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>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:28:33 -0800
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5910 an all-digital Mac LL ?

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At UCI, we are cobbling together a host of third-party hardware and 
software in an attempt to replicate the features of our old, analog 
lab in both a Mac lab and a PC lab. So far, we've had some success, 
but there are a few things we haven't managed to do yet. We submitted 
a proposal to the IALL conference on just this subject.


Judi


>--- Forwarded Message from Kirk Anderson <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>>Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 22:54:21 -0500
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>From: Kirk Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: an all-digital Mac LL ?
>
>Our Sony 5510 language lab, installed in 1988,
>is getting long in the tooth (read: failing)
>and we are looking at the options for a replacement.
>
>What I've been able to ascertain so far is that
>a preference for the Macintosh platform is a real
>liability here: neither Tandberg nor Sony nor
>CAN-8 offer an all-digital solution for a Mac lab.
>
>Mac's Network Assistant apparently permits many
>of the functions of those three systems,
>but alas the distribution of a video feed isn't
>one of them, and that's not something
>we are willing to pass up.
>
>This is frustrating for a Macintosh advocate,
>as the video and audio capabilities of any
>recent Mac are better than adequate.
>
>It's no secret that Wintel machines outnumber
>Macs by something like a 10/1 margin in the world
>at large, but the Mac OS has held its own in educational
>institutions, especially over the past 3 years.
>So I'm disappointed that none of the three companies
>I mentioned recognizes this.
>
>If assembling a true digital lab with Macs means
>piecing together a host of 3rd party hardware and
>software packages, well, then it's just not worth it.
>Our language lab doesn't have a full-time technical
>support team!
>
>So...  is there something I've overlooked? I hope so.
>
>thanks in advance,
>
>Kirk Anderson
>Dept of French Studies
>Wheaton College MA

-- 
Judi Franz, Director
Humanities Instructional Resource Center
University of California, Irvine
269 Humanities Hall
(949) 824-6344
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/hirc