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Labs and Hardware
The Computer Science department maintains three labs of
computers for
student use. The first, located in VanZoren B24, contains
12 Unix
workstations and is used for classes throughout most of
the day, but is
available for use by students during the evenings. VanderWerf
115
contains XX Unix workstations as well, and is available
for student use
throughout the day. Each of the Unix workstations is also
equipped with
a SunPCi card which allows you to run Windows 2000 while
logged in to
the Solaris machines. Finally, the Advanced Lab contains
several Linux
and Windows machines used for special student projects
with the
permission of a faculty member, and is located in VWF 1XX.
Computer Science students who are currently
enrolled in a CSCI class can
have receive an "after hours" card allowing
them to remain in the VZN
and VWF labs 24 hours a day. You can get these cards from
the faculty
member teaching your course. Note that you will also have
to have your
access card activated to allow you to get into the building
after hours.
Software Available
The Solaris workstations are equipped with a wide variety
of software to
help you in your course work and research. Here is a non-exhaustive
list of applications and utilities that are available:
- Text Editors: textedit, emacs, vi, nedit
- Programming Languages: Java (command line and BlueJ), C/C++, PERL,
LISP, Prolog
- Web Browser: Netscape 7.0
- Standard Unix utilities: grep (search for text in files), find
(locate files), ls (list files in a directory), ps (show currently
running processes) and many more too numerous to mention
When running the SunPC application on the Solaris workstation,
the
following software is available:
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,
Outlook)
- Microft Visio (Great for drawing diagrams!)
- Microsoft Visual Studio (C/C++/Visual Basic) program
development
environment)
- Netscape 6.2 and Internet Explorer 6
- vi and emacs (if you just can't live without them
on a PC
environment!)
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