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Computing
Facilities Resources
Working
in the Computing Facilities FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions)
Electronic
Resources for Students Home Page
Workstation Specifications
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IBM
PC 300PL Workstations
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Power
Macintosh G4 Workstation
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- 128 mb RAM (8 workstations
with 256mb RAM)
- 10.1 GB hard disk
- Pentium III 600 mhz processor
- internal 1.44 mb floppy drive
- internal DVD-ROM drive
- 16 mb video RAM
- internal 250 mb Zip Drive
- internal 10/100 BaseT ethernet
- 17" monitor
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- 192 mb RAM
- 20 GB Ultra ATA drive
- 450 mhz Power PC G4 processor
- external 1.44 mb floppy disk
- internal DVD-ROM drive with
DVD-VIdeo
- RAGE 128 Pro card - 16MB
SDRAM
- internal 100 mb Zip Drive
- internal 10/100 BaseT ethernet
- 17" monitor
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Software and Services Available
- Adobe Acrobat
Reader and Distiller
- Boston
College Library Catalog
- Career
Services Databases
- Computer
Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Exercises
- Conversion
and File Recovery Software, and a copy of WordPerfect 9 is installed
on the monitor's workstation in the Lutch Computer Center. Please
ask the monitor on duty for assistance.
- FileMaker
Pro 4.1.3
- Image
and Text (OCR) scanning is available in each lab (from both an
IBM and Macintosh workstation in the Lutch Computer Center). These
workstations also have Adobe PageMaker 6.5, PageMill 3.0 and Photoshop
5.5 installed. The IBM in the Lutch Computer Cneter has a copy
of MacroMedia Freehand. Scanning Instructions (PDF): Mac
IBM
- LEXIS/NEXIS
(available via web browser)
- Microsoft
Office Suite (Mac-'98 and IBM-'97)
- Microsoft
Internet Explorer
- Netscape
Communicator
- Virus Protection
Software (Mac-Virex & IBM-VirusScan)
- WESTLAW
(available via session software & web browser)
- WWW Development
Software (Mac - Adobe PageMill 3.0 & IBM-MS FrontPage '97)
- ZoomText,
a vision resource utility is installed on workstation LW3A in
Computer Assisted Learning Center, Room 153. [top]
Additional Resources
- Direct
connection to Lexis' and Westlaw's help lines and on-campus phone
service is available at the monitor's station in the Lutch Computer
Center. Direct connection to Lexis' help line is available from
Room 153 and to Westlaw's line from Room 155.
- All computing
labs have audio/visual equipment to enable large screen projection
of computer data.
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A FAX Machine is located in the Brian P. Lutch Computer Center.
The FAX is a send only unit. Local service is free of charge.
Long distance calls are possible with a personal calling card
or your EagleOneCard. An instruction sheet is posted on the wall
over the FAX.
Web Development Resources
- WWW Development
Software (Mac - Adobe PageMill 3.0, IBM-MS FrontPage '97)
- Image and
Text (OCR) scanning is available in each lab (from both an IBM
and Macintosh workstation in the Lutch Computer Center). Instructions
(PDF): Mac IBM
- The scanning
workstations in each lab have Adobe PageMaker 6.5, PageMill 3.0
and Photoshop 5.5 installed. The IBM in the Lutch Computer Center
has a copy of MacroMedia Freehand.
- Adobe
Acrobat Reader and Distiller
- File Tranfer
Protocol (FTP) software is currently intalled on all of the Workstations.
Instructions: Macintosh
IBM (pdf file)
- Information
on how to set up a personal web page can be found at: http://www2.bc.edu/
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InfoEagle Web Development Resource Page (http://www.bc.edu/cwis/web_development.html).
Contains links to information on a variety of subjects including:
guides to HTML, developer sites, development books, accessibility
and usability guidelines, style guides and color resources, javascripts
and CGI scripts, use of Meta Tags, announcement services, and
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©2001,
Boston College Law Library / Contact:
Law School Technology Support (ATR) / Last Updated: November
2001
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