CSIT Classroom/Lab
- 18 Optiplex GX270 Dell Intel Pentium 4's, with 2.8Ghz CPU, 512 Mb RAM, running Red Hat Linux, v9.0. These machines have Dell 1800 Flat Panel Monitors. For more information, click on the Information sheet.
- One Instructor's station, a Optiplex GX270 Dell Intel Pentium 4,
2.8Ghz CPU, 512 Mb RAM, running Red Hat Linux, v9.0. There is a 2-port
switch here already set up in the "normal mode".
- Port #1 is attached to a fixed station. Do not change this setting.
- Port #2 switch connects to the monitor, keyboard and mouse. The connection currently is set for a machine with a USB port. If you do not have that, then there is another cable available - please request this 24 hours in advance of use.
- A Sharp PG-C45X Projector (User
Manual)
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There are two inputs for the projector -
- One at the Instructor's station
- Note: The resolution of this station is set to 1024 x 768 - so as to fit the screen. Do not change the settings.
- One at the Elmo station
- There is a third input, which is not connected but could be used for a VCR in the future
- For more information, see the vendor web site
- One at the Instructor's station
- An Elmo Visual Presenter (HV-7000SX)
- Spec sheet
- User Guide
- Elmo web site
- Instructions: Turn on the grey "On" switch and place whatever
you wish to display on the bed. When looking at a non-transparent
object on the Elmo, use the "upper" light.
When displaying a transparency, use the "base" light.
- An HP LaserJet 1300n printer. This black and white printer prints
20 ppm, at a 1200dpi resolution.
- Printer Information
- Two methods of printing to this printer,
- the simplest is to add the following command to their .cshrc
file:
setenv PRINTER pr152
- or, use the following print command each time you wish to
print
lpr -Ppr152 file.name
- the simplest is to add the following command to their .cshrc
file:
- The front wall of the classroom is a "whiteboard". To the immediate right of the Instructor's station is a small specially treated whiteboard. DO NOT clean with any cleaners. User the eraser only!
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In addition to the usual Red Hat 9.0 Linux setup, these computers are
running VMwareWorkstation-4.0.1-5289. For more information on how to
set up a "virtual host" click
here.
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Also available for use are the following software packages. Where available, user documentation has been made available, often in PDF format. Some links go to the software vendor's web site and may be slow.
- Acrobat Reader 5.0 For more on Reader, click here
- Amira Developer Standard, v3.0
- Maple 9.0
- Click here for documentation and links to other Waterloo documentation sites
- Mathematica5.0 to be run from consoles only.
- CSIT holds a 7-network concurrent license, which means that no more than seven individuals may access the program at one time.
- Documentation may be found here
- Matlab 6.1 v13.0 with Simulink, Neural Network Toolbox, Signal Processing Toolbox and the Wavelet Toolbox. For help or demonstrations, simply launch Matlab and click on the Help button.
- VMware v4.0
- (Click here to look at the User Manual (318 pgs)
