New interns prepare lab for the new quarter.
These funds will be used to replace older and obsolete equipment in the lab and to diversify the spectrum of software and hardware available for users. This funding comes as a response to a large number of students who felt that the computing facilities on campus were not sufficient for research and development in the new media field. Currently, the NMRL is outfitted with new Macintosh G3s and SGI O2s, as well as a selection of older Macintoshes and PCs used in previous years. The grant will go towards the purchase of 14 new Pentium III PCs to replace the obsolete units, a new server for the lab and a tape drive system to store research data and projects. In addition to the hardware purchases, software packages for web development, graphic design and related applications, such as Adobe Photoshop and Go Live, will be purchased for the computers.