ALEPH PC Specifications

GUI Client Workstations

Minimum Recommended Configuration:

Windows 2000
300 MHz or higher
Memory: 256MB
Hard Disk: 20 GB

Windows XP 14.1 or higher
300 MHz or higher
Memory: 256MB
Disk: 20 GB

Display:
Minimum Recommended Configuration: 17" monitor
Preferred Configuration: 1024x768 17" flat panel or 19" monitor

Other Hardware requirements:

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

 

Additional Recommendations from Ex Libris
June 2005

TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT for ALEPH 16.02 Client Hardware and Software Requirements for a Staff PC

Hardware - Minimum Requirement:

  • Pentium III
  • Memory 256MB
  • Disk space on system drive (C:) 250MB
  • Display configuration - 1024x768
  • Mouse
  • Network Interface Card with Internet/LAN connection

    • Software:

  • Windows 2000 or Windows XP
  • TCP/IP installed and connection to server tested
  • Telnet or terminal emulator client
  • ftp
  • Microsoft or Sun Java Virtual Machine
  • Appropriate Unicode font including all characters used by the staff

    • Web OPAC PC:

  • Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher, or Netscape version 6.2
  • Appropriate Unicode font including all characters used by Web OPAC users

    • 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 itinclude non-Roman characters (e.g. CJK).

    Ariel Unicode MS is available from Ex Libris given that themachine is running Microsoft Office. This is recommended.

    --cost to local site:
    Bitstream cyberbit (not provided by Ex Libris)

     

    Recommendations from UF

    FROM HEAD OF ACCESS SERVICES (SMATHERS LIBRARIES)
    I wholeheartedly agree that to view the circulation GUI without scrollingyou need at least a 17" monitor. XP is fine for most applications, but wehaven't been able to use an XP machine for our print daemon. They might wantprinters that have excellent speed and memory for their large circ services.[NOTE: The comment about using XP and the print daemon doesn't mean that XPwon't work for that purpose; it probably does. I confirmed that we justdidn't try very hard to see if we could make it work; instead we justshifted to another available machine.

    FROM HEAD OF CATALOGING & METADATA DEPARTMENT (SMATHERS LIBRARIES)
    I would recommend 17" flat monitors. There are a number of staff who havedifficulty with the recommended 1024 x 768 pixel size, and some, includingmyself, resort to using the 800 x 600 pixel size as a result. It seems thatthose few Cataloging staff who have 17" flat monitors find the 1024 x 768size 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 byvertical 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 a17" CRT is a 1024 x 768 resolution. A 17" flat is roughly the equivalent ofa 19" CRT in terms of viewable area, but it won't display any moreinformation unless its resolution is higher than 1024 x 768. People withvisual handicaps may need low resolution settings (on any size screen) toget the information big enough to see, and will be doing more scrolling andwindow flipping as a result. However, anyone who works with more than asingle window at once is likely to be scrolling and flipping no matter howbig the monitor is.
    Flat screens have lower power consumption and heat output, with no radiationor flicker, and thus are superior for most office applications. CRTs stillhave superior overall quality, especially on moving images. They also have alarger range of usable resolutions; flat screens tend to only look good atone or two settings. The bottom line is that a 17" CRT is perfectly adequatefor any application requiring 1024 x 768 resolution or less. For newpurchases, the incremental cost of a flat screen is very small, but folkswho are budget conscious shouldn't be alarmed into thinking they need totrash their old 17" monitors to get 1024 x 768 resolution.

    Recommended Specs from SUNY

    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:Notes:
    The system drive (C:) must have at least 250MB free space.

    Windows ME is not supported.

    Microsoft discontinued support for Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0, onJune 30, 2003.
     

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