Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 03:10:52 -0400 From: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry) To: Info-IBMPC@brl.mil Subject: Handicap ftp site now available! Summary: Reposted by Keith Petersen 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) Most of the programs here are for the PC, hence the posting of this article to this newsgroup. I will still continue to send the major disability-related programs to the SIMTEL20 directory, MISC.HANDICAP. 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. PC based programs will also be announced here in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives. If there are any questions, comments, suggestions, please let me know. Bill McGarry (203) 337-1518 UUCP: {oliveb, uunet}!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