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Article #9521Re: Mac vs. PC in campus labs
From: John O'Malley
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 20:09
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 20:09
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In article <10566@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes: >Now here's the good part: So many people want to use Macs >that it is standard to see waiting lists for machines with 20 to 30 people on >them (during prime hours). I have waited for *4 hours* on a Saturday afternoon >a couple of times, just to print out a research paper ... Like you, lotsa people here do all their work on their own Macs and then use our labs only to make laser-quality printouts ... and they often have to wait in line for hours just to use a Macintosh for five minutes. We solved this problem by designating one Macintosh as an "express computer." It has a consultant-enforced usage limit of five minutes. The idea for it actually came from a user via our suggestion box. -John --- John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu / Specialist / Computing Center / 494-1787
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!iuvax!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac vs. PC in campus labs Message-ID: <3839@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 13 Jan 90 20:09:07 GMT References: <2925@optilink.UUCP> <867@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM> <10560@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <6388@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <10566@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Reply-To: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 18