4.1293 Notes: Collate Demo Disk; Britannica CD; Indexing (3/58)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 27 Apr 91 14:25:25 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1293. Saturday, 27 Apr 1991.
(1) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 13:56 GMT (19 lines)
From: PETERR@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK
Subject: Demonstration Disc for Collate 1.0
(2) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 09:57 EDT (11 lines)
From: O MH KATA MHXANHN <MCCARTHY@CUA>
Subject: indexing on the Macintosh
(3) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 91 12:11:21 CDT (28 lines)
From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Britannica on CDROM
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Date:(4) Thu, 25 Apr 91 13:56 GMT (17 lines)
From: PETERR@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK
Subject: Demonstration Disc for Collate 1.0
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A demonstration disc of Collate 1.0 is now available, free, from:
The Computers and Manuscripts Project
Oxford University Computing Service
13 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6NN
UK
EMAIL: PETERR@UK.AC.OX.VAX, ph 0865-273200, fax -273275.
The disc will run any Macintosh (Plus or above).
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 09:57 EDT
From: O MH KATA MHXANHN <MCCARTHY@CUA>
Subject: indexing on the Macintosh
In response to Mary Massirer's question, Virginia Systems puts out a very
nice piece of indexing software called "Sonar Bookends" which quickly
creates indices for files created in Word, MacWrite, other "popular"
word processors, and text-only files; it also comes in the form of
a Quark extension, which allos the user to index directly from the document.
An editable table of "noise" words is included. The number? 804-739-3200.
The program costs $130, I think.
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 91 12:11:21 CDT
From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Britannica on CDROM
My understanding is that the Encyclopedia Britannica CDROM is finally
going to become available next summer. The original single CD priced
at a rumored $90 has been expanded (also rumor, this is all rumored!)
to 3 CDs at a price of $5,000. As I understand it this Britannica CD
package is published by the same people who published the Comptons CD
for well under $1,000. I also understand that as much space is being
dedicated to illustrations as to text, but that since a picture is an
equal of 1,000 words, this may not be a great bargain, unless higher,
much higher, quality pictures are used than in other CD publications.
There is also a new edition of the Grolier's Electronic Encyclopedia,
this time a separate disk for the Mac and for DOS. This new edition,
along with other software changes, has been expanded from a 9 million
word text to 10 million words. The list price is $395, as I recall.
Grolier CDs can be ordered at 1-800-345-5590.
New version also includes maps and audio.
The comments I have made here are strictly relayed from other sources
since I have not had an opportunity to examine either of these for my
own commentaries.
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Thank you for your interest,
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