From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 3 21:37:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA02551 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 Jan 1998 21:37:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA02541 for ; Sat, 3 Jan 1998 21:37:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Resent-From: grog@lemis.com Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA21025 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 16:07:06 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA07939 for questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 16:07:06 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Resent-Message-Id: <199801040537.QAA07939@freebie.lemis.com> Message-ID: <19980103145639.56960@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:56:39 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Encylopedia Britannica, Oxford English Dictionary and FreeBSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Resent-Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 16:07:06 +1030 Resent-To: FreeBSD Questions Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm considering getting the Encyclopedia Britannica and/or the Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM, but I'm a little concerned that the data may be in formats that FreeBSD doesn't understand (like a proprietary browser that runs only under Microsoft). Does anybody have any experience with these CDs? Other things that would be of interest would be the relationship between the CD-ROM version and the printed version (especially for the EB. It seems that it would be difficult to get that much information on a single disk). And, of course, if you know any places where the prices are good, that would help too. Thanks in advance Greg