Dragaera

The Gypsy

Sun Dec 7 21:50:04 PST 2003

David Silberstein wrote:

>On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Jose Marquez wrote:
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>>I've been wanting to read The Gypsy for quite some time, and because I 
>>couldn't find any copies anywhere, I bought Songs from the Gypsy. I was 
>>very excited to hear the songs, of course, but I also was looking 
>>forward to reading the text of the novel. So here's the problem. I don't 
>>know how to get to the text of the novel. Anyone know what I need to do 
>>to get to the text?
>>
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>I recall having problems with the CD before.  Let me get it and try it
>now.
>
>[...]
>
>Weird.  I can't see the data portion in Win2K at *all*.  Not even
>using tools like Nero to look at the track; all it sees are the 10
>audio track.  OK, when in doubt, try Linux.
>
>[...]
>
>Ah!  Linux sees the data portion with no problems.  And looking at the
>files, I now recall that another problem I was having is that
>apparantly the book was meant to be read using an ancient and ugly
>version of Quicktime.
>  
>
Interesting. So, if I don't own a Mac or have Linux, I won't be able to 
read the book on the CD? That sucks. I was hoping to have my cake and 
eat it too.

Jose

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Jose Marquez
jhereg69 at earthlink.net