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"gO{-}FER" -iS A TRADEMARK OF m-iCROLYT-iCS/ iNC. {i}l-iM-iTS OF L-iAB-iL-iTY AND D-iSCLA-iMER OF WARRANTYH{-i} tHE STAFF OF ThE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT HAVE TO ThE BEST OF ThE-iR AB-iL-iTY ASSURED ThAT ThE DATA/ PR-iNTED -iNFORMAT-iON/ AND PROGRAMS CONTA-iNED OR REV-iEWED -iN Th-iS COMPL-iMENTARY PACKAGE ARE ACCURATE AND EFFECT-iVE. acip ThOUGH MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY K-iND/ EXPRESSED OR -iMPL-iED/ W-iTh REGARD TO ThESE MATER-iALS/ AND ShALL NOT BE L-iABLE -iN ANY EVENT FOR -iNC-iDENTAL OR CONSEQUENT-iAL DAMAGE -iN CONNECT-iON W-iTh/ OR AR-iS-iNG OUT OF/ ThE FURN-iSh-iNG/ PERFORMANCE/ OR USE OF ThE PACKAGE. {tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT (LOGO)} {LEAVE FOUR-L-iNE SPACE HERE FOR PAST-iNG -iN A ShORT L-iNE OF t-iBETAN LATER} "tORCH OF KNOWLEDGE lAMP FOR ThE WORLD." --ThE mAN{~}JUS{'}R-i{-} nA{-}MA sAM{.}G-i{-}T-i/ C. 500 bc {b}i. tHE pROJECT gOALS{B} tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT HAS BEEN ORGAN-iZED FOR ThE PURPOSE OF PRESERV-iNG AND FURThER-iNG ThE STUDY OF -iMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF aS-iAN L-iTERATURE/ ThROUGH ThE CREAT-iON AND D-iSTR-iBUT-iON OF -iNEXPENS-iVE COMPUTER D-iSKS CONTA-iN-iNG ThESE WORKS -iN A S-iMPLE AND ACCURATE D-iG-iTAL FORM. tHE -iN-iT-iAL GOAL OF ThE PROJECT -iS TO -iNPUT ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR COLLECT-iONS OF CLASS-iCAL sANSKR-iT L-iTERATURE -iN t-iBETAN TRANSLAT-iON. tHE 4/500 WORKS OF ThESE COLLECT-iONS REPRESENT ThE CREAM OF aS-iAN PH-iLOSOPH-iCAL ThOUGHT FROM ThE PER-iOD OF 500 bc TO 900 ad. w-iTh FEW EXCEPT-iONS ThE sANSKR-iT OR-iG-iNALS HAVE BEEN LOST/ AND SURV-iVE ONLY -iN FA-iThFUL t-iBETAN RENDER-iNGS PROTECTED OVER CENTUR-iES BY ThE NATURAL BARR-iER OF ThE h-iMALAYA MOUNTA-iNS. tHE PROJECT A-iMS TO MAKE ThESE TEXTS/ ALONG W-iTh RESEARCH TOOLS SUCH AS D-iCT-iONAR-iES AND B-iBL-iOGRAPH-iES/ EAS-iLY ACCESS-iBLE ON ThE PERSONAL COMPUTERS OF RESEARCHERS AROUND ThE WORLD. tH-iS W-iLL ST-iMULATE ThE TRANSLAT-iON OF ThE COLLECT-iONS/ AND GRADUALLY OPEN Th-iS TREASURE OF KNOWLEDGE TO ThE GENERAL PUBL-iC. tH-iS -iNFLUX OF ThE GREAT -iDEAS OF ThE OThER HALF OF MANK-iND W-iLL DEEPLY ENR-iCH OUR wESTERN CULTURE/ AND -iNEV-iTABLY LEAD TO GREATER UNDERSTAND-iNG BETWEEN ThE PEOPLES OF ThE WORLD. tHE CHO-iCE OF t-iBETAN-LANGUAGE TEXTS -iS ALSO D-iCTATED BY A CONCERN ThAT RECENT POL-iT-iCAL EVENTS MAY QU-iCKLY ERASE ThE t-iBETAN PEOPLE ThEMSELVES AND ThE R-iCH STORE OF aS-iAN CLASS-iCS ThEY HAVE CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND PRESERVED OVER A COMPLETE M-iLLEN-iUM. tHE ENT-iRE -iNPUT WORK HAS ThEREFORE BEEN ACCOMPL-iShED AT A TRAD-iT-iONAL MONAST-iC UN-iVERS-iTY BY NAT-iVE t-iBETAN REFUGEE SCHOLARS TRA-iNED/ EQU-iPPED/ AND SALAR-iED BY ThE PROJECT. {b}ii. tHE pROJECT h-iSTORY{B} tHE PROJECT'S ROOTS L-iE -iN A 1977 EFFORT BY -iTS ORGAN-iZERS AT ThE pYNE hALL QUARTERS OF pR-iNCETON uN-iVERS-iTY'S dEPARTMENT OF cLASS-iCS TO DEF-iNE RULES OF t-iBETAN VERB TRANSFORMAT-iON W-iTh COMPUTER-A-iDED SEARCH AND t-iBETAN ALPHABET-iZAT-iON PROGRAMS. tH-iS BU-iLD-iNG WAS ALSO A FOCAL PO-iNT FOR USERS OF ThE tHESAURUS l-iNGUAE gRAECAE (tlg) DATA/ A MASS-iVE COLLECT-iON OF -iMPORTANT gREEK L-iTERATURE MADE AVA-iLABLE ON A cd-rom LASER D-iSK W-iTh SUPPORT FROM ThE dAV-iD AND lUC-iLE pACKARD fOUNDAT-iON AND ThE pACKARD hUMAN-iT-iES iNST-iTUTE. eXPOSURE TO Th-iS DATABASE AND ThE iBYCUS SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR -iTS MAN-iPULAT-iON NATURALLY LED TO A PROPOSAL TO CREATE AN EQU-iVALENT FOR ThE eASTERN CLASS-iCS. dUR-iNG ThE NEXT E-iGHT YEARS -iND-iV-iDUAL TEXTS WERE -iNPUT/ TRANSCR-iPT-iON SYSTEMS REF-iNED/ AND ThE WORLD'S F-iRST t-iBETAN- LANGUAGE WORD PROCESSOR AND PR-iNTER DEVELOPED. iMPORTANT CONTR-iBUT-iONS WERE MADE BY NAT-iVE EXPERT gEShE lOBSANG tHARCH-iN/ SOFTWARE DES-iGNER sTEPHEN bRUZGUL-iS/ AND ThE CHA-iRMAN OF pR-iNCETON'S dEPARTMENT OF cLASS-iCS/ pROF. sAMUEL d. aTK-iNS. iN 1986 A MEET-iNG WAS HELD AT pR-iNCETON W-iTh dR. dAV-iD w. pACKARD/ A gREEK SCHOLAR AND DEVELOPER OF MUCH OF ThE tlg WORK/ TO HELP CHART ThE COURSE OF AN aS-iAN EQU-iVALENT. oN dR. pACKARD'S ADV-iCE/ A SURVEY OF NEARLY 100 SCHOLARS OF aS-iAN L-iTERATURE ThROUGHOUT ThE WORLD WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERM-iNE WHAT TEXTS ShOULD BE -iNPUT F-iRST/ -iN WHAT FORMAT/ TO ACCOMPL-iSh WH-iCH -iMMED-iATE AND LONG-TERM GOALS. pROJECT ORGAN-iZERS SPENT MONThS REV-iEW-iNG AND EVALUAT-iNG S-iM-iLAR EFFORTS BY OThER GROUPSH dR. tHEODORE bRUNNER OF ThE uN-iVERS-iTY OF cAL-iFORN-iA AT iRV-iNE FREELY ShARED H-iS