besan@mcshh.hanse.de (Thomas Wieske ()) (06/22/91)
Hello, greetings from Hamburg, I educate teachers in Hamburg (Germany) in EDP. This means the use of a PC and to handle and teach software (Word, Multiplan, Lotus, Framework, Procomm, Turbo Pascal, Basic etc.). For one year we are planning to establish a mailbox for students, pupils and teachers use. The costs for hardware and mailbox- software will not be the problem. Our schools are mostly equipped with 2400 Bits/sec modems, but have little knowledge, to handle it. We have some ideas regarding the above mentioned subject, but no experience about: 1. What hardware should we use? 2. What operating system is suitable (Unix, MS-DOS etc.)? 3. What mailbox-programm should we use? 4. How much time the sysop has to calculate for users? 5. How often you have a system break down (if any)? 6. What newsgroups are interesting for students and pupils? 7. How active are the users? 8. Are there any American institutes willing to establish a link? 9. What else should we consider? As you see I have a lot of questions and I would like to research the subject carefully. I shall be in New York in August and early September and would appreciate to meet and speak teachers, sysops and netusers. I leave for vacation 1st of July (for California) and would appreciate, if you could answer before this date, because later on I have no possibility to read and answer email. Regards Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * + * Hans D. Lehmann UUCP: besan@mcshh.hanse.de | | ( ) | | | | | | | | Voice 40 603 83 44 Bei der Hauptfeuerwache 1 | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+ 2000 Hamburg 1 / F.R. of GERMANY | . | | <|> | >>> Hamburg School of Shipping and Transportation <<< ) [|] ( ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (