mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) (02/18/91)
Does anyone know whether any of the Encyclopedias that are offered on CD ROM are available to NeXT users? I know, for example, that Grolier's is available in versions for the Mac and PC Clones. Is it available, or can it be used, with the NeXT? I would ideally like to get a decent encyclopedia (perhaps Grolier's or Compton's) on CD ROM for the NeXT with a pre-generated index for Digital Librarian, but I would be interested as well in whether the NeXT can read, for example, the Grolier's that is available for the Mac. I haven't paid a lot of attention to the information about NeXT CD ROM support, I'm afraid.
6600dadg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (King of Sunset Town) (02/18/91)
In article <49291@apple.Apple.COM> mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) writes: >Does anyone know whether any of the Encyclopedias that >are offered on CD ROM are available to NeXT users? >I know, for example, that Grolier's is available in >versions for the Mac and PC Clones. Is it available, >or can it be used, with the NeXT? >I would ideally like to get a decent encyclopedia >(perhaps Grolier's or Compton's) on CD ROM for the >NeXT with a pre-generated index for Digital Librarian, >but I would be interested as well in whether the NeXT >can read, for example, the Grolier's that is available >for the Mac. I haven't paid a lot of attention to >the information about NeXT CD ROM support, I'm afraid. The Mac and PC versions of the Grolier's CD encyclopedia are the same. The only differences are the access software. The actual CD is shared between the two systems. My point, then, is that if you're willing to write the actual software yourself, all you need is the actual CD. +-------------------+---------------------------+------------------+ | Mark Dadgar | 6600dadg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu | Bill & Opus -'92 | +-------------------+---------------------------+------------------+ | From the dolequeue to the regiment a profession in a flash, | | But remember Monday signings when from door to door you dash. | | On the news a nation mourns you unknown soldier count the cost. | | For a second you'll be famous but labelled posthumous. | | Forgotten Sons. Forgotten Sons. | | - Marillion, 1983 | +----------Would UCSB write anything this intelligent?-------------+