4.1311 Qs: Aquinas etext; OCRs; IPA fonts; &c. ... (6/95)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 2 May 91 22:51:37 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1311. Thursday, 2 May 1991.

(1) Date: Thu, 2 May 1991 12:22 CDT (15 lines)
From: "Richard C. Taylor" <6297TAYLORR@MUCSD.BITNET>
Subject: Works of Aquinas on CD-ROM

(2) Date: Thu, 02 May 91 15:42:25 GMT (31 lines)
From: Michael O'Kelly <MOKELLY@IRLEARN>
Subject: Package for Adult Ed administration at a University

(3) Date: Wed, 1 May 91 16:33 -0300 (13 lines)
From: WARMCN@AC.DAL.CA
Subject: Laptop adaptor

(4) Date: Wed, 01 May 91 17:36:14 +0100 (14 lines)
From: John.Slatter@durham.ac.uk
Subject: [OCRs]

(5) Date: Wed, 01 May 91 11:52:10 +0100 (9 lines)
From: John.Slatter@durham.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 4.1305 Rs: Mac Indexing; Mac CALL &c; Vidiodiscs

(6) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 91 17:03:45 -0400 (EDT) (13 lines)
From: Leslie Burkholder <lb0q+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Queries [IPA fonts; etexts)

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Date: Thu, 2 May 1991 12:22 CDT
From: "Richard C. Taylor" <6297TAYLORR@MUCSD.BITNET>
Subject: Works of Aquinas on CD-ROM

In the most recent edition of the BULLETIN DE PHILOSOPHIE MEDIEVALE
it is mentioned that the people who did the Index Thomisticus (index
and texts of the works of Aquinas) are the putting "sur CD-ROM
tous les textes de S. Thomas et des autres auteurs recenses par
l'INDEX THOMISTICUS." Does any one on HUMANIST have any information
to pass on about this or perhaps an email address? The snail-mail
address is: INDEX THOMISTICUS, Aloisianum, I-21013 Gallarate.
Dick Taylor
Philosophy, Marquete University, Milwaukee, WI 53233 USA
BITNET:"6297TAYLORR@MUCSD"

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Date: Thu, 02 May 91 15:42:25 GMT
From: Michael O'Kelly <MOKELLY@IRLEARN>
Subject: Package for Adult Ed administration at a University

The Adult Education section in University College Dublin is considering
buying a package to manage its 5000+ students. Among the requirements are

-Separate but related tables or files for
students
history of courses attended (over any number of years)
lecturers
courses currently available
-Multiple users
-Reconciliation of fees

Has anyone heard of a good and reasonably-priced package? Our
University uses VAXes for administrative IT. A VAX-based or PC-based
system would seem best.

If people reply to me I will summarise for the list as appropriate.

Michael O'Kelly
MOKELLY@IRLEARN.UCD.IE

Administrative DP
UCD Computing Services
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland

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Date: Wed, 1 May 91 16:33 -0300
From: WARMCN@AC.DAL.CA
Subject: Laptop adaptor


I am planning to take a research trip to England this summer and will
bring my adaptor with my laptop. What special adaptor will I need to
be able to recharge my battery (the electrical circuit is different in
the UK from that in North America)? My laptop is a Sharp 4700. Any
advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

David McNeil (WARMCN@DALAC)

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Date: Wed, 01 May 91 17:36:14 +0100
From: John.Slatter@durham.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 4.1302 Copyright (2/112)

Joel D. Goldfield's recent submission on copyright problems raised the
possibility of a corpus of e-texts for exchange between scholars. The
creation of e-texts involves the problem of scanners, OCR, etc. In the
Russian field this in turn implies highly teachable OCR. Does anyone have
experience of the use of OCR to read Russian texts, with a scanner and IBM
compatible PC (not Kurzweil)? I was told of a French package by a firm called
ISTC informatique (title: AutoREAD), but have so far failed to contact this
firm at the Paris address given to me. Details of the firm or the package
would be most welcome. John Slatter, Dept of Russian, University of Durham,
UK.
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Date: Wed, 01 May 91 11:52:10 +0100
From: John.Slatter@durham.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 4.1305 Rs: Mac Indexing; Mac CALL &c; Vidiodiscs (3/95)

Could someone supply more details on "Brittannica", mentioned by Joel
D. Goldfield in his submission on CD-Roms and videodiscs? Also on _De
Italia_, likewise mentioned recently in a submission on CD-Roms? Many
thanks in advance. John Slatter, Dept of Russian, Durham University, UK.

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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 91 17:03:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Leslie Burkholder <lb0q+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Queries

Can someone provide me with sources for the following items:
(1) A phonetic alphabet for the IBM PC and Macintosh.
(2) On line Shakespeare texts for the IBM PC and Macintosh
(3) On line texts of modern American poets (since 1960) for the IBM PC
and Macintosh.

Thanks,
Leslie Burkholder
Carnegie Mellon University