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Our own
software (from TBSC - The Blue Software Company) available FREE of charge
on a case to case basis
Hardware and Software matters in general ...
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Educational
matters Educational
Software
Vocational
matters Vocational
Software ( CAD etc. )
Computer
Tutorials DOS
Tutorials
Business
Plan Development
Basic
Financial Planning
Applied
Spreadsheet Analysis
Small
Business Accounting
Education and vocational subjects
In this area we will have a huge collection mainly of FREEWARE application for our target group. Most of the software has been tested by ourselves. The software collected is esp. useful for the computer models of the eighties and early nineties to cover the needs of our target groups.
We would welcome to receive FREEWARE applications in other languages, esp. in FRENCH, SPANISH and PORTUGUESE for specific countries - thank you.
Operating
Systems
Operating System Page
LINUX Page
Linux Page (under development)
Spreadsheet
Software Spreadsheet
Page
Database
Software
Database page
Internet
related
Business
Software
Word
Processing
Word Processor page ...
Education
/ Training
Networking
Test
Software
Test Software page ... (hardware)
Drivers
( Printers etc. )
Hardware Repair
PC Repair & Maintenance
Utilities
Utilities Page (disk, memory, CPU etc.)
(to
be continued)
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TBSC - The Blue Software Company
is under setup at this stage.
As said on the home page we will offer our software on a case to case basis to selected recipients TOTALLY FREE (no strings attached). We suggest you visit the following site:
http://www.tbsc.de.vu or: http://bluesoftware.tripod.com
and work then through the information offered, esp. the Products and Services pages for:
"MyNet - Anywhere!" and "MyAddress and Contact Data!"
All our software can be downloaded for evaluation - some is FREE anyway
(like the Mailing List application) to get an overview.
Developing curricula for vocational purposes at a school in a disadvantaged
area or in a developing country which cannot afford to purchase a licensed
copy of "MyNet - Anywhere !" (the estimated introduction price is ~ US
$ 50.--) could be such a case would be such a case. "MyNet - Anywhere !"
will offer through its unique data and information retrieval possibilities
incredible time savings.
If you are interested, then please contact us ....
Download "MyNet - Anywhere !" right now at: MyNet - Anywhere ! from: http://bluesoftware.tripod.com/mynet.zip
Here is the ...
readme.txt
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from our application.
Thank you for downloading our application:
"MyNet - Anywhere!" (includes also a copy of "MyNet - on a Floppy!" )
for evaluation.
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In case you wonder why there is not one of the usual "installers" present - let's deal with this matter first:
( 1 )
Transparency to the user ...
Our applications don't change the "registry" or any other system file on your PC. They are simple to use but make frequent use of the "File Management Tool" which comes with the operating system (or you might have installed a third party tool). The File Management Tool is your window into the system and shows you where all your programs and data reside. With our applications you will always have this kind of transparency.
( 2 )
We suggest a certain structure where to put your programs and data - but you are totally free to change these locations and allocations (see the file: "folder.bat" which creates such a basic structure).
( 3 )
When surfing the Internet you want to keep one or the other URL and put them into your bookmark file / favorites - but that's it. After a while it gets very crowded and you have to organize them - this however structures only the URLs and NOT the data and information contained in these web sites.
You can download a whole page but then you store somewhere also all the details in a sub-folder (they are more or less the graphical elements which were needed by the web page designer to offer you such a nice interface). There is NO logical connection visible to the user if you have stored somewhere your downloaded pages and within your browser your bookmarked URLs.
Then there tools available which show you the whole structure of a web
site with all the pages, files, links etc. but this is of no big help either
if you want to see in context the information YOU NEED.
Dealing with your true requirements and what you need to retrieve from
a web site (specific data, images, documents etc.) needed a different approach.
( 4 )
You can of course use "MyNet - Anywhere!" as a simple bookmark file, you can also save entire web pages and their contents (with "MyNet - Anywhere !" you have them at least in a "logical" context).
However what we all really, really wanted was never covered with this approach: the targeted access to the details, to specific parts of a web site - the things you need to work with, have easy access to and process them immediately.
( 5 )
The further processing of the "objects" you have gathered in a structured manner is another matter. With hundreds of file formats available it is impossible to integrate the possibility to view and process them from within one application. So we have designed a framework that makes it possible to call all these useful tools (image viewers are good example) from within our applications. This allows you to process the "objects" on the spot at the moment when you retrieve and store them with "MyNet - Anywhere!" in a "logical" context.
The File Management Tools allow for a "logical" representation of the "physical" structure of your storage medium - they are however NOT designed to give you the logical view in the context you require.
We invite you to have a look at our sample data how we have solved this
in a way that everyone can follow things up.
( 6 )
Our applications are normally distributed as 32-bit applications for
the MS-Windows operating system in all it's flavours. And how many did
we have since '95 !? This is fairly irrelevant for the information and
data processing in the small / medium sized business and for the individual
computer user - it runs on all of them (whatever you just have). On our
web site and in our descriptions we practically never deal with any operating
system issues because it's of not much interest for the user of our applications
anyway. And who really cares about another version of the same old song
coming out soon ...
