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During the preparation stage, the Committee had practically no budget. The

budget used was budget from DIKTI. After UT was formally established and the
new annual budget was started in April 1985, UT then had its own budget.

Because of its budget limitation, UT could not afford some activities that should
be paid like fee for module writers. However, the budget given by DIKTI had been

used to buy equipment needed, i.e. some Apple II computers, which were the
best desktop computer at that time for word-processing: from making draft of the

manuscript to printed-master. Printing of course materials was outsourced in
private printing houses. Student data processing used the computers of Center of

Computer Science (Pusilkom) Universitas Indonesia.
At the beginning UT used fixed curriculum, so that every student in one

study program took the same courses, and every students got their course
materials after paying the tuition fee , therefore the distribution of course material

was relatively simple. Every student would get the course material in a package
distributed by mail. Students were registered , paid education fee , and got their

learning package at the same Post Office. All of this process could be finished in
the same day, so that students could also begin their learning on that day.

Student is doing Registration

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