What You Need to Know About BANNER 3.0 and Going GUI

By Jim Bohle and Susan Hilton
(jbohle@oregon.uoregon.edu)
(hilton@oregon.uoregon.edu)

After more than a year of anticipation, preparation and publicity, the latest versions of the BANNER administrative applications are up and running across campus.

With BANNER 3.0, the much-heralded Graphical User Interface (GUI) becomes more widely available, and thus begins the phasing-out of character-mode access to BANNER over the next twelve months.

Recommended Configurations

To make use of GUI access to BANNER, users' desktop computers must meet the following recommended minimum machine configurations:

Windows 95 / NT:

• Pentium-class PC
• 32MB RAM
• 20MB free disk space
• 15-inch display

MacIntosh:

• Mac PowerPC (G3 preferred, minimum 200MHz)
• 64MB RAM
• 200MB free disk space
• 15-inch display
• MacOS 7.5.5 (or later)
• Windows 95/NT emulation software, such as SoftWindows 5.0 (best) or Virtual PC 2.0

All current machine configurations will be acceptable for character-mode access to BANNER 3.0 until Labor Day, 1999, when BANNER 4.0 is scheduled for installation. BANNER 4.0 provides only GUI access to BANNER, so users must have the minimum machine configurations noted above by that date.

Note: The BANNER HRIS (Human Resources Information System) space module will be in production January, 1999. However, BANNER HRIS users should prepare to have GUI access by Fall, 1998.

Questions?

For more information, including additional detail on specific Macintosh issues, see the Microcomputer Services web page at http://micro.uoregon.edu/mactowin or call Jim Bohle (346-1706) or Susan Hilton (346-1725).