Re: CD Roms

[lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

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More about diskQuest?
I'll try - though Jawaid is the one to ask...
 
Written by Procyon, diskQuest gives you access to at LEAST 14 disks -
more are being tested even as we speak.  Although dQ lacks the ability
to handle animations or color, you CAN read the text files, and graphic
files are rendered in SHR Black and White.
  
Using dQ is easy - as one would expect.  Launch it, and you are
presented with a dialog - you can open the disk, or search for a
specific
word (for instance, soldier, in the Complete Works of Shakespeare).
The search routine proides you with a dialog list of files in which
that word occured (If only one occurance, I believe it takes you right
to that file) and you can pick and choose which you want (hint: don't
look for soldier in Shakespeare - there are HUNDREDS of occurances)
 
Each text file may have sounds and/or pictures associated with it - a
menu-bar item lets you see/hear whichever.
On some disks (the Audubon disks, for instance) the sound and graphic
files are completely separate from the text - and they can be "viewed"
either as stand alone files (listen to the Willow Grouse) or as part
of the "hypermedia" - that is, look at the text, pull down the menu
to see the great spotted Juju-robber.
 
dQ is amazingly fast (at least, _I_ was surprised).  On my CDSC+ I 
rarely have a wait of more than a few seconds for the file to appear on
my screen.
 
All in all, if you have a CD-ROM, or WANT a CD-ROM, This is a pretty
dan good excuse for getting it.  There are 15 KNOWN disks that work,
and (as I said) more are being tested.  General rule of thumb: if it's
a game or involves animation, it won't work. 
 
I don't know the price - you need to contact Sequential Systems - they
sell it as part of a Cd-ROM bundle too.
 
My advice? GET IT! for me, the Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes CD's
were worth the whole thing.
 
-- Lurch
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