Re: CD Bible

[Diana Dawne <dianasaur@octothorp.org>]

I would find that of interest, but I think my friend is wanting other 
things like a concordance and that kind of thing.  

love,

Diana

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, 
Ralph W. Reid wrote:

> Diana Dawne staggered into view and mumbled:
> >
> >Hi everyone.  I am aware that there are many different cd Bibles out 
> >there.  What might be a good one for us?  I have a friend who is looking 
> >for either that, or she has heard that it is available in a stand alone 
> >thing, kind of like the franklin dictionary.  Could someone make some 
> >suggestions?
> 
> Which translation and what kind of features are you looking for?  One
> King James translation which works well on LINUX (and other OS's) can
> be found at ftp site ftp.cdrom.com in /pub/simtelnet/msdos/bible.
> Get the files kbib-kj*.zip and unzip them into an empty directory
> (the resulting files will require over 4 MB of space).  While
> this particular release was originally set up for DOS systems, the
> books are in ASCII text files with only enough non-printable
> characters to indicate beginnings of verses.  The text is easily
> readable with Speakup on LINUX.  This version can be downloaded and
> burned onto a CD if you have to have a CD copy, but it is pure text
> (no pictures, sounds, smells, or tastes:)), so it may not be quite
> what you are looking for.
> 
> I hope this helps, and have a _great_ day!
> 
> 
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