Occasionally a correct program will malfunction because of a bug in the programming tools or in the operating system. If you're sure that this is happening to your program, then try to construct the smallest, simplest correct program which exhibits the problem, then mail it to faults with an explanation of what's going wrong.
dcs.ed.ac.uk domain. Other support
services cover the Informatics computers at Buccleuch Place
and at Forrest Hill / South
Bridge.
Most other Edinburgh University computers are covered by the Computing Service, EUCS. It provides separate support services for undergraduates and for staff and postgraduates.
We can't help with home computers, except to provide a bit of advice on dialling up from home.
CS4 students who are using Windows machines for their projects can get some help from Archie Howitt.
Other Windows problems and needs are met by the EUCS - try its computing labs, its undergraduate support services, or its staff and postgraduate support services for instance.
Mac files can be safely transferred over the internet using an ftp application such as Fetch, provided that the resource fork is protected, for example by telling Fetch to encode non-text files using MacBinary.
As with Windows, the EUCS can help with Macs - for instance, some EUCS computing labs provide Macs for general University use, and there's a summary of Mac support at Edinburgh.