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MIT Student Information Processing Board

SIPB (pronounced ``Sip-bee'') is the Student Information Processing Board, the volunteer student group concerned with computing at MIT. We are available for telephone (617-253-7788), email (sipb@mit.edu) or in-person (W20-557) consulting at almost any time of day or night. Additionally, we have one-of-a-kind meetings Monday eventings at 7:30pm, write documentation of all sorts, run a wide variety of servers (including the popular Scripts server), hack, and generally have a good time. We also act as an advocate for student computer users and student computer access on campus.

What can SIPB do for you?

Lockers
Useful Athena programs provided by SIPB
AskSIPB
A computer advice column published in The Tech
Scripts server
Run scripts that you can't on MIT's webservers
Tours
Take a free behind-the-scenes tour in September
SIPB "Athena" installers
Run a variant of Athena on your home computer
WWW services
Comment and counter scripts and other useful tidbits
Documentation
The Inessential documentation series
Library
Our vast collection of knowledge on paper
IAP classes
Take free classes during January
Discuss
Deleted that free-food email? Not a problem.
Walk-in services
Need a stapler? late-night computer help? come by our office
Gateways
Look up weather or zephyr a friend from your wireless phone (or more)

Places to Learn More About SIPB

Prospectives
Information for prospective members
SIPB members
SIPB members and homepages
Project list
Don't know what to do? Here are some ideas
Clue dumps
Want to learn about a particular topic?