electrostatic plotter; 12xTandy inkjet plotters; lxHevlett Packard ColorPro 
plotter; Tektronix inkjet plotter; Gould Electrostatic plotter; and QMS PS810 
Laser printer/plotter 
WORKING ENVIRONMENT 
Students work on the above systems in 'clusters'. We have a 16 x IBM PCXT 
cluster for introductory programming and database management; 3 x 8 x DEC VAX 
3600 terminal clusters for program development; 3x6 x IBM PCAT or clone 
clusters; a 6 x ACORN Archimedes cluster; a 6 x ACORN BBC cluster; a 4 unit 
mixed Macintosh II IBM PCAT cluster: and a 5 x Intergraph Interpro cluster. 
Geoirvformatics computer configuration 
Figure 5 
5. FIRST EXPERIENCES 
This is the first year of this new course. From a large group of applicants 
ve selected fifteen .participants. The Dutch Ministry of Development 
Cooperation granted us eight fellowships which were awarded to students from 
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, and 
Zambia. Of the fifteen starters three have since transferred to other 
courses; one into the second year of the IGP course to begin his research 
immediately, one into the Cartography Postgraduate course as his interests 
were strictly within the area of Computer Assisted Cartography, and one into 
the Rural LIS Postgraduate course of our institute's Survey Integration 
Group. It must be expected that while the course- is still new applicants may 
not have a clear understanding of the contents and purpose of the course, and 
the selection board may not realise, from the application form, that the 
course is not entirely appropriate for a student.