EXPER-iENCE AND CONTACTS AS ThE D-iRECTOR AND DR-iV-iNG FORCE BEH-iND ThE tlg PROJECT; mR. jOHN bRADLEY OF ThE cOMPUTER iNPUT cORPORAT-iON OF rEDONDO bEACH/ cAL-iFORN-iA/ AND A MAJOR tlg CONTRACTOR/ SUPPL-iED MUCH -iNFORMAT-iON ON DATA STANDARDS AND CONVENT-iONS; A V-iS-iT WAS MADE TO kico/ ThE kOREAN iNFORMAT-iON cOMPANY/ -iN sEOUL TO STUDY ThE-iR OPERATOR TRA-iN-iNG AND METhODOLOGY FOR EARLY tlg WORK; AND ThE -iMPRESS-iVE DATABASE/ SEARCH/ AND -iNDEX-iNG TOOLS DEVELOPED FOR ThE CLASS-iCS OF pAL-i -iN tHA-i TRANSLAT-iON BY dR. sUPACHA-i tANGWONGSAN AND OThER RESEARCHERS WERE EXAM-iNED F-iRST-HAND AT ThE-iR COMPUTER CENTER -iN mAH-iDOL uN-iVERS-iTY/ bANGKOK. oN ThE BAS-iS OF ThE -iNTERNAT-iONAL SURVEY/ -iT WAS DEC-iDED AS A F-iRST STEP TO TARGET 25 TEXTS FROM ThE dERGE ED-iT-iON OF ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR/ WH-iCH WAS PR-iNTED FROM WOODBLOCKS CARVED -iN EASTERN t-iBET C-iRCA 1730. sCANN-iNG OF ThE TEXTS BY OPT-iCAL CHARACTER RECOGN-iT-iON (ocr) METhODS WAS RESEARCHED/ BUT REJECTED S-iNCE ThE -iRREGULAR OUTL-iNES/ STRAY -iNK MARKS/ AND SEE-ThROUGH OF CARVED XYLOGRAPH LETTERS PR-iNTED ON R-iCE PAPER WOULD W-iTh PRESENT TECHNOLOGY LEAD TO A H-iGH NUMBER OF ERRORS/ AND NECESS-iTATE COSTLY AND T-iME-CONSUM-iNG ED-iT-iNG. iT WAS DEC-iDED TO KEY -iN ThE TEXTS; Th-iS WOULD BE PROH-iB-iT-iVELY EXPENS-iVE -iN ThE uN-iTED sTATES OR eUROPE/ SO A NUMBER OF aS-iAN DATA ENTRY F-iRMS WERE RESEARCHED. eST-iMATES WERE OBTA-iNED -iN kOREA/ ThE pH-iL-iPP-iNES/ hONG kONG/ AND tHA-iLAND/ BUT -iT QU-iCKLY BECAME CLEAR ThAT ThE D-iFF-iCULTY OF MASTER-iNG AND -iNTERPRET-iNG ThE OFTEN AMB-iGUOUS t-iBETAN CHARACTERS WOULD BEST BE LEFT TO NAT-iVE t-iBETAN SCHOLARS. tHE ABBOT AND BOARD OF D-iRECTORS OF sERA mEY t-iBETAN mONAST-iC uN-iVERS-iTY/ A TRAD-iT-iONAL ACADEMY OF 500 MONK- SCHOLARS FOUNDED BY REFUGEE PROFESSORS WHO HAD ESCAPED ThE 1959 BOMBARDMENT OF ThE OR-iG-iNAL sERA mEY uN-iVERS-iTY -iN t-iBET/ WERE -iNV-iTED TO MEET-iNGS -iN bANGALORE c-iTY/ SOUTh iND-iA/ TO D-iSCUSS A POSS-iBLE ENTRY PROJECT. tHEY -iMMED-iATELY PLEDGED ThE-iR SUPPORT/ AND QU-iCKLY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ThE NECESSARY BU-iLD-iNG FAC-iL-iT-iES. fUND-iNG FOR ThE PROJECT WAS F-iNAL-iZED -iN 1988 ThROUGH A COOPERAT-iVE EFFORT OF A NUMBER OF -iNST-iTUT-iONS. tHE dAV-iD AND lUC-iLE pACKARD fOUNDAT-iON/ ThE pACKARD hUMAN-iT-iES iNST-iTUTE/ ThE aND-iN iNTERNAT-iONAL d-iAMOND cORPORAT-iON OF nEW yORK/ sERA mEY t-iBETAN uN-iVERS-iTY/ AND ThE mAHAYANA sUTRA AND tANTRA cENTER AT rASh-i gEMP-iL l-iNG/ A kALMYK mONGOL-iAN- aMER-iCAN sOC-iETY -iN nEW jERSEY/ MADE GENEROUS F-iNANC-iAL AND MATER-iAL GRANTS. mANUSCR-iPTS OF ThE TARGETED TEXTS WERE OBTA-iNED AND A GROUP OF 30 t-iBETAN STUDENTS SELECTED FOR TRA-iN-iNG AT sERA mEY. wEN. tHUPTEN pELGYE/ A MEMBER OF ThE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ThE sERA mEY sCHOLARSh-iP fUND/ ASSUMED RESPONS-iB-iL-iTY FOR ThE MANAGEMENT OF ThE COMPUTER CENTER. aN EARLY DEC-iS-iON WAS MADE TO UT-iL-iZE LOCALLY-PRODUCED HARDWARE AND ENTRY -iNSTRUCTORS FROM NEARBY C-iT-iES/ S-iNCE Th-iS WOULD FAC-iL-iTATE ThE REPA-iR OF EQU-iPMENT AND SOLUT-iON OF OPERAT-iONAL PROBLEMS -iN ThE PR-iM-iT-iVE COND-iT-iONS AT ThE REFUGEE UN-iVERS-iTY. a D-iESEL GENERAT-iNG STAT-iON WAS BU-iLT ADJACENT TO ThE COMPUTER FAC-iL-iTY/ TO SUPPLY BACKUP ELECTR-iCAL POWER DUR-iNG ThE FREQUENT LOCAL BLACKOUTS. acip STAFF FROM ThE uN-iTED sTATES ROTATED OVER TO ThE CENTER -iN ThE F-iRST YEAR ACCORD-iNG TO SPEC-iALTY REQU-iRED. dR. rOBERT tAYLOR/ ASS-iSTANT PROJECT D-iRECTOR AND HEAD OF ThE wASh-iNGTON AREA OFF-iCE/ D-iRECTED ThE SET-UP AND TRA-iN-iNG PHASES. m-iCHAEL rOACH/ PROJECT D-iRECTOR/ FOLLOWED W-iTh TRANSCR-iPT-iON -iNSTRUCT-iON AND STANDARDS -iMPLEMENTAT-iON. jOHN mALPAS/ CH-iEF PROJECT PROGRAMMER FROM acip nEW yORK/ ORGAN-iZED ThE ACTUAL ENTRY AND ED-iTOR EDUCAT-iON STAGES. d-iETER gEW-iSSLER/ QUAL-iTY ASSURANCE MANAGER/ CAME NEXT W-iTh REV-iSED SYSTEMS AND TRA-iN-iNG PROCEDURES/ AS WELL AS OVERS-iGHT OF ThE REFERENCE MATER-iALS -iNPUT PHASE. tHESE acip STAFF MEMBERS ALL DONATED ThE-iR T-iME; ThE t-iBETAN ENTRY OPERATORS AND ED-iTORS ARE PA-iD A MODEST WAGE. aN EXTRA FOUR DOLLARS FOR EVERY DOLLAR PA-iD TO ThE YOUNG MEN ARE SET AS-iDE -iN A SCHOLARSh-iP FUND FOR ThEM AND ThE-iR CLASSMATES AT ThE REFUGEE UN-iVERS-iTY. tHE TWO Sh-iFTS ARE L-iM-iTED TO FOUR HOURS EACH PER DAY/ SO ThAT COMPUTER AND LANGUAGE SK-iLLS CAN BE ShARPENED/ BUT W-iThOUT DETR-iMENT TO ThE YOUNG PEOPLE'S -iMPORTANT TRAD-iT-iONAL STUDY OF ThE aS-iAN CLASS-iCS ThEMSELVES. aT ThE VERY OUTSET OF ThE UNDERTAK-iNG/ -iT WAS AGREED BY ALL PART-iC-iPANTS AND SPONSORS ThAT--SO LONG AS FUND-iNG ALLOWS--ThE DATA CREATED ShOULD BE OFFERED TO ThE -iNTERNAT-iONAL COMMUN-iTY W-iThOUT CHARGE/ FOR ThE BETTERMENT OF MANK-iND. {b}iii. cONTENTS OF ThE dEMONSTRAT-iON d-iSKS{B} {bi}a. tHE tEN tEXTS{B-i} tHE FOLLOW-iNG REPRESENT ThE TEN MOST OFTEN REQUESTED T-iTLES FROM ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR COLLECT-iONS OF sANSKR-iT CLASS-iCS -iN t-iBETAN TRANSLAT-iON/ ACCORD-iNG TO ThE acip -iNTERNAT-iONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED -iN ThE FALL OF 1987. a SUMMARY OF TEXTS AND F-iLENAMES FOR EASY REFERENCE -iS LOCATED BELOW -iN ThE SECT-iON ON F-iLE NOMENCLATURE CONVENT-iONS. {b}1. aBH-iSAMAYA{-}LAM{.