3.156 Mac hard drive; metrics (41)
Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Thu, 22 Jun 89 21:23:44 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 156. Thursday, 22 Jun 1989.
(1) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 89 14:05 EST (8 lines)
From: <J_FARBER@FANDM>
Subject: Third-party hard drive for Macintosh
(2) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 89 14:15 EST (12 lines)
From: <J_FARBER@FANDM>
Subject: Metrical analysis
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 89 14:05 EST
From: <J_FARBER@FANDM>
Subject: Third-party hard drive for Macintosh
In reply to Charles Ess, I used a DataFrame XP20 with my MacPlus for two years.
I went at it pretty heavily. It was fast and did not crash even once. The
software that came with it was incompatible with my new SE/30, though, so I
surrendered it. ---Joel Farber
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 89 14:15 EST
From: <J_FARBER@FANDM>
Subject: Metrical analysis
We have developed a Macintosh program that analyzes the meter of the
Iliad and the Odyssey pretty well for the Macintosh. We have two
applications that employ it to different ends: one, a tutorial to lead
students through the scansion, and the other a research tool that
provides for the collection of statistics on several aspects, such
as caesura. It runs fast. Of course, Greek meter, being based on a
quantitative system, is very different from the stress-based
system found in English (and in other aspects of academic life), so I doubt
that the principles would carry over. ---Joel Farber