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Wendy,

        In our experience here, one thing that is VITAL to success in
projects such as this is a standard setup that is required of all students
wishing to have a network hookup.  We typically charge a 'per-semester'
charge to recover costs of our resources and materials, but until we
established a standard system setup both for Macs and PCs, the amount the
students paid didn't even begin to scratch the surface of our costs.  Our
campus help desk spent a considerable amount of time on the phone with
these students, and our various support personnel has also spent a great
deal of their already scarce time helping these students with their
problems.
        We initially required students to have Windows 3.11 for Workgroups
or Mac OS version 7.0 as a minimum, but we are upgrading these requirements
to Windows 95 and System 7.5 for this coming year, in order to provide
consistency.  We also have a policy that any tampering with the OS done by
the student which results in loss of network service is entirely the
student's responsibility, and if any service from our staff is required an
hourly fee will be assessed.
        As for our servers, we have an Apple WGS 95 running Mac OS/ A/UX
and an HP running Windows NT.  We have Hewlett-Packard hubs for each
residence hall, with fiber-optic cable to the hubs and typically two data
faceplates per dorm room, each with one data and one digital phone
connection.

        Hope this helps!  If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

                                                        Mike


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Michael K. Martin                           Bethel College
Electronic Services Specialist              3900 Bethel Dr. #2368
Academic Computing Services                 St. Paul, MN 55112
martin@bethel.edu                           (612) 638-6510