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<h3>Expo laptop</h3>
<p>The <em>Expo laptop</em> 'debian' in the tatty hut is a Dell Latitude E4200 laptop (loaned by Philip
<p>The <em>Expo laptop</em> 'debian' in the tatty hut is a Dell Latitude E4200 laptop (on loan from Philip
Sargent) which is connected to the router by a cable and also by WiFi
(it's wifi configuration was fixed by Sam in 2019). It
also has an external numberpad as a couple of vital keys are dead
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with some configuration, can be set up to do all those things too. New expoers
are advised to use the <em>Expo laptop</em> first to see how it all works.</p>
<p>The laptop is usually connected to an extra LCD screen so that you can see surveys more easily as the laptop itself is small.
<p>Either the <em>Expo laptop</em> or your own laptop will use the version control system to
synchronise cave data. It's easier to use the <em>Expo laptop</em> as the software is already set up.
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directly but we haven't got this configured properly yet.) Use a usb stick to transfer files for printing
if you can't get your own laptop or phone to work with the printer.
<h3>The Expo Laptop's Friend: Aziraphale</h3>
<p>In 2019 we have another general-use laptop. This is not connected by any cabling and just uses WiFi. Like the <i>expo laptop</i> it is running debian Linux and has the same set of software installed (survex/aven, tunnelx, therion, tortoisehg, git etc.) and you login to it using the username "expo" and the usual cavey:beery password. It is a 14-inch Thinkpad on loan from Michael Sargent and it is called "aziraphale". The <i>expo laptop</i> is just called "debian".
<h3>Networking Hardware - experts only</h3>
<p>The networking hardware is an Acer Aspire netbook which keeps us logged in to the Gasthof and does firewalling