
      This workstation is connected to Fenwick's CD-ROM network.
         By networking our CD-ROM databases, we are able to
      increase the number of users able to access a particular
     database and improve on the performance of standalone
                  CD-ROM technology at the same time.

        This menu program offers several databases for your
      selection.  You should determine which database you want
       to use, then press the letter that appears to the left
     of the desired system.  You may also move the cursor highlight
          bar to the desired option then press RETURN. If the
          workstation has a mouse, you can double click on
                          the desired database

      For example, pressing A will activate the ERIC database.

       If an option does not have a description line next to it,
             and the option letter is dim, then no database
                  is currently linked to that letter.

    ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
    │When you have finished using a particular database, please │
    │ exit from that system so this menu will reappear for the  │
    │   next user.  In this way, each workstation will have     │
    │   the ability to reach any of the networked databases.    │
    └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

                Specific Information about this network

        Our CD-ROM network is running on a NOVELL 2.2x LAN,
        nicknamed F.U.N. (Fenwick's Unfinished Network). We
        are using the OptiNet CD-ROM software (100 user) and
         accessing NEC CDR-73 CD-ROM drives (connected to a
          DELL 386/20 MHz PC (with 8 MB RAM)).  The caching
         provided by the DELL (our optical server) enables
          many of the CD-ROM products to run 'faster' than
         they did when connected in a standalone fashion to
       a single PC.  When last we checked, these workstations
       were achieving an average throughput of 200,000 bytes
                   per second across the network.

            In the coming months we'll be moving to SCSI-II
            controllers to improve performance (I/O) for
            the CD-ROM drives.  We'll also be adding a second
                        optical server (486/33).

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                         CDMenu was written by:

                          Clyde W. Grotophorst
                 Associate Librarian/Automated Systems
                Fenwick Library, George Mason University
                          wallyg@fen1.gmu.edu

