[685] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Library Automation--Comments & Questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Tue Jul 7 14:08:51 1992
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1992 12:16:33 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
4 Messages, 127 Lines
1) Public CD-ROM Stations--Reply
2) Public CD-ROM Stations--Reply
3) ALA Character Set with PC TCP-IP
4) NEC CDR+CD-Connection
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From: rebecca@milhouse.caltech.edu (Rebecca Y. Shen)
Subject: Re: Public CD-ROM stations
Gail Persily writes:
> We have one Macintosh CD-ROM station near our Reference desk with a
nice
> laser printer attached. It was a gift from the publisher of the
CD-ROM.
> We suspect that, especially when the Reference desk is unstaffed,
people
> are coming along and using that Mac for word processing (running
> application from floppy) and printing out their documents on the
laser
> printer.
> We will soon be locating additional CD-ROM stations in the same
area,
> although these will not have laser printers. I would like to find
some
> means for preventing people from using these microcomputers for
anything
> other than the CD-ROM.
> I want to continue to provide access to the floppy
> can download their search results if they wish. Does anyone know
of a
> software solution to this problem. Is there a program out there
that
> allows you to restrict what software can be run from a certain
machine?
> What other approaches have you taken to this problem?
The simplest solution would be to remove any applications from the
hard disk that you don't want your patrons to run. You and your
staff would also have to not need those applications, or be willing
to use a floppy to run them.
If this concept works, but you have a problem with people putting
applications on your hard disk (seems unlikely in a library), you can
lock the hard disk from being tampered with. I don't have names on
me for the programs that can do that, but if you need them I can find
out.
If removing the applications would be too inconvenient, you might
be able to password your hard disk in such a way that those
applications would only be accessible to your staff. Because of the
way the Mac works, I think this might be involved (dividing your hard
disk into two volumes and then passwording one).
Finally, a simpler alternative to the above "involved" solution
would be to get a second, external, hard disk (either small or large
depending on the number of applications your staff needs), and just
have your staff connect it to use the applications and disconnect it
when they are done. You might need only one external disk for all
your machines.
If you need more information, I can probably dig it up.
Mark L. Fussell
rebecca@cco.caltech.edu
PS: Note, I mostly agree with the response by cjg@stubbs.ucop.edu:
> ...Unless there is
> methodical or regular abuse, I think I'd tend to blink my eye,
thinking I
> may have saved a patron a few minutes tracking down a place to
print out
> some document he/she needed in a hurry.
Obviously, if the word-processing interferes with patrons using the
CD-ROM it should be prevented somehow.
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From: Anne Cerstvik Nolan <AP201151@BROWNVM>
Subject: Re: Public CD-ROM stations
You might try using GUS (Guardian Utilization Statistics) software. It
allows you to program in the applications you want people to use at your
workstation, and maintains statistics as well. The client must know the
password in order to exit to DOS and do word processing. It's available
from CEO Software in Tuscon Arizona.
Anne Cerstvik Nolan
Brown University
ap201151@brownvm.brown.edu
ap201151@brownvm
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From: Jim Beach <beach@huh.harvard.edu>
Subject: ALA Character set w/PC TCP-IP
Would someone kindly point me to shareware or commercial sources of tn3270
emulators and configurations for a PC which support the ALA character set
over TCP/IP?
Many thanks.
James H. Beach beach@huh.harvard.edu
Data Administrator Tel: (617) 495-1912
MCZ, Herbaria, Arnold Arboretum Fax: (617) 495-9484
22 Divinity Avenue
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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From: LEABASH%MDLIB.DECNET@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL
Subject: request: NEC CDR+CD-CONNECTION or +CD-NET
Is anybody using NEC CDR-73 or CDR-83 with CD-CONNECTION or CD-NET ?
Excuse for cross-posting this message.
Please respond directly to the author.
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