Re: Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on CD-ROM

Jeremy C B Nicoll wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>    Ed Enstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> For any who are interested:
>> http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/catalogue/055014210x.php
>
> I see the website says that you need one of Win 98, ME, NT4, 2000 or
> XP to use this which is discouraging.  But maybe it's not true.  Do
> you have any idea what's actually on the CD - if it's just PDF files
> of pages then it could be read by other computers too... or have they
> gone mad and made it proprietary software only?

If it's anything like the old Chambers Dictionary on CDrom, no, it's not pdf
files, it's a program.

Personally, I'd wait until The Chambers Dictionary comes out on CD rom.
This is the dictionary that most UK setters use.

Tim



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