}KA{-}RA/ ThE "jEWEL OF rEAL-iZAT-iON"{B} {i}AUThORH mA-iTREYA AS RELATED TO mASTER aSAN{-}GA T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} MnGON RTOGS RGYAN {i}DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 350 ad LOCAT-iONaH dERGE tENGYUR/ SECT-iON ON ThE pERFECT-iON OF w-iSDOM/ VOLUME 1 (KA)/ FF 1b-13a F-iLE NAMEH td3786f.aci S-iZEH 41/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} iS ThERE ANYTh-iNG TRULY GOOD ABOUT OUR L-iFE/ FROM B-iRTh TO DEATh? cAN KNOWLEDGE CHANGE ThE CONTENT OF Th-iS L-iFE? aRE ThERE L-iM-iTS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE? mUST A CONCERN FOR HUMAN-iTY ACCOMPANY KNOWLEDGE/ FOR -iTS FULLEST DEVELOPMENT? tHE TEXT ANSWERS ThESE QUEST-iONS ThROUGH A PRESENTAT-iON OF ThREE TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE/ FOUR STAGES OF RELATED UNDERSTAND-iNG/ AND A D-iSCUSS-iON OF ThE F-iNAL GOALS OF HUMAN ThOUGHT. {b}2. mADHYAMAKA{-}VATA{-}RA/ OR "eNTER-iNG ThE m-iDDLE wAY"{B} {i}AUThORH mASTER cANDRAK-i{-}RT-i T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} DbU-MA LA 'JUG-PA {i}DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 650 ad LOCAT-iONaH dERGE tENGYUR/ SECT-iON ON ThE m-iDDLE wAY/ VOLUME 23 ('A)/ FF. 201b-209a F-iLE NAMEH td3861f.aci S-iZEH 65/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} dO Th-iNGS EX-iST ThE WAY WE Th-iNK ThEY DO? aND -iF ThEY D-iDN'T/ COULD ThEY NOT EX-iST AT ALL? iF WE REAL-iZED ThAT WE HAD NEVER HAD AN ACCURATE PERCEPT-iON -iN OUR ENT-iRE L-iVES/ WOULD L-iFE BE MEAN-iNGLESS? wOULD GOOD AND EV-iL ST-iLL MATTER? tHE TEXT ANSWERS W-iTh A RESOUND-iNG "yES!"/ LEAD-iNG US ThROUGH ThE S-iX PERFECT V-iRTUESH CHAR-iTY/ MORAL-iTY/ PAT-iENCE/ EFFORT/ CONCENTRAT-iON/ AND ESPEC-iALLY W-iSDOM. {b}3. aBH-iDHARMAKOS{.}A/ ThE "tREASURE OF kNOWLEDGE"{B} {i}AUThORH mASTER wASUBANDHU T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} cHOS MNGON-PA MDZOD {i}DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 350 ad LOCAT-iONaH dERGE tENGYUR/ SECT-iON ON kNOWLEDGE/ VOLUME 61 (KU)/ FF 1b-25a F-iLE NAMEH td4089f.aci S-iZEH 86/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} wHAT ARE WE MADE OF? wHAT ATOMS AND ELEMENTS BU-iLD OUR PHYS-iCAL BOD-iES? hOW DO OUR SENSES WORK/ AND WHY DO WE ALL HAVE ThE SAME BAS-iC MENTAL FUNCT-iONSH FROM S-iMPLE AWARENESS/ TO ATTENT-iON/ ON DOWN TO PART-iCULAR EMOT-iONS L-iKE JEALOUSY OR CONS-iDERAT-iON FOR OThERS? hOW D-iD ThE WORLD BEG-iN/ AND WHAT MADE -iT START? wHAT BROUGHT EACH OF US H-iS OWN L-iFE? iS -iT A GOOD L-iFE? cAN WE CHANGE -iT? tH-iS ENDUR-iNG MASTERP-iECE -iS T-iGHTLY PACKED W-iTh ThE PREC-iOUS ANSWERS/ ThE ENT-iRE CLASS-iCAL KNOWLEDGE OF aS-iA -iN E-iGHT CONC-iSE CHAPTERS. {b}4. pRAMA{-}N{.}AVA{-}RTT-iKA/ ThE "cOMMENTARY ON wAL-iD pERCEPT-iON"{B} {i}AUThORH mASTER dHARMAK-i{-}RT-i T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} tSAD-MA RNAM-'GREL {i}DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 650 ad LOCAT-iONaH dERGE tENGYUR/ SECT-iON ON wAL-iD pERCEPT-iON/ VOLUME 95 (CE)/ FF 94b-151a F-iLE NAMEH td4210f.aci S-iZEH 204/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} hOW DO WE KNOW--ANYTh-iNG? jUST HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE Th-iNK WE KNOW -iS ONLY ASSUMPT-iON/ JUST WHAT EVERYONE HAS ALWAYS SA-iD? bEYOND ThE BAS-iC OBJECTS OF OUR PHYS-iCAL SENSES/ HOW ARE WE TO PERCE-iVE ThE -iDEAS AND PR-iNC-iPLES WH-iCH HAVE ThE POWER TO RU-iN OR EXALT US? wHAT RULES ShALL WE APPLY -iN OUR Th-iNK-iNG; HOW DO WE KNOW A CONCLUS-iON -iS TRUE? tHE FOUR CHAPTERS OF Th-iS TEXT PROV-iDE ANSWERS SO POWERFUL ThAT/ L-iKE ALL ThE CLASS-iCS FROM OUR L-iST/ -iT -iS ST-iLL STUD-iED AND DEBATED ON A DA-iLY BAS-iS -iN ThE TRAD-iT-iONAL t-iBETAN MONAST-iC ACADEM-iES. {b}5. w-iNAYASU{-}TRA/ ThE "sUTRA ON wOWED mORAL-iTY"{B} {i}AUThORH mASTER gUN{.