[KLUG Members] Encyclopedias on Linux? -- Time for WINE???

[Bryan J. Smith]

Quoting bill <bill@billtron.com>:
> Here's another "question that occurs to me as I go" situation.  Can any
> Windows encyclopedia CDs be run in Linux?
> The daughter has her own Linux RH 7.3 computer now, Open Office is up
> and running, etc.  But now, she needs to look up some information.
> Normally, she would grab an encyclopedia CD and use that, but, that was
> back in Windoze.  We have a handful of these reference type cds.  Can any of
> them be used?   Ideas?  Alternatives?
> kind regards,
> bill hollett

Actually, since many of those older encyclopedias are built for Win16 (Windows
3.1), you might see if WINE can run them.  WINE's 16-bit support is quite good.
 Basically, any Win16 program that Windows NT 4.0 can run should run under WINE
as well.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if WINE could run them, but NT 5.0/5.1 (aka
2000/XP) cannot.

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