1. 1/22 - Computer Parts Roll call Comments on progress reports lecture: computer parts –outside –inside –REVIEW group project information preparations for 1/25

2. Progress report - recurring themes Don’t know people in project group Scared of group project - web design ?!? Scared of tests & quizzes - what type of questions? How much detail to know? Don’t understand the jargon

3. The outside Monitor keyboard mouse speakers printer floppy drive CD-ROM drive

4. The outside: the monitor “GUI”: graphical user interface Screen Size: diagonal “dot pitch” “resolution”

5. The outside: the keyboard “Windows keyboard” “104-key keyboard” “ergonomic”

6. The outside: the mouse “standard” “3-button” trackball touchpad “serial mouse” “scrolling mouse”

7. The outside: the speakers “integrated” “detached” “stereo”

8. The outside: the floppy drive 3.5” diskette drive

9. The outside: the CD-ROM drive Speaker jack stop/eject button play/pause button

10. The outside: other stuff Status lights external modem power buttons

11. The backside: the plot thickens Power supply network card sound card parallel ports serial ports keyboard port

12. The backside: the power supply Plug cooling fan voltage switch

13. The backside: the network card “RJ-45 jack” “BNC connector” “15-pin connector” “LAN” “Ethernet” “Co-axial cable”

14. The backside: the sound card “Mic” “speaker ports” “MIDI port” “External audio”

15. The backside: parallel ports Usually for printers high capacity for data transmission (just pretend)

16. The backside: serial ports “9-pin” “15-pin” often used for the mouse low capacity for data transmission

17. The backside: keyboard port “AT keyboard port” “PS keyboard port”

18. The inside: the plot sickens Seen outside: Power supply floppy drive CD-ROM drive video card sound card network card

19. The inside: the plot sickens Hard drive “CPU” “ROM BIOS” “RAM” “CMOS” Clock

20. Group Projects: More Info Webpage Resources: the entire Internet –www.pcwebopaedia.com –www.zdnet.com Web Design programs: –Netscape Navigator’s Composer –AOLPress –HoTMetaL 5.0 (SoftQuad)

21. For 1/25: Read ch. 20: How a monitor works Each group email me with list of names in group, listing who is “group leader” or “group contact”. (10 of the 200 pts.) Look over revised calendar with new arrangement of topics: outside hardware first, then backside hardware, then inside stuff, then software/programming stuff.