| PCs on Campus :: Computer Repair |
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This page describes some of the the more common PC systems found on the CDO campus. The rear panel of each system is shown with text descriptions of connectors and available ports, warnings, use of respective connectors. |
| Hewlett Packard PCs VL Series |
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These PCs started appearing on the CDO campus in 1998 and are still with us today! Technology, gotta love it!
So much has changed over the years since these PCs were installed: the Internet has grown, software and operating systems have become more bloated, and yet these HP systems continue to wearily chug along, groaning under the strain of the tasks put before them. (Talk about anthropomorphic nonsense!)
Still, these PCs are great for word processing, and light Internet surfing. Theses PCs also comprise close to 70% of the PCs on CDO campus. Hope springs eternal that we will someday have replacements and put these old workhorses out to pasture. |
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| HP VL-7 -- front view |
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VL6 Model 7
Here is the granddaddy of PCs on campus. A masterful Pentium II processor screaming along at a whopping 233 MHz, a 4 Gigabyte hard drive (finally made into a single, useable partition), two USB 1.1 ports, and most of the machines of this ilk have at least 192 MB of RAM, some with 256 MB.
All of these systems are now running Windows 98 (zow!) with Microsoft Office 97. Mozilla Firefox runs very nicely on these PCs, thank you very much. These systems would also be an extremely nice candidate to run a modern by lightweight distribution of Linux (such as Damn Small Linux or X-Ubuntu) or to be re-tasked as a "thin client" system (such as K12 Linux). |
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HP VL-7 Ports
HP VL-7 -- rear view with captions
This image shows the rear view of the HP VL-7 system and the available ports and connections. |
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| HP VL-8 -- front view |
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VL6 Model 8
Here is the granddaddy of PCs on campus. A masterful Pentium II processor screaming along at a whopping 350 MHz, a 4 Gigabyte hard drive (finally made into a single, useable partition), two USB 1.1 ports, and most of the machines of this ilk have at least 192 MB of RAM, some with 256 MB.
Note that the model VL-8 does not have the case-locking mechanism that is present on the VL-7 model. Small blessings, what?
All of these systems are now running Windows 98 (zow!) with Microsoft Office 97. These VL-8 systems would also run a "lighter" version of Linux as mentioned above in the VL-7 description. |
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HP VL-8 Ports
HP VL-8 -- rear view with captions
This image shows the rear view of the HP VL-8 system and the available ports and connections. |
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| Gateway E-4200 -- front view |
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The Gateway 4200 was the third series of computers available on the CDO campus (and Amphi District) and the first Gateway system selected by district technology. The E-4200 tower has a Pentium III processor; a couple of different speeds of this processor can be found on campus: 450 Mhz and 500 Mhz. These systems came with 64 MB of RAM (all have been upgraded to at least 256 MB RAM, if not 320 or 384 MB.) The E-4200 came with a 13 GB hard drive and a standard CD-ROM drive, floppy drive, a very nice ATI Rage 128 video card, and two USB 1.1 ports.
This system also came with a ViewSonic monitor -- either 15" or 17" with built-in speakers that provide audio output from the PC. The ViewSonic monitors also have a built-in microphone for sound input.
Note: All of these Gateway E-4200 PCs are running Windows XP and Office 97.
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Gateway E-4200 ports
Gateway E-4200 rear view with captions
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| Last updated February 19, 2007 |
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