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Cd/Oxford Dictionary Message #52873
From: Dan Harper CDROM Forum · Marketplace July 16, 1993 5:33 AM
Sheldon, Sometime ago, I received a brochure from IBM that discussed an offer for the OED Cd-rom. You might contact them. The price was about $200 bucks. I will see if I have that flyer on file. If I do I will get back with you before the week is…
From: Dan Harper CDROM Forum · DOS, Windows, OS/2 July 8, 1993 12:24 AM
DAn, That is more reason to try OS/2 2.1. This robust operating system will run almost all existing window application programs. As a matter of fact it will run windows apps faster than windows itself. You can therefore support your multimedia applications as well as your window applications under the…
From: Dan Harper CDROM Forum · DOS, Windows, OS/2 July 5, 1993 12:34 PM
Dan, Take a look at IBM's OS/2 2.1. Multimedia comes free with it. Dan
Databases on CD-ROM Message #42383
From: Dan Harper CDROM Forum · CD ROM Production March 9, 1993 12:24 AM
Gary I think you want to use a data access engine that has been optimized for optical media as well as text data, you'll get faster access times in less search attempts than a more conventional disk based access engine. As you know the hardware media itself has an access…
From: Dan Harper CDROM Forum · Drives/Hardware January 2, 1993 10:46 PM
Greg Please posrt Pioneer's BBS number. Thanx