Back in the 90s early 90s at that, there was a version of the american heritage dictionary floating around, all in text files. I remember writing a batch file to make it work in dos, was pretty cool. It's not that large of a dictionary but it would be more than basic, there was also a thesaures also in .txt format. If Levelstar could at least release how we could write a basic c program I think we could see more home-based projects I know there's the python project, but not everyone likes or even knows python.
Kevin Bill Holton wrote:
I, too, would love to see reference materials on the Icon, but I think this is a perfect opportunity for outside programmers to step in and give us something besides hangman we can add to our Icons. Personally, I would prefer the Level Star resources be spent removing bugs, getting support for Audible and RFBD books, and then on to the phone and GPS.----- Original Message ----- *From:* Stuart Russell <mailto:stuart360@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:12 PM *Subject:* [icon-discuss] reference material on the Icon My first choice for reference material on the Icon would be a dictionary. I remember the Webster's student dictionary that I used in school. Those Braille volumes were the thickness of several phone books. Using the Icon, the contents of those 36 volumes could be carried in a coat pocket.Stuart----- Original Message ----- *From:* Marc Mulcahy <mailto:marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:26 AM *Subject:* [icon-discuss] Re: suggestion: Wikipedia on the Icon This site claims that they have it all compressed into 2 or 4 GB depending on the image sizes. This handheld version hasn't been updated for awhile though. Marc Marc Mulcahy LevelStar LLC. 1500 Cherry St. Suite D Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 926-4334 ext. 701 marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> -----Original Message----- > From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:12 AM > To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: suggestion: Wikipedia on the Icon > > Keep in mind that the Wikipedia collection is huge and takes > up tarrabytes of data. You're not likely to even touch the > surface of whatr might be available with the little old 30 GB. > > Pratik > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Megan Kelly > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:56 AM > To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: suggestion: Wikipedia on the Icon > > Sometimes, one doesn't have an internet connection available. > I think it would be wonderful to have wikipedia, or any > encyclopedia for that matter at > > hand all the time. > > Thanks, > > Megan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>> > To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:55 AM > Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: suggestion: Wikipedia on the Icon > > > > you could just bookmark the wikipedia site and then you'd > basically have > > it. > > > > > > Megan Kelly wrote: > >> Hi everyone,> >> I came across an adaptation for running/storing Wikipedia on a> >> hand-held device. http://infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/index.html > >> I think it would be wonderful if something like this were > to be available > > >> for the Icon. It would make an excellent educational > addition to an > >> already amazing tool. > >> Thanks, > >> Megan > >> > > > > __________ NOD32 2219 (20070425) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
