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>From: Lorraine Williams <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #5005.4 Lab configurations with mini-tower computers (!)
>Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 10:47:42 -0400
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For our renovated lab, we are planning to put the towers under the desktop,
hanging down, held up by a wire "cage" attached to the underside of the
desktop. Some furniture companies sell modular furniture with these built
in, but are having our own Physical Plant carpenters build the countertop,
so we will purchase the "cages" separately and have them attached.
Lorraine Williams
Academic Technology Coordinator
Library Information Services
Saint Michael's College
1 Winooski Park
Colchester, VT 05439
(802) 654 -2475
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> --- Forwarded Message from "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:11:10 -0500
> >From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: #5005 Lab configurations with mini-tower computers
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> We placed our mini-towers on the floor. The desktop space advantage
> outweighed possible kicking problems (students always "kick" <g>). If you
> carefully position the units and otherwise manage your cables, that's not
> as big a problem as you might think.
>
> Good luck!
>
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> >Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:03:23 -0500
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >From: [log in to unmask] (Dennis Magnuson)
> >Subject: Lab configurations with mini-tower computers
>
> Dear LLTI colleagues,
>
> Here at Luther College we will be refurbishing our Lang Lrng Ctr, having
> had our present configuration for 10 years. We are considering 2
> hexagonal
> areas, with 6 computers (MAC mini-tower, not desktop models) on each one.
> The concern we have is with the centering of the monitors and the
> placement
> of the towers. It seems that the units we have seen are designed only for
> desktop models. Placing the mini-tower next to the monitor results in
> "off-centering" the monitor with respect to the chairs.
>
> We would like to hear from others who have had to deal with mini-tower
> units and how they solved the problem. There is concern that putting them
> on the floor under the hex-modules will inevitably cause problems with
> disconnects, damage due to being hit accidentally by student users, etc.
> And one of the hex-modules we have seen has a hex-shelf above, but the
> aesthetics and utility of having to stretch tall to insert a CD-Rom or ZIP
> disk are less than appealing!
>
> Any advice, especially from others who have hex or octagonal modules,
> would
> be much appreciated.
>
> Gracias,
>
>
> Dennis D. Magnuson
> Assoc Prof of Span &
> Dir, Lang Lrng Ctr
> Luther College
> Decorah, IA 52101
> tel (319) 387-2160
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