[12005] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Slaving Information Desk PC Monitor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Thu Feb 12 20:13:08 1998
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 11:42:39 -0600
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
3 Messages, 49 Lines
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Graham Dawson had asked about:
>My idea is to slave a second monitor to the reference desk PCs, so
>effectively there would be one monitor for the librarian, and one for
>the client.
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From: "H. Bork" <bork@plb.de>
Hello Graham,
sounds like some special remote control issue. Perhaps
Netop for Windows
http://www.danware.com
might be useful: licensing is e.g. for one 'Guest'(reference desk)
helping up to 10 host PCs (patrons).
Netop is a Danish product, and 'Netop' means
'quite right' in Danish,
kind regards,
hal :-)
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H. Bork Palatinate State Library Speyer-on-Rhine bork@plb.de
D-67343 Speyer
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From: Claudia Scott <cscott@westmont.edu>
I suggest reconfiguring your reference area to do away with the "two sides
of the reference desk." Our reference area has one free standing desk with
a terminal for the reference librarian. The public terminals are on what
was the old reference counter but they face out. The reference librarians
work on the same side of this counter as the patrons. This way we see the
same thing the patron sees. This also does away with the "barrier" created
by the reference desk of former times.
Westmont College Library is an academic library in a small liberal arts
college (1200 students).
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From: Rich Delbango <DELBANRE@lib.acs.sunynassau.edu>
Use a VGA monitor splitter. This allows one to use 2 or more monitors from
the same PC. It is available from DataComm Warehouse 1-800-650-2153 and other
sources.
