Computer

Peter Kocher and Henning Galinski

Rules

We try to leave you as much freedom in using the NonMetallic infrastructure as possible. For this to work we ask you to consider the following points:

• Responsible usage of the machine park. Printing in particular results in direct costs to the department.
• The Internet does not exist in a societal vacuum. eMail, WWW, etc are governed by the same rule as your offline life.
• Hacking is not appreciated! Neither in our systems nor in others.
• Do not share your username and password with anybody. If you want to share data with somebody, ask us, how to do that safely.
• Highest priority have activities related to your studies (please follow the posters in the computer labs).
• Please read ETH's Acceptable Usage Policy
• For further information please consult http://www.id.ethz.ch/Publikationen/Rechtliches.html

In return we will do our best to offer you a good working environment as well as good support.

Netiquette

RFC 1855: Netiquette Guidelines (off-site)
Apart from the laws there are certain rules known as Netiquette which govern the life of the Internet People. Make sure you read this and act accordingly.

The Netiquette Homepage (off-site)
A whole website on "good behaviour" in the net.

Computer types

• IBM A31 & IBM R40 is for future doctorate canditates. Information about hardware, diskimage, service contract and responsibilities (pdf)
• Transtec 1300
• Compaq Deskpro

Installation

• IBM A31 & IBM R40 installation is done via a diskimage which includes all software listed below
• Transtec 1300 installation is done via a diskimage which includes all software listed below
• Compaq Deskpro installation is done via a diskimage which includes all software listed below

Software for office use:

• Operating System (WinXP, english)
• Multilanguage Package for the operating system c
• Office Package XP (Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Access)
• Multilanguage Package for the Office Package (English, German, French)
• Internet Explorer 6 (with some preconfigured favorites)
• Adobe Acrobat Exchange 5
• Adobe FrameMaker 6
• Adobe Photoshop 6
• Adobe Illustrator 10
• Citrix Metaframe Client
• WinZip 8.0
• VPN Client (What is it? What software?)
• ETH Fonts
• ETH Word Letterpaper
• Quicktime Pro
• WS_Ftp
• Mc Affee Virus Scanner
• VNC Server and Viewer
• Endnote 6
• Microcalc Origin 7.0

Helpful links:

IDES elektronisches Bestellsystem für Software der Informatikdienste

Hardware requirements in general

• Desktop for office use: PC Pentium IV, min 1 GHz, 512 Mb, min 30 Mb harddisk, 2 partitions, CD RW-ROM, Soundcard, Loudspeaker, TFT min 17",
• Laptop for office and off-office use: Pentium IV, min 1 GHz, 512 Mb, min 30 Mb harddisk, 2 partitions, CD RW-ROM, min 14", Ethernet, 56KV90 Modem, wireless card
• secretaries have a flat scanner with office document imagine

Helpful Links:

Empfehlungen der ETH Zürich zur Beschaffung von Informatikmitteln

Empfehlung zur kabellosen Vernetzung "Wireless"

Empfehlung zun Programm "Ein-Notebook-pro-StudentIn"

Empfehlung von Herrn Denoth speziell zur Laptop Beschaffung mit Intel Prozessore und Windows Betriebssystem

Functions in a secretary office working environment

• editing text documents (Word, Framemaker, Acrobat), calculation sheets (Excel)
• email, calender and contact management (of prof.) (Outlook, Web Interface)
• accounting and ordering (SAP, Filemaker)
• literature database (Endnote)

Functions in an PhD Doctorate office working environment

editing text documents, emailing, time mangement, data analysis