From: rich@tosh.wcc.govt.nz (Richard Naylor )
Newsgroups: nz.general
Subject: Handicap FTP Archive now available
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 10:11:17 GMT
Organization: City Net -  Wellington City Council's Community Computer Network

10:10:59
24-Aug-1992

from KIDSNET


Date: 16 Aug 92 00:37:46 GMT
From: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry)
Subject: [sci.med] Handicap ftp archive now available!
Newsgroups: comp.archives

Archive-name: auto/sci.med/Handicap-ftp-archive-now-available

I am pleased to announce the opening of an anonymous ftp site
dedicated to handling programs and information files for the
handicapped.  The site is:

   handicap.shel.isc-br.com

and the IP address is 129.189.4.184

The files on this machine are duplicates of the files from
the Handicap News BBS.  As I get more disk space and time,
I will include all 2800+ issues of the Handicap Digest.

What kind of files can you find here?  Sign language tutors,
screen enlargers, one-finger programs, the complete text
of ADA (American Disabilities Act), screen readers, speech
synthesizer drivers, the Handicap BBS list, the IBM
Disability Resource Center guides, back issues of the Braille
Monitor, the Braille Forum and other various newsletters
and much more.  Right now, there are somewhere around 800 files
and programs and I have another 800 or so that I have not had the time to
check, re-format and store on the archive.

Actually, this site has been up and running for the past 6 months
or so.  I have just re-organized the entire system and moved it
to a slightly larger disk.

Current directories are:

acb           American Council of the Blind
ada           Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
adapt         ADAPT organization
aging         Aging
als           ALS
amputee       Amputee
apple         Information on the Apple and Mac
arth          Arthritis
artic         Artic configuration files
augment       Augmentative communication
autism        Autism
bbslists      Handicap BBS list and medical BBS list
braille       Files and programs for braille
calendar      Calendar of Conferences and other Events
care          Caregiver information
cf            Cystic Fibrosis
cfs           Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
children      Children and disabilities
cp            Cerebral Palsy
ct            The handicapped in Connecticut
develop       Developmental delay information
dogs          Guide dogs
down          Down Syndrome
educ          Education and the handicapped
esoft         Educational software
euth          Euthanasia
forum         Copies of the Braille Forum newsletter
hearing       Files and programs for the hearing impaired
ibm           IBM's Disability Resource Database
info          Various information files
large         Screen and print enlargers
learn         Learning disabilities
legal         Legislation and the handicapped
leisure       Leisure and the handicapped
md            Muscular Dystrophy
misc          Don't know where to put these
mobile        Files and programs for the mobility impaired
monitor       Copies of the Braille Monitor newsletter
ms            Multiple Sclerosis
nfb           National Federation of the Blind
nletter       Various newsletters
other         Info on other computers other than IBM and Apple
pain          Chronic pain
people        Handicapped people in the news
polio         Polio and Post-polio
psych         Psychological disorders
rare          Rare disorders
rehab         Rehabilitation
seizures      Seizures information
social        Social Security
speech        Files and programs for speech synthesizers
stroke        Information on strokes/traumatic head injuries
tech          Handicapped and technology
unix          Programs for Unix and the handicapped
uspeech       Speech friendly utilities
visual        Files and programs for visually impaired (enlargers, etc)
work          Work and the handicapped

You will find some of these directories empty or nearly so, other
directories overflowing.  I have several hundred more files and programs
that I have not had the time to put either here or on the Handicap
News BBS so hopefully there will be more information constantly
available here.  If certain directories get too large, I will
split them up.

In each directory, there should be a file called "00-index.txt"
which will be a listing and description of the files in that directory.

Hopefully, there will be one file in the "/pub" directory (where
you start out when you first ftp here) called "index" which will
be a listing of all of the files available.  At some point, there
will also be a file called "new" which will describe what is new
within the last 30 days.

Most of the text files in here are in PC format, that is, each
line is terminated by both a line feed and a carriage return.  If
you are viewing these files on a non-PC machine, you may have
some problems or you may see control M's at the end of each line.
There are various programs which can remove these control M's
if you do not want to use your normal text editor.

Please use your e-mail address as your password when you log
on as anonymous.  This allows me to contact you if I find
a problem with any certain file.

One special note:  Due to the sheer number of files and programs
for the visually impaired, I've created 11 different directories
as follows:
acb           American Council of the Blind
artic         Artic configuration files
braille       Files and programs for braille
dogs          Guide dogs
forum         Copies of the Braille Forum newsletter
large         Screen and print enlargers
monitor       Copies of the Braille Monitor newsletter
nfb           National Foundation of the Blind
speech        Files and programs for speech synthesizers
uspeech       Speech friendly utilities
visual        Files and programs for visually impaired (enlargers, etc)

I will still continue to keep the SIMTEL20 directory, MISC.HANDICAP,
up to date with the major programs.

If you have suggestions for new directories and any comments
on how I can improve this site and make it more useful to
YOU, please let me know.

If you would like to upload a program or file, PLEASE do.  You
must log in as "incoming" or "upload" and use your e-mail address
as your password.  This will place you in the /pub/upload
directory.  Please leave me a readme type file or send
me mail describing the file.  Programs must be demos,
shareware or freeware.

I will make announcements of all new files and programs in
the misc.handicap newsgroup and the Handicap Digest mailing list.

If there are any questions, comments, suggestions, please
let me know.

                                Bill McGarry
                                (203) 337-1518

UUCP:       {oliveb, philabs, decvax, yale}!bunker!wtm
INTERNET:   wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com
BITNET:     l-hcap@ndsuvm1.bitnet
Fidonet:    The Handicap News BBS (141/420)   1-203-337-1607
            (300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hours)
Compuserve: 73170,1064


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