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Purpose/Function:

Mount Rushmore: Public Workstations for using, printing and saving from a selected list of U.S. Federal, State and International CDs.
Evie: Semi-Public Workstation for using, printing and saving from a selected list of U.S. Federal, State and International CDs; also used as additional student workstation; fully compliant with GPO Minimum Technical Guidelines.

Quantity:

Mount Rushmore: 4
Evie: 1

Operating System:

Mount Rushmore: Windows 3.1
Evie: Windows 95

CD Delivery:

Mount Rushmore: Information Technology Services maintained LAN and local installation
Evie: local installation

Internet Access:

Mount Rushmore: No
Evie: Yes

Additional Software?

Mount Rushmore: No
Evie: MS Office, Winzip, WS_FTP

Security

Mount Rushmore: Fortres
Evie: None

Problems:

Mount Rushmore: Many CDs are no longer written for Win 3.1
Mount Rushmore: There was no mechanism for handling large saved files.
Mount Rushmore: Only CDs installed on the LAN (~12) were available after Government Publications reference hours
Mount Rushmore: All of the printed guides (i.e. all of the guides at that time) were locked after reference hours.
Evie: It was shut down at the end of reference hours.
Evie: It was not on the LAN.



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