I know the pain of being locked down, I started PDIT-email gave people hope, later upgraded Pmail.
You don't need expensive device.
No online, long queue up, but a lot of people liked to enroll Open Learning Institue.
HKOU started at 1990's was Open Learning Institute the time of typewriter, Chinese subjects ink and pen, but students were eager to learn, to research, to write, now many of them are leader in many fields. Now, we have computer, internet, cellphone insider our room, we can do better.
Upgraded soon to Pdrive, rich information, everybody in the world FREE to download.
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Upgraded again MPD.