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Having said all this - let's go to work:
Unzip the file:
mynet.zip
and use the folder names (this is important: make the 'tick' where it says: "use folder info" or similar).
Please view / print out the files:
installation_mynet_printerfriendly.html
practice_mynet.html
creating_mnfloppy.html
to find your way around and/or visit our web site at:
http://bluesoftware.tripod.com
to get all the free tools we are talking about. We are using them ourselves.
You will set up a "building block" contributing a lot to your business, studies etc. whatever you are using the application for. Last but not least: it will save you time and money.
For more information please go through the HTML pages provided.
Because it is an evaluation copy the number of records are limited - however after studying the sample data you can just unzip the encl. file: empty_files_mynet.zip and extract them to: c:\tbsc overwriting the existing files, then try it for yourself with some of your own data gathered from the Internet.
The systematic approach to store only the relevant things might take a while to get used to - on the other hand: if you have a bigger project with data and information from several web sites you will enjoy the benefit to see things in context. And let's not forget: there is also an easy to handle report writer built in, so you can present your project data in an even more structured manner.
The application works fine in a network situation too. Depending on your circumstances it might be sufficient just to e-mail to others the .tps files (together with your collected data and information) in the form of "MyNet - on a Floppy!" which is freely distributable and offers all the features of "MyNet - Anywhere!" (apart from the fact that you CANNOT add new URLs). But this is often sufficient to let others work with your data, process it and to retrieve the information the decision maker needs.
This is a good solution if no real-time update is required by the remote recipient, if there is no network in place etc.
A teacher can give "MyNet - on a Floppy !" to all his students and provide them whenever required with the collected resources from the Internet for further studying at home - just one possibility.
On our web site you will find a tool called "cleanall.bat" which not only deletes all files, but also all downloaded material. This is useful for teachers for example who want to clean up everything for a new session. However it would be a disaster in the wrong hands, so we make it only available to licensed / registered users together with an individual password protection.
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Have a nice day wherever in the world you are.
Your team from
TBSC - The Blue Software Company
Please visit also the web site of:
TBSC - Consulting
http://www.tbsc-consulting.de.vu
or:
http://tbsc_consult.tripod.com
where we offer a range of FREE ICT services for those who are not in the lucky position to take part in the "neverending story" - the spiral of updates and upgrades ... but who are grateful to have one or the other 286, 386 machine available in disadvantaged regions and developing countries to teach students some basics.
End of readme.txt
Some hardware and software matters in general ....
Regarding the use of older computer hardware/software in schools there are always huge discussions about the "pros" and "cons". These discussions are however fairly useless, because the questions arising are always around the never ending spiral of hardware and software upgrades (esp. depending on the operating system just in flavour).
To clarify this point once and for all: for most subjects taught - esp. in the vocational area - there is enough software available which runs on older DOS based machines.
For our target group the whole discussion is probably as interesting as yesterdays newspaper. The question mostly doesn't arise at all because of the lack of state-of-the-art equipment. But herein lies also a huge chance for them: concentrating on what really counts instead of the computer hardware / software itself and the peripherie (which gets worse day by day).
It is also not so important that each student in the classroom has access to the internet - important is to enable students to deal with the flood of data and information.
There is more "information" available nowadays which we have to process - learning how to "process" information should be one of the priorities at our schools.
Even with a 386 system it is possible to run MS-Windows (16-bit) and perform all real world tasks like: Word Processing, spreadsheet calculations, drawing and construction work etc.
An older computer is better than NO computer at all !
If we have older - but still working - equipment it can be put to good use because it fulfills its purpose (like an old car bringing us from A to B).
The point of view that always the latest technology is required in our schools is of course nonsense !
Back in 1984 we have written
successful correspondence with a DOS wordprocessor, later we have used
MS-Write from Windows 3.11 and now MS-Office 97 is used. We have been successful
with our correspondence because we have written and formulated our correspondence
better than our competitors. The writing style made it a success - NOT
the type writer !
Wherever
you are in our world ....
If you have surplus commercial software packages ( operating systems, application software etc.- esp. from the eighties and the early nineties ) we would like to hear from you and ask you to send it to an educational institution, small business etc. in developing countries and disadvantaged areas.
We would
really like to hear from you. Thanks.
However - please consider the following
:
If you really want to help with such a kind of donation the software should be complete (if possible with the manuals), the software should be licensed software and you should be the registered owner of the license (you are transferring the right to the new user of the software who might want to obtain technical support etc. from the software manufacturer). Therefore a copy of the license is required for the 'new' owner you choose. The software medium itself should be in acceptable condition for further use and of course absolutely virus free - you wouldn't help someone else if there is a virus on one of the installation disks or the medium is damaged otherwise.
[ In English speaking countries you can use the Antivirus Software from: www.grisoft.com for FREE, also updates are absolutely free. ]
Esp. if you have not used the software for years
- PLEASE perform a trial installation and check it again for computer viruses.
If you have older disks (not used for more than five years) the chances
are great that the floppy disks are defect. But they can be fixed - see
our page: Test software
We would like to publish your details on our web site and prospective interests can then get in touch with you.
Thank you !
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