[WEB4LIB] Re: PC public configuration

[Martha Stephenson]

Yes, the government has begun publishing on DVD.  As a partial government
depository, we will be getting some DVD players to read them.  

Martha


At 10:11 AM 4/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Isn't the government beginning to publish on DVD?
>
>Joyce
>
>On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, D. Popeck wrote:
>
>> >The ones I'm ordering will be over the minimum, of course.  In case anyone
>> >is interested, we're going with Pentium IIIs (933 Mhz or better)
because our
>> >IT people are not thrilled with the Pentium IV which runs hotter and uses
>> >more electricity, and aren't being run at their most efficient yet, though
>> >they may be better used by the fall.  I'm going with 256 MB RAM, Zip
and DVD
>> >and hopefully CD-read/writeable.  I'd say 128 MB is a minimum on RAM.
>>
>> Does anyone use DVD at their libraries? I have not upgraded at home or work
>> (especially since CD ROMs are dirt cheap now.) Perhaps there is valuable
>> software on DVD out there, but we have no "need" for DVD as far as I can
tell.
>>
>> D. Popeck
>> Madison Library
>>
>
>
Martha Stephenson MLS
Bibliographic Instruction Coordinator 
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater                        
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