}APRABHA{-} T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} 'dUL-BA-I MDO {i}DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 500 ad? LOCAT-iONaH dERGE tENGYUR/ SECT-iON ON wOWED mORAL-iTY/ VOLUME 80 (WU)/ FF 1b-100a F-iLE NAMEH td4117f.aci S-iZEH 375/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} wHAT -iS R-iGHT? wHAT -iS WRONG? wHY ShOULD WE CARE/ -iF WE CAN GET AWAY W-iTh -iT? wHERE D-iD OUR MORAL -iNST-iNCT COME FROM? aRE ThERE SOME MORAL RULES OUR CULTURE HAS COMPLETELY M-iSSED? wHO DEC-iDES ThE RULES/ AND W-iTh WHAT AUThOR-iTY? aRE ThERE EXCEPT-iONS/ AND WHO DEC-iDES ThEM? wHAT WOULD -iT FEEL L-iKE TO L-iVE AN HONESTLY EXAM-iNED MORAL L-iFE/ FOR ThE WHOLE REST OF ONE'S L-iFE? tHE TEXT REPL-iES W-iTh ThE CONS-iDERABLE DETA-iL ThAT OUR HUMAN FRA-iLTY DEMANDS. {b}6. mU{-}LAPRAJN{~}A{-}/ ThE "rOOT tEXT ON w-iSDOM"{B} {i}AUThORH mASTER nA{-}GA{-}RJUNA T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} RtZA-BA ShES-RAB {i}DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 200 ad LOCAT-iONaH dERGE tENGYUR/ SECT-iON ON ThE m-iDDLE wAY/ VOLUME 17 (TZA)/ FF 1a-19a F-iLE NAMEH td3824f.aci S-iZEH 64/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} hOW COULD ANYTh-iNG BE WHAT WE Th-iNK? wHEN YOU LOOK AT A POT ON ThE STOVE/ DO YOU SEE A POT OR A COLLECT-iON OF HANDLE/ BOTTOM/ PART OF ThE ROUND EDGE/ SOME METALL-iC GLEAM? iF YOU ARE SEE-iNG ThE HANDLE/ HOW CAN YOU BE SEE-iNG ThE POT? bUT HOW CAN YOU SEE A POT -iF YOU DON'T SEE ThE HANDLE? w-iTh ThE EARTh-ShAK-iNG S-iMPL-iC-iTY OF A CH-iLD'S QUEST-iONS/ ThESE FEW PAGES OVERTURNED ThE ENT-iRE H-iSTORY OF aS-iAN PH-iLOSOPHY/ AND MAY SOMEDAY OUR OWN. {b}7. uTTARATANTRA/ ThE "h-iGHER l-iNE"{B} {i}AUThORH mA-iTREYA AS RELATED TO mASTER aSAN{-}GA T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} RgYUD BLA-MA DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 350 ad LOCAT-iONaH dERGE tENGYUR/ SECT-iON ON m-iND oNLY/ VOLUME 14 (PH-i)/ FF 54b-73a F-iLE NAMEH td4024f.aci S-iZEH 69/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} wHERE W-iLL KNOWLEDGE TAKE US? dOES ThE W-iSDOM OF ThE AGES REALLY MAKE ANY MAN A SL-iVER LESS L-iABLE TO ThE -iNESCAPABLE DESCENT -iNTO OLD AGE/ SEN-iL-iTY/ AND DEATh? iS ThERE SOMETh-iNG ThAT/ -iF WE KNEW -iT/ COULD PROTECT US? iS ThE PERFECT-iON OF HUMAN UNDERSTAND-iNG POSS-iBLE? wHAT WOULD -iT BE L-iKE? tHE F-iVE CHAPTERS OF ThE TEXT G-iVE BR-iEF AND ELOQUENT ANSWERS ThAT HAVE SURV-iVED ThE TEST OF CENTUR-iES. {b}8. cATALOG TO ThE kANGYUR/ dERGE eD-iT-iON {i}AUThORH s-i-TU pAN{.}-CHEN cHOS KY-i 'BYUNG GNAS T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} BkA'-'GYUR DKAR-CHAG/ SdE-DGE PAR MA {i}DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 1730 ad LOCAT-iONaH dERGE kANGYUR/ SECT-iON ON ThE cATALOGS/ VOLUME "lAKS{.}M-i{-}/" FF 113a-157b F-iLENAMEH kd4568fp.aci S-iZEH 162/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} aN -iNVALUABLE -iNDEX TO ThE 1/100 WORKS OF ThE kANGYUR SECT-iON TO ThE TRAD-iT-iONAL COLLECT-iON OF sANSKR-iT CLASS-iCS -iN t-iBETAN TRANSLAT-iON/ F-iNALLY COD-iF-iED FROM NEARLY TWO M-iLLENN-iA OF ACCUMULATED MASTERP-iECES BY ThE t-iBETAN SAVANT bUTON r-iNCHEN dRUP -iN ThE 14Th cENTURY. tHE NAT-iVE CATALOG COMES -iN TWO VERS-iONSH EXPANDED AND CONC-iSE. tHE CONC-iSE VERS-iON -iS PRESENTED HERE AND L-iSTS T-iTLE/ SECT-iON/ VOLUME/ AUThOR/ t-iBETAN TRANSLATOR AND iND-iAN COLLABORATOR/ ED-iTORS FOR -iMPORTANT LATER REV-iS-iONS/ AND BR-iEF NOTES ABOUT ED-iT-iONS -iN VAR-iOUS LANGUAGES/ CASES OF D-iSPUTED AUThORSh-iP/ TREATMENT -iN OThER COLLECT-iONS/ AND ThE L-iKE. aS ANY STUDENT OF CLASS-iCAL aS-iAN L-iTERATURE EARLY LEARNS/ ThE NAMES OF TEXTS AND ThE-iR AUThORS MAY APPEAR -iN ThREE OR FOUR VERY D-iFFERENT FORMS. tH-iS FACT HAS MADE HARD-COPY -iND-iCES TO ThE CATALOGS OFTENT-iMES UNWORKABLE/ S-iNCE A USER MUST ANT-iC-iPATE WH-iCH NAME M-iGHT HAVE BEEN USED FOR ThE ALPHABET-iCAL L-iST-iNG. tHE TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE OF HAV-iNG Th-iS AND ThE OThER -iND-iCES ON D-iSK -iS ThAT ThE NAMES MAY -iNSTANTLY BE LOCATED BY A S-iNGLE KEY WORD/ REGARDLESS OF ANY ALPHABET-iCAL OR SECT-iON ORDER. a D-iSADVANTAGE -iS ThAT ThE NAT-iVE -iND-iCES WERE COMPOSED -iN RUNN-iNG t-iBETAN PROSE; ThE FORMAT PROV-iDES A TROVE OF -iNFORMAT-iON FOR ThE MORE ADVANCED RESEARCHER/ BUT MAY PROVE A STUMBL-iNG BLOCK FOR NEWER STUDENTS WHOSE t-iBETAN -iS NOT YET FLUENT. mOREOVER/ T-iTLES -iN ThE NAT-iVE dERGE CATALOGS ARE REFERENCED ONLY TO A PART-iCULAR SECT-iON AND VOLUME OF ThE COLLECT-iONS; NO PAGE NUMBER -iS G-iVEN/ ALThOUGH ThE ORDER OF ThE TEXT RELAT-iVE TO OThER TEXTS -iN ThE SAME VOLUME -iS L-iSTED/ AND A SECOND PAG-iNAT-iON -iNCLUDED FOR EACH WORK W-iTh-iN -iTS LARGER VOLUME. oNE REASON FOR -iNCLUD-iNG ThE -iNDEX TO ThE lHASA ED-iT-iON OF ThE kANGYUR ON ThESE D-iSTR-iBUT-iON D-iSKS -iS ThAT -iT ALSO -iNCLUDES START-iNG FOL-iO AND L-iNE