Academic Importance
Evans Hall is also the building in which the original vi text editor was programmed.
Evans Hall also served as the gateway for the entire west coast's Internet access during the early stages of the Internet's existence; at the time, the backbone was a 56kbit/s line to Chicago.
In addition there is a basement computing facility often referred to as "The Dungeon." The printers are named with various underworld overtones such as Styx, Cerberus, and Charon, as well as The Unaprinter, presumably in reference to Ted Kaczynski's short tenure at Berkeley.
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