search engine for Powerbook G3 ?

[Erik Pema Kunsang]

received from ktasla [e-mail]

Greetings. Has anyone discovered or created a search engine that I can use with my Powerbook G3 (running OSX or OS 9.2_?

[Erik Pema Kunsang]

received from Andres Montano [e-mail]

Hi,

Since the Tibetan to English Translation Tool is java-based, it can run on
any platform supporting Java including Mac, Unix-based systems running
X-windows, Windows-based systems, and pocket-pc based systems.

You can get it at: www.people.virginia.edu/~am2zb/tibetan/

Some people find the documentation confusing but it is easier than it seems.
99% of users can ignore everything except the first row of the table at the
beginning of the page. The link under "Already installed Sun's JRE" points
to the java installation page, and having done that the link called "Click
here to run the new Online Tibetan Translation Tool" will install the
translation tool.

If you want to run it without installing anything (but missing out on the
cool Tibetan input interface) just go to the link entitled "Click here for
public version" on the second row.

When you are online and run the Translation Tool it will check for updates
and install them automatically. Actually, now would be a good time to
upgrade since I made two substantial improvements:

1) I have added one more dictionary compiled by Dan Martin to the on-line
public database, which brings the number of simultaneously accessed
Tibetan-Tibetan, Tibetan-English, and Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionaries to 19!!!
(or 7 if you group all of Jeffrey Hopkins' dicts).

2) In an attempt to simplify the display and reduce the redundancy of
repeated entries, the database builder now groups similar definitions
together while preserving the integrity of the individual dictionaries.
Check it out for instance by searching "bum pa". The "grouping" algorithm as
it currently stands can be greatly improved since it still leaves a lot of
repetition, but at least the first step was taken and it will hopefully be
improved in future versions.

Version 3.0.0 is backward-compatible so it will still work with previously
generated databases. If you generate your own database, get the upgrade and
re-generate it to take advantage of this new feature!

Hope you find this helpful,

Andres

[wangdu]

I have tried to use it several times with the RY dictionary on my hard drive without success. However, using the tool with online dictionary rocks.

I have to tell you that OS X advised strongly against running the code because it could not verify it and it was concerned that it could leave the me vulnerable to attack.

[Erik Pema Kunsang]

Elinore

I use the latest version of Max OSX with a Powerbook G4 and simply use the publicly available search engines, Google and the like. Are you asking about search engines for Tibetan dictionaries? If so, in this case I use Virtual PC, version 5.2 and access Tony Duff's Illuminator and also the Rangjung Yeshe dictionary. David Curtis at the Tibetan Language Institute (check out his website) has these programs available. I'm not sure if your G3 is too slow to make this a useful option, nor am I sure where you can find the older versions of Virtual
PC. You'll have to check out the specs for Virtual PC to see what the requirements are. The latest version, Virtual PC 6, requires a faster processor than the 400 Megahertz which my computer uses.

Elinore