Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 4, No. 950. Thursday, 16 December 1993.
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Date: Wednesday, 15 Dec 93 16:52 CST
Subj: Shakespeare cd's
(2) From: Jerald Bangham <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Dec 1993 22:16:56
Subj: Re: SHK 4.0940 Q: CD-ROMeo
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Date: Wednesday, 15 Dec 93 16:52 CST
Subject: Shakespeare cd's
Hello--
I've received your query on Shakespeare cd's from my Iowa colleague John Massa.
I currently have two:
--The Oxford disc which contains the Oxford Shakespeare plus
other reference tools. Mine runs in DOS. Search capacity
is accurate enough but only jumps the reader to the
Act/scene in which the queried word or phrase can be found.
The selected words are highlighted in the text but one needs
to do a bit of scrolling to find them--particularly in
longish scenes. Mine--purchased a year ago--was a bit
expensive.
--World Library: Study Guide to Shakespeare
This one runs in Windows and costs less than $25. It also
jumps right to selected key words in the text. Because of
the Windows environment, more than one piece can be open at
a time. Much better search tool than the Oxford--also
easier to read extended passages because of an auto-scroll
function. I cannot vouch from memory for the quality of the
edition of Shakespeare. This is perhaps a limit but since I
can't recall which edition (if any) is cited I can't be
sure.
Hope this is a bit of help.
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From: Jerald Bangham <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Dec 1993 22:16:56
Subject: 4.0940 Q: CD-ROMeo
Comment: Re: SHK 4.0940 Q: CD-ROMeo
>Can anyone recommend a CD-Rom version of Shakespeare's works?
I have the CMC "Disk Passage" version. It has both "King's English"
and "American English" versions, but I've never spotted any
differences.
I haven't used at a lot yet, but It does very quick searches. You
shouldn't have to pay much. I believe my copy was about $35, but I
just picked up their Sherlock Holmes for $15.
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