Rev. 10-01-97

 ENGINEER APPLICATION PERSONAL COMPUTER
105-C-056

 The Standard Specifications are revised as follows:

 SECTION 105, AFTER LINE 583, INSERT AS FOLLOWS:

  1. The Contractor shall provide and set up a fully operational multimedia microcomputer system for the field office in addition to the other requirements herein. The system shall include a microcomputer, keyboard, color monitor, and printer. The computer equipment shall be placed on a separate computer work station.

    The computer shall be in accordance with the requirements shown below. Equipment which is not in accordance with these requirements will not be accepted.

  1. Desktop System.

  1. Microprocessor: Intel Pentium compatible, 166 MHz, or faster.

  2. 16 MB RAM, or larger.

  3. At least one 1.44 MB 3.5 inch diskette drive. If more than one diskette drive is furnished, the A: drive shall be 1.44 MB 3.5 inches.

  4. One fixed disk (hard drive), minimum 1.2 GB.

  5. 6X CD ROM drive, or faster.

  6. Amplified audio speakers.

  7. An SVGA display adapter, 1Mb video ram minimum.

  8. MPEG-1 full motion, full screen video.

  9. A minimum of one serial port.

  10. One parallel port.

  11. One mouse port with a 2-button mouse and mouse pad.

  12.   A 101 key enhanced keyboard.

  13. An internal 28.8k V.34 fax/modem board. Port COM2 shall be designated.

  14.   Operating system shall be Windows 95.

 

  1. SVGA Display.

  1. A 15 inch color display, or larger.

  2. Graphics 1024 x 768.

  3. Dot pitch 0.28 mm.

  4. Non-interlaced.

  5. A swivel stand.

 

  1. Letter Quality Dot Matrix Printer.

  1. A 24-pin print head.

  2. A 136 column width, 66 lines printable for 11 inch paper.

  3. Printer Speed:
    (1) Draft, 300 cps, minimum.
    (2) LQ, 133 cps, minimum.

  1. Centronics parallel interface.

  2. A print buffer, minimum 8 KB.

  3. Support EPSON print codes and IBM extended character set.

  4. Configuration shall be set for LQ, 10 pitch, IBM extended graphic character set (ASCII 128 thru 255).

 

  1. Software.

  1. Paradox, Ver. 4.5 for DOS.

  2. MS Excell for Windows, version 5.0 or newer

  3. MS Word for Windows, version 6.0 or newer

 

  1. Miscellaneous Requirements.

  1. Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) minimum 280VA/175W (15 minutes) with full time surge suppression and noise isolation, including RJ-11 connections for modem phone line surge protection. American Power Conversion (APC) model Back-UPS Pro 280 (APC part # BP280), or equivalent.

  2. Glare screen for 15 inch monitor.

  3. Printer stand for supplied printer.

  4. Dust covers for system unit, monitor,and printer.

  5. Printer ribbons and 8-1/2" X 11" continuous form printer paper shall be supplied and replenished as needed.

  6. A supplemental (in addition to the standard telephone line) phone line shall be installed and connected to the PC modem through the UPS surge protection described above. NOTE: If a supplemental phone line is being installed to accommodate a FAX machine, this same line may be used for joint FAX and PC communications using a line splitter or other appropriate device.

 

The requirements shown herein shall be considered as minimum requirements. The Contractor may furnish equipment or software which exceeds these requirements, except where DOS or Windows is specified.

All manuals necessary for operation of the system shall be provided. These shall include manuals for microcomputer operations, DOS and Windows operating system, monitor operation, printer operation and code references, and all other manuals or documentation normally furnished with the equipment or software when purchased. The Contractor shall also provide appropriate dust covers for all equipment.

The Contractor shall install, and maintain in good working order, the microcomputer system in the field office. If a portion of the system becomes defective, inoperative, damaged, or stolen, that portion shall be repaired or replaced within 3 days, Mondays through Fridays, after the Contractor is notified of such situation. Security devices or locked storage cabinets shall be provided for the equipment as the Contractor determines to be necessary.

The Department will be utilizing the hardware and software specified herein to run Construction Management System software applications. These applications are known to run on IBM and fully IBM compatible equipment. If the Department experiences problems running these applications due to requirement compatibility, the Contractor shall, within 3 days, Mondays through Fridays, replace and set up appropriate equipment to ensure compatibility to the satisfaction of the Department.