Re: Mahidol CD

Dear Bhante,

Thanks for your response. It would be a shame if it cannot be run from
the hard disk. I have been directed to the BUDSIR website by another
PaliStudy list respondent. One of our students who is in Thailand at the
moment may be able to get it with ease.

Best wishes
Mark


nyanatusita bhikkhu wrote:

>Dear Mark,
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>Last month someone gave me the newest version which is compatible with
>Windows. However, in order to run, it needs to be booted from the CD drive
>and the data can't be installed on the hard disk. To initially install the
>program on one's computer, one first needs to load 2 floppy discettes that
>are included in the package. The CD I got was produced in 1998 and there
>appears to have been no production or development afterwards. I tried to ask
>how to install the data on my harddisk to two of the professors in Bangkok
>who are supposed to be in charge of the program but their e-mail addresses
>are out of order.
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>With kind regards,
>                            Bhikkhu Nyanatusita
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>On 11/10/06, Mark Allon <mark.allon@...> wrote:
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>>Dear list,
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>>I have the first version (1994) of the Mahidol CD of Pali texts called
>>Budsir, MS DOS edition. Is there a more recent Windows version? And are
>>there other means of accessing an electronic version of the Thai edition?
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>>Regards
>>Mark
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>>Dr Mark Allon
>>Department of Indian Subcontinental Studies
>>University of Sydney
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