Overview

The SSHL segment of the 1997/98 Infostation Project involves the installation of six PCs which replace five OPAC terminals and one Macintosh LC III. Four of the six PCs will be installed along the south wall of Maui. Four of the existing InfoMacs will remain at that location as well. The LC III will be removed and one of the InfoMacs will be moved to a column location opposite the Reference Desk where it will be paired with one of the new PCs. The two Wyse terminals at the column location will be removed. The sixth new PC will replace a public Wyse terminal at the ILL Desk in Access Services.

The actions above will replace three public terminals. Since the installation of two more OPAC terminals from UGL is pending, it is proposed that two existing terminals in SSHL remain in operation rather than expend time and effort to install the UGL terminals only to have to remove operational terminals later. This option has been agreed to by Research Services and the Systems Department.

Printers

Existing printers in Research Services which are already in place will be used with the new PCs. A new ABCD switch box for parallel cables will need to be provided for the four PCs along Maui. Serial-to-parallel conversion by Copier Services will be needed for the printer at the column location which now serves two Wyse terminals. When the PC is paired with the Macintosh at this location, it is probable that only the PC will be able to print. It is recommended that the dot matrix printer on the ILL Desk be replaced with a DeskJet to provide a PC-compatible printer for that location. This assumes that free printing here will not be abused.

Network Facilities

No new network drops will be needed at this time, however, five additional Ethernet hub ports will be required (the LC III is already a network device). There are three drops on the south wall of Maui serving the six public Macintoshes now in operation. The four InfoMacs to remain can be served from circuit B14 with double connections on A and B. (The B side will need to be activated.) The four new PCs can be served from circuits B21 and B23 using standard CAT5 inserts in the A and B sides of each drop. Circuit B30 at the column location will need to be converted to Ethernet with CAT5 inserts in the A and B sides of the drop. Circuit J48-B at the ILL Desk will need to be converted to Ethernet with a CAT5 insert. Four hub additional ports will be required in T2B and one more port in the ACS LDF.

AIM and Location Data

Device        DID  LOCID Circuit Disposition |

Mac LC III    3444 RES280 B14-A1 Return to Systems
InfoMac       5110 RES282 B14-A2 Move to B14-A1 at RES280
InfoMac       5112 RES286 B21-A1 Move to B14-A2 at RES282
InfoMac       5109 RES284 B21-A2 Move to B14-B1 at RES284
InfoMac       5111 RES288 B23-A1 Move to B14-B2 at RES286
InfoMac       5108 RES290 B23-A2 Move to B30-B at RES310
Wyse          5571 RES310 B30-A  Return to Systems
Wyse          3220 RES310 B30-B  Return to Systems
Wyse          1293 ACS760 J48-B  Return to Systems
Infostation   new  RES290 B21-A  Install at RES290
Infostation   new  RES292 B21-B  Install at RES292 (new)
Infostation   new  RES294 B23-A  Install at RES294 (new)
Infostation   new  RES296 B23-B  Install at RES296 (new)
Infostation   new  RES310 B30-A  Install at RES310
Infostation   new  ACS760 J48-B  Install at ACS760

*** The data above still needs to be verified by actual inspection and appropriate updates made to the AIM database. EB 1/8/98