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GUI Client Workstations
Minimum Recommended Configuration:
Display:
Minimum Recommended Configuration: 17" monitor
Preferred Configuration: 1024x768 17" flat panel or 19" monitorOther Hardware requirements:
- Network Interface Card with Internet/LAN connection
- TCP/IP installed and connection to server tested
- Telnet or terminal emulator client
- Ftp
- Mouse (not all GUI functionality is supported by hotkeys)
OPAC Client Configuration
An OPAC station should be able to run the minimum supported version of an approved browser. Hardware requirements are minimal and are based only on the need to run the browsers below in a given operating system.
Browsers:
Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher
Netscape version 7.x
Mozilla or Mozilla Firefox, version 1 or higher
TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT for ALEPH 16.02 Client Hardware and Software Requirements for a Staff PC
Hardware - Minimum Requirement:
Software:
Web OPAC PC:
Ex Libris' Unicode Font recommendations:
--freely available:
Tahoma is the default/free Microsoft Office Unicode font -
however it doesn't have all of the MARC8 characters nor does it
include non-Roman characters (e.g. CJK).
Ariel Unicode MS is available from Ex Libris given that the machine is running Microsoft Office. This is recommended.
--cost to local site:
Bitstream cyberbit (not provided by Ex Libris)
FROM HEAD OF CATALOGING & METADATA DEPARTMENT (SMATHERS LIBRARIES)
I would recommend 17" flat monitors. There are a number of staff who have
difficulty with the recommended 1024 x 768 pixel size, and some, including
myself, resort to using the 800 x 600 pixel size as a result. It seems that
those few Cataloging staff who have 17" flat monitors find the 1024 x 768
size to be more manageable on a 17" flat monitor.
FROM HEAD OF SYSTEMS (SMATHERS LIBRARIES)
The number of dots on the display (usually expressed as horizontal dots by
vertical dots; e.g., 640 x 480) determines how much data you can display,
regardless of the physical size of the display. The industry standard for a
17" CRT is a 1024 x 768 resolution. A 17" flat is roughly the equivalent of
a 19" CRT in terms of viewable area, but it won't display any more
information unless its resolution is higher than 1024 x 768. People with
visual handicaps may need low resolution settings (on any size screen) to
get the information big enough to see, and will be doing more scrolling and
window flipping as a result. However, anyone who works with more than a
single window at once is likely to be scrolling and flipping no matter how
big the monitor is.
Flat screens have lower power consumption and heat output, with no radiation
or flicker, and thus are superior for most office applications. CRTs still
have superior overall quality, especially on moving images. They also have a
larger range of usable resolutions; flat screens tend to only look good at
one or two settings. The bottom line is that a 17" CRT is perfectly adequate
for any application requiring 1024 x 768 resolution or less. For new
purchases, the incremental cost of a flat screen is very small, but folks
who are budget conscious shouldn't be alarmed into thinking they need to
trash their old 17" monitors to get 1024 x 768 resolution.
PCs for staff and patron use will require network cards to support the network considerations outlined below under the Network section. Ex Libris recommends the following configuration for ALEPH500 15.X:
Windows ME is not supported.
Microsoft discontinued support for Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0, on
June 30, 2003.
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