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Difflugia · 07-06-2015, 10:12 PM

The Biblical Archaeology Review Archive 1975-2012 DVD, previously $129.95, is $29.95 until August 31. I'm guessing that they're getting ready to update the archive to 2015 and are trying to clear out old stock.

The DVD serves up a website that allows browsing or searching the full text and images of all the issues of BAR. It actually runs a webserver and displays it on Firefox right from the DVD without needing to be installed. There's no DRM as such, so individual articles can be printed or saved as web pages. The DVD contents can also be copied to a local hard drive or USB drive and run from there.

Note that if you also subscribe to the BAR digital edition (currently $19.95), issues from 2011-2015 can be downloaded as PDF, so it's possible to have the entire run of BAR in electronic format.

Unfortunately, it can only be displayed on a Windows PC or Mac (it won't run on Linux even with WINE and the webserver only serves to localhost, so I can't connect with a tablet or anything).

Tech note: The articles are stored in an unencrypted MySQL database as straight HTML and the web pages are PHP/perl, so the whole thing's pretty hackable if you have the inclination.

There's also an archive of the now defunct Bible Review on sale for $29.95, but that one's based on Libronix software and has DRM. Libronix software isn't too bad, but the inability to even copy/paste articles is a deal-breaker for me.

07-06-2015, 10:12 PM	#1
Difflugia Testate Amoeba Posts: 3,049 Karma: 27300000 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Many Android devices, Kindle 2, Toshiba e755 PocketPC	Biblical Archaeology Review Archive $29.95 The Biblical Archaeology Review Archive 1975-2012 DVD, previously $129.95, is $29.95 until August 31. I'm guessing that they're getting ready to update the archive to 2015 and are trying to clear out old stock. The DVD serves up a website that allows browsing or searching the full text and images of all the issues of BAR. It actually runs a webserver and displays it on Firefox right from the DVD without needing to be installed. There's no DRM as such, so individual articles can be printed or saved as web pages. The DVD contents can also be copied to a local hard drive or USB drive and run from there. Note that if you also subscribe to the BAR digital edition (currently $19.95), issues from 2011-2015 can be downloaded as PDF, so it's possible to have the entire run of BAR in electronic format. Unfortunately, it can only be displayed on a Windows PC or Mac (it won't run on Linux even with WINE and the webserver only serves to localhost, so I can't connect with a tablet or anything). Tech note: The articles are stored in an unencrypted MySQL database as straight HTML and the web pages are PHP/perl, so the whole thing's pretty hackable if you have the inclination. There's also an archive of the now defunct Bible Review on sale for $29.95, but that one's based on Libronix software and has DRM. Libronix software isn't too bad, but the inability to even copy/paste articles is a deal-breaker for me. Last edited by Difflugia; 07-06-2015 at 10:17 PM. Reason: Fixed original price.