CURENT LSO HARDWARE

Desktop Models Supported by LSO

• DOS BASED PCs

  • OFFICE AUTOMATION MACHINE -- (usually a CompuAdd, possibly IBM)- used mainly for routine office duties, including word-processing and spreadsheeting, email over ethernet.
    
    Mostly Stand Alone Machines, however some connect to a Novell server for network printing.
    
    
    • Comm hardware: NIC (E2219, E2229)
      
      
    • Protocols: IP for telnet, IPX for Novell printing.
    
    
  • TRACKIT -- Specialized dBase applications for Reserves in Business, Butler, Lehman and Sciences Libraries. Runs over the Novell Netowrk.
    
    
  • STAND ALONE, SPECIALIZED -- Isolated units like the Gateway 2000 in Shipping that tracks inventory.
    
    
  • DBASE UNITS -- Mail List, Wallach Art Gallery. Mail List is Stand Alone.
    
    
  • PC applications needing storage -- LIO's dBase app and Trackit SQL keep large files on the Novell network.
    
    
  • MSW (Multi Session Workstation) - A PC with ethernet connections for specialized use: connections to remote sites such as RLG, OCLC. Configured with its own menu; can also be used for word-processing and email. (NB: in East Asian, MSW can signify a Multi-Script Workstation, a specially configured PC with Rlin connections that can display Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters).
    
    
  • RWS (Reference Desk Work Station) - A PC with ethernet connections for specialized use: accessing various remote online catalogs. Similar to an TSW but with a wider variety of connect options.
    
    

  • MACINTOSHES

    Office automation machine (Apple logo and model no. should appear on the face of the unit, e.g., Macintosh SE, Macintosh IIsi, etc.) - used mainly for routine office duties, including word-processing, spreadsheeting and desktop publishing, email over a rolm connection; probably some graphic applications as well. Some later models (Performas & PowerBooks) have ethernet connections.
    
    

  • WINDOWS BASED WORKSTATIONS

    • MOSIS WORKSTATION -- PC (usually a Gateway) running under Windows 95 with ethernet connections to the Internet, containing WWW browser software (Netscape and Mosaic), along with many other software options such as Word (for word-processing) and Excel (for spreadsheets). The standard Mosis workstation is running Novell networking software, with the Sidebar program used as a desktop and program manager. Each workstation has a 15" VGA color monitor, a CD ROM drive, and a mouse. Some Mosis workstations are multi-boot, i.e, they start with a menu giving the user several options, including use as an MSW or RWS, etc.
      
      
    • MULTI-BOOT MOSIS STATIONS -- Boot up menu provides either the Mosis Desktop or a specialized DOS Application such as MSW, RWS, etc.
      
      

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    Last update: 12/15/99 -- About this document