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degustibus · 05-10-2019, 01:46 AM

I have the two volume shelved, gathering dust still have the magnifying glass--not the box. I also bought the OED on DVD & the updated one -- the first only worked on WinME as I recall, the updated one had to use either Vista or Win2000, & had to keep it in the DVD tray.

I could move he first edition from computer to computer by setting up a virtual OS.

I spent a of time browsing, looking at etymologies and historical quotations, thank you James Murray & OUP. (There are a couple of pretty good histories of the OED, truly a grand undertaking by a widespread community of logophiles. Also a movie now based on the Winchester book, The Professor and he Madman.)

05-10-2019, 01:46 AM	#10
degustibus Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: epub & mobi readers	I have the two volume shelved, gathering dust still have the magnifying glass--not the box. I also bought the OED on DVD & the updated one -- the first only worked on WinME as I recall, the updated one had to use either Vista or Win2000, & had to keep it in the DVD tray. I could move he first edition from computer to computer by setting up a virtual OS. I spent a of time browsing, looking at etymologies and historical quotations, thank you James Murray & OUP. (There are a couple of pretty good histories of the OED, truly a grand undertaking by a widespread community of logophiles. Also a movie now based on the Winchester book, The Professor and he Madman.)