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REPORT
MEETING: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
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December 15, 1986
TR-106-86 FILE #:
NETWORKING - COMPUTER SYSTEM
RECOMMENDATIONS:
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It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1 . That report TR-106-86 be received; and
2. That the proposal from M.A.I. Canada Limited to install
a communication system to support computer equipment at
various locations within the Town be approved; and
3. That the funds expended be drawn from the Administration
Improvement Reserve Fund - #1110-X-168-4.
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BACKGROUND & COMMENT
The recent acquisition of a computer system and the fact that
the Town's lease with Real Time will soon be terminated,
necessitates the need to acquire a communication system.
Communications is the ability for one electronic device to
communicate with another electronic device. Whether these
devices are in a local office, or in a branch office, all
involve communications. Examples of communications include the
ability to hook up remote terminals and printers to the main
C.P.U. (central processing unit) , the ability to send
information from one computer to another and the ability to
hook numerous devices such as terminals and printers together
in what is called a network.
Communications between a remote computer device and the main
system require the use of a special electronic device called
a modem and where necessary multiplexors. Modems transfer the
information from the Computer into a state in which telephone
lines can transmit data to a remote terminal.
G.P.A. Meeting (Page 2) Dec. 15/86
Multiplexers involve the connection of remote clusters of data
terminal equipment within a department to the centralized computer
system. A modem and multiplexor is needed at each end of a
communication link.
Quotations were invited for the supply and installation of a
communication system to meet the Town's requirements. Quotations
were received and tabulated as follows:
M.A.I. Canada Ltd. 26,910
Gandalf Data Ltd. 28,094
(Data Line Charge not included)
Bell Canada Equipment not supplied
After review and analysis of the quotations by the Treasurer and
Chief Administrative Officer, it was mutually agreed that M.A.I.
Canada Limited be authorized to supply and install a communication
system to support the Town's computer requirements.
Respectfully submitted,
VIClal
.R. Blanchard
Treasurer
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Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Chief Ay*ftistrative Officer