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upf.es>Dear netters, Some time ago I asked for information about Chinese software for PC, specifically word processors. I have got quite a few responses, some of them with information about educational software and others. I would like to thank everybody who contributed with his/her information to the creation of the list bellow. Marta Carulla CHINESE word processors for the IBM-PC ====================================== => Intext: Multilingual word processor for PC. ------ vendor: Candid Computer Technology Premier House, 2 Gayton Rd Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2XU Phone: +44 081 863 9001 Price: PND 199.-, chinese PND 299.-, demo PND 25.- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ => JieJing: There is a student version. Requires dot matrix ------- printer. Supports EGA, VGA, Hercules screens. vendor: JieJing Pty. Ltd. 20 Surfers Avenue, Mermaid Beach QLD 4218 Phone: +61 75 552 100 Price: $ 645 the professional edition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ => Micro-OCP: Can have word lists, indexes and concordances --------- created from them. vendor: Oxford Electronic Publishing Oxford Uni Press, Walton St. Oxford OX2 6DP Phone: +44 0865 267979 Price: PND 175.- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ => Xin Tian Ma: Allows both simplified and traditional ----------- characters. Input by pinyin, bopomofo or stroke/radical. Allows to mix chinese & roman text in a sentence. On-line user dictionary. vendor-1: Cheng & Tsui Company 25 West Street, Boston MA 0211 Fax: 617.426.3669 Price: $ 695.- vendor-2: Shareware Marketing Beer EX12 3HW Phone: +44 0297 24088 Price: PND 950.- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) => TwinBridge: Simplified and traditional characters for Windows ---------- 3.0 & 3.1. Over 10 input methods. Outline (profes- sional) & bitmap (basic) fonts. vendor-1: IBS Infotech, P.O. Box 863 Toowong QLD 4066 Fax: (07) 870-5725 Price: Basic: 2 font = $215, 8 font = $275 Profess.: 2 font = $330, 8 font = $500 vendor-2: Cheng & Tsui Company 25 West Street, Boston MA 0211 Fax: 617.426.3669 Price: Basic: 2 font = $149, 8 font = $199 Profess.: 2 font = $249, 8 font = $599 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ => CWD Chinese Word Processor: No chinese DOS system needed. --- vendor: Data Station P.O.BOX 91654, City of Industry CA 91715-1654 (213) 344-8595 Price: Shareware $5.-, final version $59.- (many other software in their chinese catalog) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ => WordOrient 3.0: (Xia Li Ba Ren) Chinese-English word processor -------------- with simplified & traditional characters scalable up to 64x64 pixels. Has PCX & TIFF format for export. vendor: Cheng & Tsui Company 25 West Street, Boston MA 0211 Fax: 617.426.3669 Price: Basic 3.0 $89, Basic+ $159, Advanced $289 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ => Brushwriter: Chinese-English Word Processor & Typesetter for ----------- the PC. Simplified and traditional Song & Kai characters and several roman fonts. vendor: Cheng & Tsui Company 25 West Street, Boston MA 0211 Fax: 617.426.3669 Price: Soft font $995, Font card $1495, demo $60 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ => Chinese Language Kit: Script module for Postscript Fonts. -------------------- vendor: Ecological Linguistics P.O.Box 15156, Washington,D.C. 20003 Phone: (202) 547-7678 Price: $199 (additional fonts available) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue