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From: Ty Mixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>This is off topic, but it seems to be the type of thing most of us
>would love to help with. This guy is local to Colorado Springs, CO,
>USA, so many of you won't be able to help in an in-person way, but I'm
>sure any net surfing ideas would be helpful.
>
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>Ty Mixon
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>On 9/19/99, 4:51:30 PM, pplug-annouce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>regarding Computers for Kids:
>
>
>> Mark T. Hatcher asked to annouce the start of his project to provide
>> computers and assistance to children who might not otherwise have
>access
>> to computers. He intends to use Linux as the operating system.
>Please
>> take a minute to read his project description, and contact him if you
>> can provide any assistance.
>
>> The following is from Mark T. Hatcher:
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>
<snip>
>> I have some questions too:
>> - What type of hardware do we need for the educational shareware and
>> freeware available?
>> - Can we feasably get some of the kids on the net using one of the
>free
>> ISPs such as Net Zero?
Netzero currently runs only on Windows. It is Java based so should easily
run on any PC. The dialer would have to be reworked though, it interfaces
with Dial-up Networking of the Windows 9x world.
>> - I've heard "Free BSD" has some built in educational stuff. Would
>this be a good version to go with?
FreeBSD is not a version of Linux, I hope you straighten him out on this.
It may however, work for teaching purposes and is also freely available.
Obtainable at cheapbytes.com or any other online vendor in bulk.
>> Please let me know if you'd like to help out.
>> Sincerely, Mark T. Hatcher
>
>> Computers For Kids
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