LOCAT-iONS FOR ThE SAME TEXTS. {b}9. cATALOG TO ThE tENGYUR/ dERGE eD-iT-iON{B} {i}AUThORH zHU-CHEN tSUL-KHR-iMS R-iN-CHEN T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} BStAN-'GYUR DKAR CHAG/ SdE-DGE PAR-MA {i}DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH C. 1730 LOCAT-iONaH dERGE tENGYUR/ SECT-iON ON ThE cATALOGS/ VOLUME "s{'}R-i{-}/" FF 337a-468b F-iLE NAMEH td4569fp.aci S-iZEH 559/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH{-i} aGA-iN ThE CONC-iSE CATALOG/ BUT HERE TO A MASS-iVE COLLECT-iON OF 3/400 WORKS WR-iTTEN LARGELY -iN COMMENTARY TO ThE kANGYUR -iTSELF. tHE CAPAC-iTY TO RESEARCH Th-iS MATER-iAL W-iTh A PERSONAL COMPUTER W-iLL BE APPREC-iATED BY ANY RESEARCHER WHO HAS SPENT HOURS FL-iPP-iNG ThROUGH ThE FOL-iOS SEEK-iNG A T-iTLE; BUT AGA-iN ThE USER W-iLL NEED CONS-iDERABLE FLUENCY -iN ThE LANGUAGE TO MAKE FULL USE OF ThE F-iLE. oNLY SECT-iON/ VOLUME/ AND RELAT-iVE POS-iT-iON W-iTh-iN ThE VOLUME ARE G-iVEN -iN ThE NAT-iVE CATALOG/ AND ThE AUThOR -iN -iTS F-iNAL FOL-iOS NAMES A HANDFUL OF VOLUMES FOR WH-iCH HE HAS NOT L-iSTED VERY BR-iEF L-iTURG-iCAL WORKS BY ThE-iR SEPARATE T-iTLES. {b}10. cATALOG TO ThE kANGYUR/ lHASA ED-iT-iON{B} {i}AUThORH "COMPOSED AT ThE BEHEST OF ThE 13Th dALA-i lAMA" T-iTLE -iN t-iBETANaH{-i} BkA'-'GYUR DKAR-CHAG/ zHOL PAR-MA DATE OF COMPOS-iT-iONaH 1934 LOCAT-iONaH lHASA kANGYUR/ SECT-iON ON ThE cATALOGS/ -iNDEX VOLUME (KA-ThO)/ FF 1a-49a F-iLE NAMEH kl4568fp.aci S-iZEH 139/000 BYTES SYNOPS-iSH tH-iS -iS A NAT-iVE CATALOG TO ThE MOST RECENT CARV-iNG OF ThE kANGYUR/ EXECUTED AT ThE sHOL PR-iNT-iNG WORKS NEAR ThE BASE OF ThE GREAT pOTALA PALACE/ HOME OF ThE dALA-i lAMAS OF t-iBET. tHE ED-iT-iON -iS S-iM-iLAR TO ThE dERGE BUT CARVED -iN LARGER AND EVEN MORE CLEAR CHARACTERS ThAN ThE MASTERFUL dERGE. pREC-iSE DATA FOR ThE START-iNG PAGE AND L-iNE ARE G-iVEN FOR EACH WORK/ AND VOLUME NUMBERS (ACTUALLY t-iBETAN LETTERS) ARE MORE CLEARLY -iND-iCATED W-iTh A SPEC-iAL CARVED ORNAMENT/ WH-iCH HAS BEEN -iNCLUDED -iN ThE F-iLE AND W-iLL GREATLY FAC-iL-iTATE MACH-iNE SEARCHES. tHE PREPARAT-iON OF ThE CORRESPOND-iNG tENGYUR SECT-iON OF Th-iS ED-iT-iON WAS PUT TO AN ABRUPT END BY ThE RECKLESS SAVAGERY OF ThE cH-iNESE ARM-iES WHO -iN 1959 -iNVADED AND ST-iLL OCCUPY t-iBET/ ENDANGER-iNG ThE VERY EX-iSTENCE OF A GREAT PORT-iON OF CLASS-iCAL aS-iAN L-iTERATURE. {bi}b. tHE uN-iTED sTATES l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS t-iBETAN-lANGUAGE l-iST-iNGS{B-i} {i}f-iLE NAMEH lclist SER-iES COMB-iNED S-iZEH 1/700/000 BYTES {-i} dUR-iNG ThE PER-iOD FROM 1965 TO 1984/ ThE uN-iTED sTATES l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS CONDUCTED AN UNPRECEDENTED PROGRAM OF ACQU-iR-iNG COP-iES OF -iMPORTANT aS-iAN CLASS-iCS AS ThEY FLOWED DOWN -iNTO iND-iA W-iTh t-iBETAN REFUGEES ESCAP-iNG ThE DESTRUCT-iON OF ThE-iR COUNTRY. tH-iS EFFORT WAS MADE POSS-iBLE W-iTh EXCESS FORE-iGN CURRENCY FUNDS PROV-iDED BY ThE uN-iTED sTATES cONGRESS/ UNDER pUBL-iC lAW 480 (pl 480) AND LATER ThE sPEC-iAL fORE-iGN cURRENCY pROGRAM (sfcp). tHE l-iBRARY'S REPRESENTAT-iVE -iN nEW dELH-i/ mR. e. gENE sM-iTh/ WORKED T-iRELESSLY OVER Th-iS PER-iOD TO ORGAN-iZE ThE PURCHASE AND COMPL-iMENTARY D-iSTR-iBUT-iON OF SOME 8/000 T-iTLES (NOT COUNT-iNG ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR COLLECT-iONS) -iN OVER 2/000 VOLUMES TO EACH OF 18 PART-iC-iPAT-iNG aMER-iCAN L-iBRAR-iES. iT CAN BE CLA-iMED W-iThOUT EXAGGERAT-iON ThAT ThE l-iBRARY'S FORES-iGHT AND mR. sM-iTh'S PERSONAL EFFORTS ThEREBY ST-iMULATED ThE LARGEST AND MOST -iMPORTANT PUBL-iSh-iNG OF MAJOR CLASS-iCAL L-iTERATURE EVER UNDERTAKEN -iN ThE H-iSTORY OF aS-iA/ AND PERHAPS ThE WORLD. pART-iC-iPANT L-iBRAR-iES WELCOMED ThE MASS-iVE -iNFLUX OF MATER-iALS BUT WERE -iLL-EQU-iPPED TO PROCESS AND CATALOG -iT; BECAUSE OF ThE PREV-iOUS -iNACCESS-iB-iL-iTY OF t-iBET/ ThERE WERE FEW EXPERTS -iN wESTERN COUNTR-iES AND NEARLY NO CATALOGS OF ThE TREASURES ThE t-iBETAN HAD COLLECTED OVER ThE CENTUR-iES. iN FACT ThE LONG D-iST-iNCT-iVE CASES FOR R-iCE-PAPER BLOCKPR-iNTS OF ThE pl480(sfcp t-iBETAN MATER-iALS CAN ST-iLL BE SEEN STACKED -iN ARREARAGE AREAS OF MANY L-iBRAR-iES/ USUALLY W-iTh A DED-iCATED SEN-iOR CATALOGER STRUGGL-iNG TO COMPLETE ThE BACKLOG/ ASS-iSTED BY ONE OR TWO OF ThE MANY UPCOM-iNG YOUNGER SCHOLARS WHOM ThE MATER-iALS ThEMSELVES HAVE HELPED TO SPAWN. iN ORDER TO ShARE ThE EFFORTS MADE BY ThE-iR OWN CATALOGERS/ ThE l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS ThROUGH -iTS cATALOG-iNG d-iSTR-iBUT-iON sERV-iCE HAS L-iCENSED ThE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT TO D-iSTR-iBUTE W-iTh Th-iS COMPL-iMENTARY DEMONSTRAT-iON PACKAGE ThE-iR COMPLETED