Math Support Center Sign-In Sign-Out Form
Logging forms are now implemented on a Laptop in the MSC so students can sign in/out and leave comments.
- incoming.txt: log of student Sign In/Out activity. This is a TAB-delimited text file
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FYI:
- The laptop is intended as a dedicated station for sign-in and sign-out.
- Firefox is configured with the sign-in page as its home page.
- The network connection is minimal -- only the sign-up server is accessible.
- If someone quits Firefox, just relaunch it from the desktop icon.
- If the laptop seriously misbehaves
- Press the Power button until it powers off
- Wait a few moments
- Press the power button to turn it back on.
Geek details:
- Yes, it's really booting from a floppy.
- Yes, its OS and configuration are all on the 64Meg USB Pen Drive.
- Yes, its limited network access is configured elsewhere.
- Yes, it's accessing a different machine.
- Yes, it's running Linux. DSL Linux -- Google:DSL+Linux
- Yes, it's modern Firefox running on a laptop with:
- 300 Mhz Pentium MX processor
- 64Meg RAM
- Yes, it's likely I will strip superfluous stuff from the desktop.
Feel free to drop me a note if you're interested in more details.
Cheers,
-Dick
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DickFurnas - 27 Mar 2008