Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pacs-l
Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:55:53 CDT
From:         Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Library Automation Questions

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1. Medline simultaneous users
2. Trackball keyboards
3. CD jukebox and a Sun IPX server
**Please reply to the author, not Pacs-l.  Thanks.
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From:     USERLLEA@UALTAMTS.BITNET
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subject:Medline system simlutaneous users
Hi,
We are in the midst of palnning for a local implementation of MEdline.  I
am looking for information on how to dtermine the number of simultanous
ports that aer required.  We have 3300 fulltime and 770 part time students
and 450 faculty in our health faculties on campus.  We have 27000 fulltime
students on campus in a wide range of faculties.  We share a facility
with a 1000 bed teaching hospital.  If anyone has an algorithm or other
advie for determining numbers of prots, I would be very pleased.
We are also looking for an evaultion form to use with our user group
which will prvodie some input to us about the various vendor demos.  We
have asked some users to come to the general sessions of the vendor demos
and we want some quick feedback, so wi thought a questionaire of some
kind would help.
Thanks for any assistance NS AND please excuse the typos, my connection
does not allow for corrections.

Lea Starr
Reference Services Coordinator
John W. Scott Health Sciences LIbrary
Unvierstiy of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2R7
Telephone: 492-7946
FAX (403) 492-6960
Email userllea@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca
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From:         Will Stuivenga <VSGA1001@SMUVM1>
Subject:      Trackball keyboards for PCs
Can anyone point me to evaluations of PC-compatible trackball keyboards?
I.e., keyboards with a trackball device built in.  I am interested in
prices, model numbers, manufacturers, etc., but am more interested in
evaluations, especially long-term usage, maintenance, reliability, etc.

I am aware of the review of the Chicony America KB-6581 keyboard in the
August 1990 (v9 n14) issue of _PC Magazine_, but would like additional
keyboards to compare, and especially would like to hear from anyone
who has actually used such a device, or considered it, especially
in a public workstation setting.

Why would I want to use such a device?  I was thinking of using it
for software that requires use of a mouse.  A mouse is vulnerable
to walking away from the workstation.  I thought a trackball keyboard
might be a better solution from a security standpoint.

I will be happy to post a summary of responses if there is sufficient
interest.  Thanks for your attention/assistance.

Will Stuivenga <VSGA1001@SMUVM1.BITNET> or <VSGA1001@VM.CIS.SMU.EDU>
Database Services Reference Librarian, Fondren Library
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX  75275
(214) 692-3666  fax: (214) 360-0609
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From: ae010@yfn.ysu.edu (Wendall Sullivan)
Subject: CD Jukebox and Sun IPX Server
I was wondering if anyone out there had a SUN IPX workstation functioning as
a server on a network utilizing any sort of CDROM Jukebox, and if so, what
type of jukebox you were using.  Currently, we're using a Meridian CDNET
jukebox on a StarLAN, but CDNET is incompatible with the network we'll be
moving to.

Any help you can offer would be appreciated.  Please respond directly to
this message, rather than to the list, unless people out there are
interested.  This was crossposted to CDROMLAN, so please forgive any
duplication.

--
Wendall Sullivan                      Internet:  ae010@yfn.ysu.edu
--"Happy Happy Happy! Joy Joy Joy!"              au034@cleveland.freenet.edu
                                        Bitnet:  user5jx7@umichum.bitnet
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From: SPOBER@manvax
Subject: Recycling IBM RT terminals
We have an opportunity to get some RT terminals.
These are RISC processor machines genrally used with the
AIX operating system

Are any libraries using these terminals, and if so, what
are they used for?

They are currently being used for engineering applications.
Does anyone know if there are other applications useful for
office or library work that can be run on these terminals?

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