L-iST-iNGS OF t-iBETAN-LANGUAGE MATER-iALS. iNCLUDED TOO ARE MANY WORKS OUTS-iDE OF ThE pl480(sfcp ACQU-iS-iT-iONS PROGRAM/ ALThOUGH -iT -iS VERY -iMPORTANT FOR USERS TO NOTE ThAT A LARGE BLOCK OF TEXTS HAS YET TO BE ADDED TO ThE DATABASE BY ThE l-iBRARY/ SO ThAT A G-iVEN WORK MAY WELL HAVE BEEN ACQU-iRED BUT NOT YET BE L-iSTED. rESEARCHERS ShOULD ThEREFORE CONT-iNUE TO UT-iL-iZE ThE-iR TRAD-iT-iONAL RESOURCES FOR LOCAT-iNG PART-iCULAR TEXTS FROM ThE PROGRAM/ -iNCLUD-iNG ThE LARGER COMMERC-iAL B-iBL-iOGRAPH-iCAL DATABASES AVA-iLABLE ThROUGH ThE TERM-iNALS OF MOST MAJOR L-iBRAR-iES/ AS WELL AS ThE CARD AND ON-L-iNE CATALOGS OF MATER-iALS ALREADY CATALOGED BY ThE -iND-iV-iDUAL -iNST-iTUT-iONS. acip HAS ARRANGED TO RECE-iVE REGULAR UPDATES OF NEWLY CATALOGED WORKS FROM ThE l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS AND W-iLL CONT-iNUE TO MAKE ThEM AVA-iLABLE W-iThOUT CHARGE. tHE L-iST-iNGS ARE AN -iNVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ThE PROPER NAMES OF AUThORS AND T-iTLES/ ThE-iR DATES/ AND NOTES ON ThE CONTENTS AND SOURCES--FOR ThESE WE MUST AGA-iN ThANK mR. sM-iTh/ WHO P-iONEERED MUCH OF Th-iS TRA-iL -iNTO UNCHARTED TERR-iTORY. tHE DATA ON lc CATALOG NUMBERS AND D-iMENS-iONS OF ThE VOLUMES ThEMSELVES W-iLL GREATLY ASS-iST USERS TO F-iND ThE BOOKS -iN PART-iC-iPANT L-iBRAR-iES. iNST-iTUT-iONS WHO HOLD ThE pl480(sfcp COLLECT-iONS/ BY ThE WAY/ ARE ThE FOLLOW-iNG ("c" -iND-iCATES COMPREHENS-iVE/ AND "b" BAS-iC/ COVERAGE)H tHE l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS (c); uN-iVERS-iTY OF cAL-iFORN-iA/ bERKELEY (b); uN-iVERS-iTY OF cAL-iFORN-iA/ lOS aNGELES (b); cENTER FOR rESEARCH l-iBRAR-iES/ cH-iCAGO (c); uN-iVERS-iTY OF cH-iCAGO (c); cOLUMB-iA uN-iVERS-iTY (c); cORNELL uN-iVERS-iTY (b); uN-iVERS-iTY OF hAWA-i-i (c); uN-iVERS-iTY OF iLL-iNO-iS (b); iND-iANA uN-iVERS-iTY (b); iNST-iTUTE FOR ThE aDVANCED sTUDY OF wORLD rEL-iG-iONS/ nEW yORK sTATE (c); nAROPA iNST-iTUTE/ cOLORADO (c); nEW yORK pUBL-iC l-iBRARY (c); uN-iVERS-iTY OF pENNSYLVAN-iA (c); uN-iVERS-iTY OF w-iRG-iN-iA (c); uN-iVERS-iTY OF wASh-iNGTON (c); uN-iVERS-iTY OF w-iSCONS-iN (c); AND yALE uN-iVERS-iTY (c). tHE DATA ALSO CONTA-iN SER-iOUS DRAWBACKS WH-iCH ShOULD BE FRANKLY NOTED. tHE MOST SER-iOUS -iS ThE -iNCONS-iSTENCY/ -iNACCURACY/ OR -iMPERFECT CONVERS-iON OF ThE TRANSCR-iPT-iON METhOD USED BY ThE l-iBRARY. tH-iS HAS RESULTED FROM ThE LACK OF GENERALLY ACCEPTED TRANSCR-iPT-iON STANDARDS AMONG ThE SCHOLARLY COMMUN-iTY; FROM S-iMPLE ERRORS BY ENTRY OPERATORS CONFRONTED W-iTh LONG STR-iNGS OF ThE VERY D-iFF-iCULT t-iBETAN TRANSCR-iPT-iON; AND FROM ThE FACT ThAT D-iACR-iT-iCS -iN GENERAL DO NOT BEHAVE WELL BETWEEN SYSTEMS; USERS OF COMMERC-iAL L-iBRARY DATABASES ARE WELL AWARE ThAT ThE D-iACR-iT-iCS SOMET-iMES FA-iL TO CONVERT AT ALL/ SO ThAT (-iN acip TRANSCR-iPT-iON) ThE D-iFFERENT t-iBETAN CHARACTERS {sc}na/ nga/ nya/{SC} AND N{sc}a{SC} MAY ALL APPEAR AS S-iMPLY {sc}na{SC}; ThE OPERATOR HAS HAD TO REMEMBER Th-iS -iN CALL-iNG UP DATA/ OR HE M-iSSES ThE ENTRY. aS A GENERAL RULE ThEN USERS ShOULD STUDY ThE QU-iRKS OF Th-iS DATABASE AND ANY OThERS ThEY -iNTEND TO USE/ AND BE AWARE ThAT ThEY ARE MORE OFTEN CONF-iRM-iNG ThE PRESENCE OF A WORK ThAN ESTABL-iSh-iNG -iTS ABSENCEH DO NOT ASSUME A WORK HAS NOT YET BEEN ACQU-iRED BECAUSE YOU CANNOT F-iND -iT ON ThE F-iRST FEW TR-iES. (sOME USEFUL NOTES ON SUCCESSFUL COMPUTER SEARCHES OF t-iBETAN DATA ARE -iNCLUDED BELOW.) aNOThER WEAKNESS OF ThE L-iST-iNGS/ WELL KNOWN TO REGULAR USERS OF ThE MATER-iAL/ -iS ThAT -iND-iV-iDUAL T-iTLES W-iTh-iN ThE {i}SUNGBUM{-i} OR COLLECTED WORKS OF ThE MAJOR t-iBETAN WR-iTERS HAVE NOT BEEN L-iSTED SEPARATELY. t-iBETAN PH-iLOSOPHERS HAVE TRAD-iT-iONALLY UNDERGONE DECADES OF TRA-iN-iNG -iN A R-iGOROUS AND W-iDELY D-iVERSE CURR-iCULUM/ AND HAVE COMMONLY WR-iTTEN COMMENTAR-iES ON A BROAD SELECT-iON OF ThE OR-iG-iNAL aS-iAN CLASS-iCS. tHE STANDARD ENTRY -iN ThE DATABASE HOWEVER W-iLL ONLY BE A S-iNGLE ONE FOR ThE GENERAL COLLECT-iON OF ThESE WORKS/ AND -iN FACT ThE 4/500 SEPARATE T-iTLES OF ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR COLLECT-iONS APPEAR AS BUT TWO L-iST-iNGS. iT WOULD HAVE BEEN HUMANLY -iMPOSS-iBLE FOR ThE l-iBRARY'S L-iM-iTED STAFF OF EXPERTS TO COMPLETE ALL ThESE T-iTLES/ AND -iN FACT A SMALL ARMY OF RESEARCHERS -iS AT WORK ThROUGHOUT ThE WORLD TO DO SO. fRU-iTFUL EFFORTS HAVE BEEN -iN-iT-iATED BY -iND-iV-iDUAL t-iBETAN -iNST-iTUT-iONS -iN iND-iA/ NAT-iVE t-iBETAN SCHOLARS -iN cH-iNA AND t-iBET/ AND A NUMBER OF L-iBRAR-iES AND PROJECTS -iN ThE uN-iTED sTATES AND OThER COUNTR-iES. wE CAN ThUS LOOK FORWARD TO MORE REF-iNED AND COMPLETE DATABASES -iN ThE COM-iNG YEARS/ YET TAKE