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We heard you! The color orange has been banished from the SSRL user kitchens! You now have a choice of two color-coordinated, comfortable, and modern kitchen/lounge areas to retreat to after those countless hours at the beamline. The new user areas provide refrigerators, stoves, and microwaves. There is even an overhead monitor so that you can keep an eye on SPEAR while sipping that 12th cup of coffee and savoring that frozen pizza. We've also added quiet lounge areas that are equipped with telephone and network connections so you can retreat from the hubbub of the experimental floor when you need to communicate with the rest of the world. The kitchen/lounge in building 120 was completed in May 1997, while the building 131 mezzanine level kitchen should be completed in early November 1997. A third user retreat area is in the planning stage and will be located in the Beamline 9 area of building 120. This new Beamline 9 retreat will contain a small kitchen complete with sink, refrigerator, and microwave. There will also be a small lounge area that will accommodate 5-6 people, and a computer area with network connections.
Another recurring request we heard from the user community was the need for a quiet, computer-equipped area to process and analyze beamline data. The new user computer room is located on the mezzanine level of building 131. It is equipped with three separate work areas with active network connections. One of these work areas has a PC running Windows NT 4.0 and another has an X-terminal to access any of the SSRL servers or beamline computers. The third network connection is open and can be used to connect your laptop computer. A laser printer is also available for general use.
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