Re: Boffins & saving email
jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Wed, 01 Sep 1999 10:30:35 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Tim O'Connor wrote:
> At 9:41 AM -0400 on 9/1/1999, you wrote:
>
> > I'm sure Tim, as most of us, owns the compact edition. Personally,
> >I wish
> > they never invented micro print. The first volumne's two book compact
> > edition was just dandy. I could read the print easily w/o the
> >magnifier.
> > But this second one, if the light isn't right, I can't read a thing.
>
> I do have the compact edition, but that's the 1920s, first edition.
> The one I'm referring to is the 2nd edition, issued in 1989 and,
> indeed, it is on CD-ROM, not paper. (I could not afford the book
> version!)
>
> Has the second edition been issued in compact form? I would buy that
> in an instant, if I had the money to spare.
holding it in my hand. I think it was $375 (US). Oh, and was the date a
typo? The OED 2nd Ed. I have was first published in 1991. There are also
addendums Vol I-III (45$ each).
-j