ADVANTAGE -iN ThE MEANT-iME OF ThE F-iRST RAW DATA FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS HERE PRESENTED. wE ARE PLEASED TO NOTE ThAT ThE l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED -iTS -iNTENT-iON OF RESUM-iNG ThESE VERY VALUABLE EFFORTS -iN ThE ACQU-iS-iT-iON OF ThE -iMPORTANT aS-iAN CLASS-iCS -iN ThE t-iBETAN LANGUAGE. sUGGEST-iONS FOR TEXTS TO BE -iNCLUDED -iNTO ThE PROGRAM/ REQUESTS TO RECE-iVE COP-iES OF ThE ACQU-iS-iT-iONS ThEMSELVES/ OR OThER -iNQU-iR-iES MAY BE FORWARDED TO mR. e. cHR-iST-iAN f-iLSTRUP/ cH-iEF/ oVERSEAS oPERAT-iONS d-iV-iS-iON/ tHE l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS/ wASh-iNGTON dc/ usa/ 20540. {bi}c. sELECTED eRRATA TO ThE dELH-i eD-iT-iON OF ThE dERGE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR{B-i} {i}F-iLENAMEH dkterr.aci S-iZEH 6/000 BYTES{-i} iN ThE EARLY STAGES OF ThE acip/ SCHOLARS ThROUGHOUT ThE WORLD WERE POLLED TO DETERM-iNE ThE-iR CHO-iCE OF ED-iT-iONS FOR ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR TO BE -iNPUT. tHE NEARLY UNAN-iMOUS SELECT-iON WAS ThE dERGE/ S-iNCE -iT HAS A REPUTAT-iON FOR CLAR-iTY AND ACCURACY/ HAD BEEN ThE SUBJECT OF A NUMBER OF CATALOG-iNG ATTEMPTS/ AND HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPR-iNTED -iN WHOLE OR PART BY OFFSET PHOTOGRAPHY/ -iN SEVERAL COUNTR-iES. eNTRY WORK -iN ThE COMPUTER CENTER AT sERA mEY t-iBETAN mONAST-iC uN-iVERS-iTY BEGAN FROM ThE dELH-i REPRODUCT-iON OF ThE dERGE/ WH-iCH -iS ThE MOST PREVALENT PR-iNT-iNG AND -iS ALSO -iNCLUDED -iN ThE pl480(sfcp COLLECT-iONS. uPON PROOFREAD-iNG -iT WAS FOUND ThAT A S-iGN-iF-iCANT NUMBER OF ERRORS WERE REACH-iNG ThE F-iNAL ED-iT STAGE/ WH-iCH SEEMED -iMPOSS-iBLE S-iNCE EACH TEXT HAD BEEN TYPED -iN TW-iCE AND ThEN COMPARED BY MACH-iNE--AND NO TWO OPERATORS WOULD HAVE MADE ThE SAME UNUSUAL ERRORS. a REV-iEW OF ThE RELEVANT SECT-iONS OF ThE dELH-i ED-iT-iON REVEALED ThAT ThE ERRORS HAD BEEN -iNTRODUCED BY NAT-iVE SCR-iBES RETA-iNED TO TOUCH UP L-iGHT SPOTS -iN ThE OR-iG-iNAL BLOCKPR-iNT PR-iOR TO OFFSET PUBL-iSh-iNG. tHE ERRORS -iN SOME TEXTS WERE SO SER-iOUS AND PREVALENT ThAT ThEY PRECLUDE ThE USE OF PART-iCULAR T-iTLES FOR ANYTh-iNG BUT GENERAL READ-iNG. sAMPLES OF ERRORS/ AND ThE CORRECTED READ-iNGS/ ARE -iNCLUDED -iN Th-iS F-iLE TO DEMONSTRATE ThE PROBLEM AND ALSO ASS-iST RESEARCHERS -iN ThE-iR CORRECT-iON. a COMPREHENS-iVE L-iST-iNG OF ERRORS WAS BEGUN BUT ABANDONED DUE TO ThE SCOPE OF ThE PROBLEM. aS EXPER-iENCED STUDENTS KNOW/ -iT -iS NEARLY ThE NATURE OF REPRODUC-iNG t-iBETAN BLOCKPR-iNT MANUSCR-iPTS ThAT PROBLEMS W-iLL BE ENCOUNTERED. iF ThE CAMERA SETT-iNG -iS TOO DARK/ MATER-iAL FROM ThE OBVERSE S-iDE OF ThE R-iCE PAPER W-iLL BLEED ThROUGH AND OBSCURE ThE READ-iNG--AS OCCURRED W-iTh ThE M-iCROF-iCHE ED-iT-iON OF ThE cHONE ED-iT-iON. iF ThE SETT-iNG -iS TOO L-iGHT/ ENT-iRE L-iNES MAY D-iSAPPEAR--AS WAS ThE CASE W-iTh ThE RECENT cAL-iFORN-iA REPR-iNT OF ThE dERGE. iF ThE SETT-iNG -iS -iNTERMED-iATE AND A SCR-iBE H-iRED TO F-iLL -iN ThE -iNCOMPLETE CHARACTERS/ HE -iNTRODUCES NEW ERRORS. tHE ERRORS OF ThE dELH-i ED-iT-iON WERE PA-iNSTAK-iNGLY CORRECTED BY ThE acip DOMEST-iC ED-iTORS/ AND AS A PRECAUT-iON NEW ENTRY -iS BE-iNG MADE FROM A D-iRECT BLOCKPR-iNT OF ThE lHASA ED-iT-iON OF ThE kANGYUR. nEGOT-iAT-iONS FOR ThE PURCHASE OF AN OR-iG-iNAL dERGE ED-iT-iON OF BOTh COLLECT-iONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WAY. iT -iS EXTREMELY -iMPORTANT TO NOTE ThAT ATTEMPTS TO REPRODUCE ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR TO DATE/ ThOUGH -iMPERFECT/ HAVE BEEN AN -iNVALUABLE CONTR-iBUT-iON TO WORLD SCHOLARSh-iP. w-iThOUT ThESE MATER-iALS/ YOUNGER SCHOLARS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TRA-iNED/ AND W-iThOUT NEW SCHOLARS/ NO NEW MATER-iAL CAN BE PROPERLY ED-iTED. a CR-iT-iCAL PO-iNT -iN FACT ALREADY EX-iSTS WHERE ThE QUAL-iF-iED OLDER SURV-iVORS OF ThE t-iBETAN HOLOCAUST ARE TOO FEW TO PROPERLY PROOFREAD ANY LARGE NUMBER OF NEW ED-iT-iONS OF ThE aS-iAN CLASS-iCS. {b}iw. dATA tRANSCR-iPT-iON mEThOD{B} d-iSAGREEMENTS OVER HOW TO TRANSCR-iBE t-iBETAN/ ONCE A FRU-iTFUL SOURCE OF JOURNAL MATER-iAL FOR US STUDENTS OF aS-iAN L-iTERATURE/ ARE ThANKFULLY OBV-iATED BY COMPUTERS S-iNCE A WORKER CAN NOW SEARCH A DATABASE FOR ANY OFFEND-iNG TRANSCR-iPT-iON OF A PART-iCULAR CHARACTER AND REPLACE -iT W-iTh ThAT OF H-iS OWN CHO-iCE/ AUTOMAT-iCALLY/ -iN A NUMBER OF SECONDS. tHE TRANSCR-iPT-iON METhOD CHOSEN HERE CORRESPONDS W-iTh A FEW EXCEPT-iONS TO ThAT DEVELOPED BY pROF. nGAWANGThONDUP nARKY-iD AND OThER RESEARCHERS AT ThE l-iBRARY OF t-iBETAN wORKS AND aRCH-iVES OF ThE t-iBETAN gOVERNMENT. tHE METhOD -iS UNAMB-iGUOUS; REQU-iRES NO