STUDY CENTRE: COMPUTING FACILITIES

Academic computing facilities are provided within purpose-built computer rooms on the ground floor of the Study Centre. These house a local area network of microcomputers on which a number of common application programs are provided. Apple Macintosh and Microsoft DOS/Windows operating systems are supported. There is a laser printer for high-quality printed output and dot matrix printers for draft output. The College network has an ethernet connection to the University Data Network, enabling high-speed access to computer networks outside the College.

The Study Centre computer network came into operation during the summer of 1994 with the aim of expanding in due course to a maximum capacity of about 30 microcomputers. As part of the expansion college members will be provided with full access to the internet, including electronic mail and the World Wide Web. In fact, students are encouraged to create their own home page on the Web, within the Darwin College home page. The facility is managed by a part-time Computer Officer and is overseen by a Computing Committee that welcomes active participation by interested College members.

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