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>Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:13:28 -0700
>From: elizabeth_hanley <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5005 Lab configurations with mini-tower computers
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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We have had mini-towers on the floor in our lab for the past six months and we
have encountered no problems.  We had the same concerns you mentioned
before-hand but it is working just great.

Elizabeth Hanley
Academic director CCSN Language Lab

LLTI-Editor wrote:

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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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