3.1140 diverse queries (150)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Wed, 7 Mar 90 08:11:38 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1140. Wednesday, 7 Mar 1990.


(1) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 06:43 CST (6 lines)
From: Robin Smith <RSMITH@KSUVM>
Subject: Searcher

(2) Date: Tue, 06 Mar 90 14:16:00 MEZ (38 lines)
From: Alfred Suhl <ANT01@DMSWWU1A>
Subject: Call for information on Gramcord

(3) Date: Tue, 06 Mar 90 14:40:15 CST (16 lines)
From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@UIUCVMD>
Subject: Gertrude Stein

(4) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 18:41:36 EST (28 lines)
From: elli@harvunxw.BITNET (Elli Mylonas)
Subject: Latin Dictionary

(5) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 21:09 CST (27 lines)
From: <JBOWYER@UNOMA1>
Subject: Welcome to the Machine

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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 06:43 CST
From: Robin Smith <RSMITH@KSUVM>
Subject: Searcher

I seem to have thrown away the recent announcement of 'Searcher' (a program
which searches the TLG and runs on MS-DOS machines). Can anyone help me?
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Date: Tue, 06 Mar 90 14:16:00 MEZ
From: Alfred Suhl <ANT01@DMSWWU1A>
Subject: Call for information on Gramcord

It would help me very much, if there is anyone who could give me informa-
tion on the following items as soon as possible (already tomorrow mor
NING?). I AM PROFESSOR FOR NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS AT THE PROTESTANT
FACUL- TY IN MUENSTER. I HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING A CORRECT
ENGLISH. NEVERTHELESS I DO HOPE, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN.
TOGETHER WITH OUR CATHOLIC FACULTY WE GOT THE MONEY NOW FOR INSTALLING
NETWORK WITH ONE SERVER and 20 workstations for our students. I have to
take care for some useful tools for theological research. I asked
Mr.Miller for INFORMATION ON HIS GRAMCORD, that I am very interested in,
but I did not get the answer as soon AS IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME, FOR I
HAVE TO MAKE MY DECISION THIS WEEK. THEREFORE I WOULD BE VERY OBLIGED
TO EVERYONE WHO WOULD HELp me soon by answering the following questions:

1. What is the actual price for GRAMCORD and GRAMGREEK?
2. What would be the licence fee if we put the programs on our server and
let the students work at their stations?
3. Does GRAMGREEK still work only together with CHIWRITER or does it work
with WORD or - even better - with WORDPERFECT, too?
4. If there are different versions for GRAMGREEK - what are the actual
prices for a single licence or for the above mentioned network-licence?
5. Is there anyone who knows Mr.Miller personally and would tell him that I
would prefer to get his response - either via bitnet or via telefax as I
wrote to him?

I am in such a hurry because we got the money for our network just now. I
worked at the university of Duisburg for one year, so I forgot to get the
information I need now in due time. Of course it is my fault. But as I like
to help other people - may be, there is anyone who likes to help me now?
I WILL LOOK TO MY READERLIST TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL BE THANKFUL TO
EVERYONE WHO GIVES ME A HINT.
ALFRED SUHL



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Date: Tue, 06 Mar 90 14:40:15 CST
From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@UIUCVMD>
Subject: Gertrude Stein

We are looking for information leading to as many etexts of Gertrude
Steins as possible, including variants.


Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Director, Project Gutenberg
National Clearinghouse for Machine Readable Texts

BITNET: HART@UIUCVMD INTERNET: HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU
(*ADDRESS CHANGE FROM *VME* TO *VMD* AS OF DECEMBER 18!!**)
(THE GUTNBERG SERVER IS LOCATED AT GUTNBERG@UIUCVMD.BITNET)
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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 18:41:36 EST
From: elli@harvunxw.BITNET (Elli Mylonas)
Subject: Latin Dictionary



Has anyone heard of "MetaVerbal Technologies" a person or persons
in Evanston Illinois, who are marketing a Latin English Dictionary?
They say it has 25,000 entries, but don't state which dictionary
(paper) it comes from or how many Mb it is.
It supposedly is in raw text format, and can
be licensed for $49.95 1 copy, $129.95 for a departmental site license.

A letter with this information was sent to my department, and they
are wondering whether they should get it. It sounds as if it
is rather a tool for research, more than a stand alone dictionary.
As such, it may not be the best buy without a person to massage it
into usable shape.

However, there is so little work in Latin on computer that
this sounds intriguing to me! I am trying to find the Metaverbal folks, but
if any Humanist knows anything, please write me. All I have for
them is a paper mail address, no phone, no e-mail.

They are also, apparently, working on Latin scansion and parsing.

Thanks in advance for any leads. --elli mylonas

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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 21:09 CST
From: <JBOWYER@UNOMA1>
Subject: Welcome to the Machine



A Fulbright scholar from Czechoslovakia at our university just bought
a PC this weekend. He's learned the basics of MS-DOS already (an amazing
feat in itself for someone who has never touched a computer before).
Now we're trying to find some software that meets his needs.

1. He has a shareware Czech word processor, but we both soon realized
that it doesn't work well. He called home and discovered that
his colleagues use a program called Multi-Lingual Scholar. Has
anyone heard of this program? Do you know where I can get a copy
at the cheapest price?

2. He wants to start collecting English language learning software.
Is there anyplace where I can access public domain versions of
such programs (perhaps via FTP)?

Thanks for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey W. Bowyer
University of Nebraska at Omaha