[HBR] OT: QST on CD-ROM from ARRL

[Dan Merz]

Hi again,  I explored my linux machine a bit more for viewing the QST cd.
GIMP is probably not the most convenient way to view,  since it's a graphics
editor/paint program.  I'm not an experienced linux user so bear with me.  I
tried Evince Document Viewer,  which was part of my linux Fedora install,
and that presented a much more readable image without much effort,  very
similar in appearance to what I get on the xp machine.  There are probably
other bells and whistles for viewing with linux but the tif files on the QST
cd's I have work ok upon first trial.  My QST cd's are 8 to 10 years old;
I'm assuming the ARRL current distributions are the same file types and can
be viewed similarly but that might be a point worth looking into before
buying. ARRL should be able to tell you.   Dan. 

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Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 4:26 PM
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Subject: [HBR] OT: QST on CD-ROM from ARRL

This is sort-of on topic because I'm mostly interested in 50's/60's era
QST's that would also have HBR-era projects in them, so I'm asking
here:

Has anyone bought the 5-years-of-QST-on-CD-ROM sets from the ARRL? Is there
any way of viewing it on Linux? Any way of printing schematics etc. from the
articles?

I'm tempted to be buy several of the sets, at which point I guess I could
buy a cheap low-end Windows-based CD just for reading them.  I'd probably
end up being interested in 40 years or so of 'em (1940 through 1980 roughly)
at which point the PC would be cheaper than the CD's...

Are the schematics, pictures, and ads reproduced accurately enough on the
CD-ROM's for them to be usable?

Tim.
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