Re: look at and print .pdf files in general access labs? (fwd)

David Benham (z935418@wheat.farm.niu.edu)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:04:11 -0600 (CST)

> On Mon, 12 Jan 1998 14:27:12 -0600, Jim Thomas wrote:
>
> >What about RealAudio and RealPlayer? Is there a standard
> >VRML plugin
> >installed?
>
> Well, won't the machines have to have sound cards and speakers to
> make any effective use of these? Are any of the student machines so
> equipped?
>
>
> James Dye E-mail: jdye@niu.edu
> Department of Philosophy Home: 815-756-4370
> Northern Illinois University Office: 815-753-6410
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>

Not a bad point. The macs I think have speakers for multimedia
applications built into them, but I have never seen a PC with speakers in
any computer lab.

Another issue to think about is bandwidth. During the daytime I often
encounter network transfer speeds slower than I get from my modem at home
in many of the labs (no joke). It's understandable considering how many
people are on the network, but how will Realaudio and RealPlayer affect
this? Realplayer and Realaudio are bandwidth HOGS.

-dave

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