
- UNIX
- Linux and Toshiba `Tecra' computers
- SGI software & hardware, European mirrors included.
- Using the Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and ADSL
- email.
- Web software: Netscape, Mosaic, Cello etc.
- Usenet news, online conferences & weblogs
- Preparation of HTML documents & web databases.
- Convert files to HTML format, cgi & Perl scripts, forms & clickable maps.
- Security & encryption.
- Digital video:
Finding people & commercial resources
- Directories
- Gopher, email & phone directories
- Commercial resources, Patents, Restaurants & shopping
- Travel: air, rail, road and sea
- Laboratory equipment, reagent suppliers & administration
Culture and entertainment
- Art, graphics & movies
- Entertainment, games, events, sport, & home information
- History and genealogy
- Radio, TV & Music & video
The printed word: resources to do with libraries, magazines & book
- Libraries & Museums
- Books, literature & poetry
- News: newspapers, magazines & journals
- Scientific and Medical databases & Journals
- Computing journals, magazines & societies
- Dictionaries, languages & encyclopaedias
Government organizations
Commercial & Financial
- Finance, investment, tax, insurance & currency UK & USA.
- Guide to managing personal finances with a PC, finance software and internet resources
Charities, Societies & religious organizations
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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 last updated on 10 June 2002 18:11:35.