OBI NOTES: Geoffrey Chaucer works moved to /obi/Geoffrey.Chaucer/ Anglo-Saxon Chronicles in /obi/ASC/ --------original readme.txt--------------------- THE ONLINE MEDIEVAL AND CLASSICAL LIBRARY (OMACL): List of current releases, as of 7/20/96: [OMACL #1] Chaucer, Geoffrey: "Book of the Duchess" (Ed: W.W. Skeat) -- BKDUCHES.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #2] Chaucer, Geoffrey: "House of Fame" (Ed: W.W. Skeat) -- HOUSFAME.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #3] Chaucer, Geoffrey: "Parliament of Fowles" (Ed: W.W. Skeat) -- PARFOWLS.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #4] Gower, John: "Confessio Amantis" (Ed: G.C. MacAuley) -- CONFESS.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #5] Chaucer, Geoffrey: "Troilus and Criseyde" (Ed: W.W. Skeat) -- TROILUS.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #6] Henryson, Robert: "Testament of Cresseid" (Ed: David Laing) -- TCRESEID.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #7] Anonymous: "The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald" (Trans: J. Steffanson & W.G. Collingwood) -- CORMAC.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #8] Hesiod, Homer, et al: "Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica" (Trans: H.G. Evelyn-White) -- HES-HOMR.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #9] Anonymous: "The Saga of Grettir the Strong" (trans: G.H. Hight) -- GRETTIR.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #10] Ariosto, Ludovico: "Orlando Furioso" (Trans: W.S. Rose) -- ORLAN-01.ZIP (Entire work in one single file) ORLAN-46.ZIP (Entire work in 46 seperate files, one for each Canto) [OMACL #11] Anonymous: "The Story of Burnt Njal" (Trans: G.W. DaSent) -- NJAL.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #12] Anonymous: "The Song of Roland" (Trans: C.S. Moncrief) -- ROLAND.ZIP/.TXT [OMACL #13] Tasso, Torquato: "Jerusalem Delivered" (Trans: Edward Fairfax) -- JERDL-01.ZIP (Entire work in one single file) JERDL-20.ZIP (Entire work in 20 separate files, one for each Book) [OMACL #14] Anonymous: "Codex Junius 11" (Trans: George Kennedy) -- JUNUS-01.ZIP (Entire Codex in one single file) JUNUS-04.ZIP (Entire Codex in 4 separate files, one for each work) [OMACL #15] Sturlson, Snorri: "Heimskringla, or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway" (Trans: Samuel Laing) -- HEIMS-01.ZIP (Entire work in one single file) HEIMS-17.ZIP (Entire work in 17 separate files, one for each saga) [OMACL #16] Lucan: "Pharsalia" (Trans: Sir Edward Ridley) -- PHARS-01.ZIP (Entire work in one single file) PHARS-10.ZIP (Entire work in 10 separate files, one for each book) [OMACL #17] Anonymous: "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" (Trans: Rev. James Ingram & Dr. J.A. Giles) ASCHRON.ZIP Some texts have also been released, in slightly different form, via PROJECT GUTENBURG. For more information on Project Gutenburg texts, write to: HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU. ************************************************************* OMACL is the deluded brainchild of one Douglas B. Killings (DeTroyes@EnterAct.COM), who really does have better things to do with his time -- just ask his wife! OMACL is an archive being assembled as a service to the Internet. The purpose of this archive is to provide a free and easy way for the average computer user to access some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval Civilization. All texts are provided in straight ASCII format, usually compressed using PKZIP version 2.04g. Unless otherwise noted, all texts are PUBLIC DOMAIN in the United States. Because copyright laws vary from country to country, OMACL makes no representation as to copyright status outside of the United States. OMACL encourages the free distribution of its texts. However, if you intend to post these texts on any server other than the one in which you found these texts on, OMACL does ask that you let us know. If you intend to use these texts as source material for your own research, we also ask that we be cited as such. At present OMACL is attempting to provide at least one new text a month. Announcements of new releases are regularly posted on several listserves, including MEDIEV-L, MEDTEXT-L, and others. OMACL can be reached at: INTERNET -- DeTroyes@EnterAct.COM FTP -- ftp://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu Anonymous login, then set for directory: pub/history/Europe/Medieval/translations WWW -- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/ http://www.enteract.com/~detroyes/omacl.html (download only) DIRECTIONS FOR USING PKUNZIP: First, make sure you have the file PKUNZIP.EXE loaded into either the directory you wish to use for your e-texts or in a directory that is on your Path (e.g., C:\DOS). If you do not have this file, the shareware version can be downloaded from just about any BBS or online service. MAC USERS: Look for a STUFFIT converson utility; this will make PKZIP files usable in a Macintosh environment. To decompress: At the DOS prompt, type the following command: PKUNZIP .ZIP Example -- To decompress file NJAL.ZIP, type: PKUNZIP NJAL.ZIP ************************************************************* Questions, comments, flames, hate-mail, praises, and letter-bombs may be spammed to DETROYES@ENTERACT.COM. ::thick hick accent:: "And as always, we thank you for your support."