Computer Lounge offers variety of hardware, software
By Sieve Hoenisch
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The Computer Lounge. which
is located in the basment of
EMU, offers a variety of
computer-oriented services
ranging from passes for com
puter use to desktop
publishing, and is available to
University students, faculty and
staff.
The lounge provides the user
with a personal computer and
accessibility to different types
of software for word processing,
data processing, graphics
design, computer languages,
and even games. Computer lab
assistants are on hand to assist
unfamiliar users with any pro
blems they may encounter. As
an added benefit. the lounge
periodically holds Introductory
sessions to familiarize users
with computers and software.
The lounge has a variety of
computers available including
2H Mac intosh-f’luses. 12 IBM
Compatible Kaypms, 2 IBM
compatible Leading Edges, 4
sophisticated Apple 2es, a Vac
trix graphic computer, plus 4
terminals for the campus infor
mation exchange. In total, the
lounge has 47 computer ter
minals available for use
To match the 47 individual
pieces of computer hardware,
the lounge has over 45 different
software programs ranging from
word processing and graphics
to languages and games
For business students, the
lounge is stocked with spread
sheets and integrated packages
for creating budgets, business
graphics, and bar charts. Forex
ample. the software lotus 1.2.3
is available for use with the IBM
cnmpatable hay pro computers
Also available for use with the
K ay pro is Symphony.
Framework and ThmkTank
Spreadsheets for the Macintosh
include Marl’roject, Multiplan
and |azz For the Apple 2e. a
program called Excel is in
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the lounge carries D-Base 3 ami
Microsoft Word Suc.h pro
grams can be used for creating
business documents.
The lounge has a diverse
stock of word processing soft
ware for use with the IBM com
putable computers including
Word Perfect. Wort! Star, and
Microsoft Word With the above
software easily accessible from
the system's hard disk, the
Kaypro computers offer the
ultimate word processing
experience.
For use with the Macintosh
computers, MacWrite is the
primary word processing pro
gram Backing it up is the
MacSpell-Plus program which
provides a way to check and
correct spelling errors. Also
available for word processing is
the Macl.ighting program
There is a vast array of
graphics programs available for
the Mat. including Mat Draw.
MacPaint, and MacDraft
Graphics software such as Daz
zle Draw and Koala Pad Painter
is also on hand for the Apple 2e
computers.
The Macintosh personal com
puter coupled with the lounge's
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two Apple Lazerwriter-Plus
printers, which are located in
the publishing room, provide
an ideal combination for what is
commonly referred to as
desktop publishing, according
to Roy Singer, manager of the
Computer lounge.
Using a Macintosh
compatible program called Page
Maker, it is possible to design
and produce a newslet
ter or even an entire newspaper.
Page Maker enables one to com
bine documents from other Mac
programs such as MacWrite and
NlacDraw, thereby creating a
combination of essays and
graphics in layout form. After
using Page Maker, one needs
only go to the printers with text
in hand to publish the work
"After a few hours of prac
tice. Page Maker is an easy pro
gram to use to publish letters,
advertisements, and
newspapers,” according to
Dave Bickford, a student
manager at the lounge.
The Computer Lounge offers
publishing services including
typesetting for papers with the
lazer printer, plotter or color-jet
printing, and graphic design for
flyers and posters
I-azer printing on either the
Macintosh-compatible Apple
Lazerwriter-Plus or the Hewlett
Packard 1 j»zer |et. which is used
in conjunction with the
Kaypros. costs 25 cents per
page. A lazer printing pass is
obtainable for $5 and is good for
25 pages, thus decreasing the
cost of printing to 20 cents a
page. "At a low cost, you can
get typeset quality documents
that are professional in ap
pearance” by using the lazer
printers, Bickford said.
In addition to the four lazer
printers, the lounge also has an
IBM Color Jetprinter for prin
ting Lotus graphs and a Apple
Thunderscan printer for
transposing a printed image in
to a Macpaint document. After
using Thunderscan to convert a
picture into MacPaint image,
one can then print the image on
the lazer printer. The
Thunderscan is expedient par
ticularly for converting pic
tures or images into a medium
compatable with the Page
Maker program for creating
multi-media documents.
Prices at the Computer lounge
vary depending on the time
period desired by the user. The
hourly rate for University
students and faculty is Si.80.
But money can be saved if the
user purchases a computer term
pass at $25 for 100 hours of
computer usage, bringing the
rate down to 25 cents an hour.
Savings can also be incurred by
purchasiung a mini pass for $10
that is good for 10 hours of
useage. A semester pass good
for 130 hours of use is also
available for $32.50
Use of the campus informa
tion exhange (CIE). however, is
free of charge for University
students and faculty. The CIE is
an intra-campus computer con
ferencing system open to
members of the University, in
cluding faculty, students and
alumni. CIE terminals are also
available elsewhere on campus,
such as the Computer Center,
and can be used for com
municating with people on
about such topics as housing,
rides and jobs.
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