These images are provided in addition to the Windows NT image with experimental drivers and development tools for research. Again the OS sand boxing techniques created for the multi purpose clusters offer new possibilities for the educational mode of operation. All we need is large disk and a tool like system commander to boot the different installation. Besides the two Windows NT partitions for education in German and English, the disks of the Patagonia cluster also host the System Oberon . The Oberon system is kept lean, simple and easily fits into a very small disk partition or main memory.
All data is stored on the local disk, which is mounted read only.
The modules and objects of the system are only copied to a RAM-disk when required. As there are no user accounts in Oberon and no home directories, no server is needed. Network access is used only for common Internet services like e-mail, WWW and printing. The programming work of students can be kept on a simple floppy disk or on a ZIP drive. Server installations over Gigabit Networks are planned but for the time being, a working set consisting of the most common software is installed on the local disk drives for faster access, ease of installation and to take as much load as possible from the central Windows NT server.