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A Global Network of Organisations working in Human Rights and Sustainable
Development.
A good starting point is the link: Resources
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Update from September 16, 2002:
URGENT appeal for "cover CDs" and "promotional" CD-ROMs !
Many computer magazines are sold nowadays with so-called "cover CDs" often containing valuable shareware, freeware and/or for promotional purposes full packages of commercial software (just the previous version to inform customers in-depth about the product and to offer them an incentive to buy the latest version).
For our purposes the latest versions are mostly not required - we would like you to check out your collected CD treasures gathered over the last 7 to 10 years and send us all those which you don't need anymore. This allows us to build up a large software library (also in many major languages).
Whether you have one or dozens of "cover CDs" - please e-mail us and we let you know where to send them. Everything is needed from DOS/Win 3.1 programs to Win95, 98, ME, 2000 and Win XP, but also for the APPLE and LINUX.
Please check out these old magazines, boxes and plastic bags - your old "stuff" could contribute a lot to the education of a student somewhere in the world. Please e-mail us now: tbsc-consult@altavista.it Thank you !
DON'T forget ! You can download the whole website - see the link on the home page.
Update from July 2, 2002
During the last month we were developing a new marketing strategy to make the site better known - esp. at the "grassroots" level. We will keep you posted about this over the next weeks. Please help us to make the sources and resources known. Thank you.
Update from Saturday, May 18, 2002
Over the last four (4) weeks we have done some "soul searching", explored new ways to make our web site better known, esp. with those who need it. Before we add new content we want to focus more on reaching the people who need our support. This is not easy (as experience has shown us) because we rely on a chain of people to forward this website address.
Example: If we write to a school authority, a newspaper or a radio station in a country where our help could be needed then it is necessary that the message is spread to the grassroots level ...
The people we write to are often in the position to do this in their respective countries. But this situation needs to be improved - we are working on some incentives for them.
Then we have performed a mailout in Auckland, New Zealand directed at schools to find out if they are willing to donate older, unused software to overseas recipients.
This was only a test run and we have learned a lot from it - the next mail outs will be planned better. OK - out of 150 we got two (2) positive responses, but this was not quite what we have expected.
Mistake No. 1 :
We have written to the school principals in the hope that they will forward our letter to the right person, but had mostly only the office e-mail address available. They receive too much information everyday and cannot cope with something like this. The person responsible for the schools IT and computer equipment is right partner - so we will try to get in touch with him or her in our next runs with a good subject line.
A little statistic:
150 messages sent out
~ 25 bounced back (wrong e-mail address because the address list at
the MinEdu page for the schools is not up-to-date)
~ 25 responded with "Unsubscribe" - some with nasty comments (but then
who cares about those after ten minutes ...)
2 responded positive and we are in talks with
them
~ 100 messages probably read by someone and found not worth an answer. Yes, it is easier to pick up the phone and make a donation to a charity for $ 5.-- or $ 10.-- - in our case is some work involved to help others (the cheque book is of not much use).
We keep you posted in these matters.
Update from Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Some minor changes on several pages.
We have started last week to promote this site with international organizations and approaching a series of schools regarding the donation of unused software or software made obsolete because of the developments in technology.
For the next two weeks we will focus on this and then report on our
"Teams/Project" page.
Update from Tuesday, April 9, 2002
We have updated the following pages:
teams.html
(the NZ school project - how can their obsolete software put to good use
world wide; please have a
look at this page what we are planning )
vocational_intro.html
(practical curricula development for all sorts of training, esp. for the
construction area - we have
gathered some ideas and useful links)
enter.html (updated regarding our own software which will be provided FREE on a case to case basis)
One of our products "MyNet - Anywhere !" is esp. useful for the development
of curricula from
sources on the Internet. Please visit the web site of: http://tbsc.de.vu
or alternative:
http://bluesoftware.tripod.com
New pages added:
Next update is planned for Monday, April 8, 2002 !
Our plans are:
- we will start with some MS-Windows programs
( 16-bit - 3.1, 3.11 ) - FREEWARE
- practice books for download (vocational orientation)
- more support for those who have only older
equipment
Please visit us again next Monday !
Update from Tuesday, April 2., 2002
We have updated the following pages:
vocational_software.html
(mainly CAD software - DOS and Windows resources, engineering software,
tutorials, books for download and much, much more ...)
utilities.html (we have added
CPU, memory, disk and troubleshooting utilities, which we have used ourselves;
then
we have listed the access to more than 300 (!) disk (hard disk and floppy
disk) utilities, esp. for older
equipment)
NEW PAGE !
spreadsh.html (we have
added a lot of spreadsheet utilities - mainly for the DOS environment,
spreadsheet applications
for DOS based machines (Freeware) and the access to a whole range of statistics
software
database.html (we
have added a whole range of resources for those who want to program in
CLIPPER - the older
DOS versions )
wordproc.html (we have added
a whole range of add-ons and wordprocessing tools, esp. for those who have
older
wordprocessing packages like Wordperfect ... )
The whole web site can be downloaded form the
home page - it is up-to-date !
Next update planned for Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (after Easter Monday):
We will update the following pages:
Vocational Software (with the focus on CAD - Computer Aided Design Software )
and introduce a new page:
utilities.html (starting with
DOS utilities for CPU, memory, hard disk etc.)
March 25, 2002
We will have this week some new pages
PC Repairs and Maintenance
Tutorials
DOS Tutorials
Vocational Software
The following pages will be updated:
dbase_books.html
dbase_resources.html
vocational_intro.html
March 22, 2002
Major page with DOS related resources for
educational purposes
Educational Software - Link
Page
March 18, 2002
The following pages have been updated or added (some are still under development) :
Database Resources
dBASE Resources
Education (Introduction)
Resources on this site ..
LINUX Page
Operating Systems
Vocational (Introduction)
Only minor changes / beginnings have been made this weekend. The main development work will be done during the coming week.
TBSC - CONSULTING is a partner of ...
A Global Network of Organisations working in Human Rights and Sustainable
Development.
A good starting point is the link: Resources on this site !