D-iACR-iT-iCS/ OVERSTR-iKES/ OR "DEAD" KEYS; -iS -iNPUT ON A STANDARD KEYBOARD W-iTh (SO FAR) NO CONTROL OR ALTERNATE KEYS; OBSERVES ABSOLUTE ECONOMY -iN NUMBER OF KEYSTROKES; AND CONFORMS AS NEARLY AS ThE eNGL-iSh LANGUAGE ALLOWS TO ThE ACTUAL SOUNDS REPRESENTED. tHE GOAL -iS ThAT AN ENTRY OPERATOR TYPES EXACTLY WHAT HE SEES -iN ThE rOMAN LETTERS HE WOULD NATURALLY EXPECT/ W-iThOUT MEMOR-iZ-iNG A LONG L-iST OF KEY COMB-iNAT-iONS. tHESE PO-iNTS ARE CR-iT-iCAL -iN A LARGE DATA ENTRY PROJECT SUCH AS ThE acip. tHE t-iBETAN OPERATORS HAVE BEEN TRA-iNED FROM ZERO (MOST HAD NEVER SEEN A COMPUTER BEFORE)/ ON LOCALLY AVA-iLABLE AND SERV-iCEABLE HARDWARE/ W-iTh ThE LOWEST POSS-iBLE CAP-iTAL -iNVESTMENT. a MAJOR A-iM OF ThE PROJECT -iS TO PROV-iDE ThESE REFUGEE SCHOLARS W-iTh A MARKETABLE SK-iLL/ DATA ENTRY/ WH-iCH W-iLL CONTR-iBUTE TO ThE-iR CONT-iNUED SURV-iVAL--AND ThE CONT-iNUED SURV-iVAL OF ThE aS-iAN CLASS-iCS -iS T-iED TO ThE-iRS. oR-iG-iNAL ENTRY AND ThE AUTOMATED COMPAR-iSON(ED-iT STEPS ARE PERFORMED -iN rOMAN CHARACTERS ON ThE NORMAL qwerty KEYBOARD/ W-iTh TRANSCR-iPT-iON RAThER ThAN NAT-iVE SCR-iPT ON ThE SCREEN AS WELL/ SO ThAT ThE REFUGEES ARE -iNC-iDENTALLY PREPARED FOR LATER CONTRACT WORK -iN wESTERN LANGUAGES. iT HAS FURThER BEEN OUR PRACT-iCAL EXPER-iENCE OVER ThE YEARS ThAT ALMOST NO ONE WHO USES A COMPUTER REGULARLY AND WHO CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONDUCT RESEARCH W-iTh ThE acip DATABASE W-iLL NOT BE FAM-iL-iAR W-iTh rOMAN LETTERS AND TRANSCR-iPT-iON. a WELL DEVELOPED TOGGLE SW-iTCH BETWEEN rOMAN AND NAT-iVE SCR-iPT/ SUCH AS ThAT ALREADY AVA-iLABLE W-iTh tHA-i WORD PROCESSORS/ W-iLL OF COURSE BE ThE -iDEAL. eCONOMY AND EASE OF KEYSTROKES W-iLL ALLOW MORE DATA TO BE ENTERED W-iTh-iN ThE PROJECT'S BUDGET L-iM-iTSH EL-iM-iNAT-iON OF A S-iNGLE UNNECESSARY KEYSTROKE -iN TRANSCR-iPT-iON W-iLL OVER DECADES REPRESENT A SUBSTANT-iAL SAV-iNGS -iN LABOR. t-iBETAN SYLLABLE PUNCTUAT-iON DOTS/ FOR EXAMPLE/ HAVE BEEN REPLACED W-iTh A SPACE/ AND A SEPARATE PROGRAM WR-iTTEN FOR ThE RECONST-iTUT-iON OF ThESE MARKS/ ACCORD-iNG TO ThE RULES OF t-iBETAN ORThOGRAPHY/ -iN ThE PR-iNT-OUT OF NAT-iVE SCR-iPT. tH-iS ADJUSTMENT AND acip'S UN-iQUE ON-SCREEN FORMAT OF MA-iNTA-iN-iNG ThE OR-iG-iNAL PAGE AND L-iNE LAYOUTS FAC-iL-iTATE READ-iNG ThE TRANSCR-iPT-iON FROM A COMPUTER MON-iTOR. tHE TRANSCR-iPT-iON METhOD HERE ALSO CONFORMS CLOSELY TO ThAT REQU-iRED FOR PR-iNT-OUT AND ON-SCREEN REPRESENTAT-iON OF NAT-iVE SCR-iPT UT-iL-iZ-iNG ThE t-iBETAN tEXT pROCESS-iNG sYSTEM (ttps)/ ThE WORLD'S F-iRST -iNTEGRATED SOFTWARE FOR PROCESS-iNG t-iBETAN/ DEVELOPED FOR ibm-COMPAT-iBLES BY A NUMBER OF acip'S OR-iG-iNAL STAFF. iN RECENT YEARS A NUMBER OF ADD-iT-iONAL PROGRAMS HAVE APPEARED/ EACH W-iTh -iTS OWN PART-iCULAR ADVANTAGES AND D-iSADVANTAGES/ SO ThAT A RESEARCHER MAY WANT TO EXPER-iMENT AND F-iND ThE SYSTEM BEST F-iTTED TO H-iS NEEDS. fOR aPPLE USERS ThERE -iS ThE W-iDELY USED "t-iBETAN ON ThE mAC-iNTOSh" PROGRAM FROM mR. p-iERRE rOB-iLLARD OF tORONTO/ cANADA/ AVA-iLABLE AT PRESENT ThROUGH sNOW l-iON pUBL-iCAT-iONS OF iThACA/ nEW yORK. fOR ibm-COMPAT-iBLES ThERE ARE/ BES-iDES ttps/ ThE aT-iShA PROGRAM DEVELOPED ON cH-iWR-iTER SOFTWARE BY dR. pETER eBBATSON OF oXFORD/ uk; AS WELL AS A NEWLY ANNOUNCED SYSTEM (ALSO AVA-iLABLE ThROUGH sNOW l-iON) FROM ThE t-iBETAN cOMPUTER cOMPANY OF cOLORADO/ usa. a NUMBER OF OThER -iNTEREST-iNG PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER D-iFFERENT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT -iN VAR-iOUS COUNTR-iES/ AND WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY WHEN ALL ThE AMEN-iT-iES OF MODERN TEXT APPL-iCAT-iON SOFTWARE ARE AVA-iLABLE FOR t-iBETAN/ AS ThEY ARE ALREADY FOR jAPANESE/ tHA-i/ AND OThER NON-rOMAN SCR-iPTS. acip DATA HAS PURPOSELY BEEN SUPPL-iED -iN "RAW/" UNFORMATTED ascii CHARACTERS/ WH-iCH MEANS ThAT -iT CAN EAS-iLY BE CONVERTED BY ThE USER TO ThE TRANSCR-iPT-iON FORM REQU-iRED BY ANY G-iVEN t-iBETAN WORD PROCESS-iNG PROGRAM. a SMALL PROGRAM FOR CREAT-iNG A ttps-READABLE F-iLE -iS AVA-iLABLE W-iThOUT CHARGE ON REQUEST FROM acip/ AND WE WOULD BE PLEASED TO MAKE CONVERS-iON PROGRAMS FOR OThER t-iBETAN PROCESSORS AVA-iLABLE TO OUR SUBSCR-iBERS AS ThEY ARE DEVELOPED AND SUBM-iTTED BY USERS OF ThE DATA. a FEW NOTES OF EXPLANAT-iON TO ThE TRANSCR-iPT-iON CHART ATTACHED {TRANSCR-iPT-iON CHART ShOULD BE ON PAGE FAC-iNG ThE FOLLOW-iNG PARAGRAPHS}H F-iRST/ ALL LETTERS ARE -iNPUT AS CAP-iTALS EXCEPT FOR ThE RETROFLEX SER-iES/ -iND-iCATED -iN t-iBETAN W-iTh A REVERSED CHARACTER AND -iN acip DATA W-iTh ThE LOWER CASE. a LOWER CASE "M" REPRESENTS ThE sANSKR-iT {i}ANUSVA{-}RA{-i}. tHE {i}'A-CHUNG{-i} SUBSCR-iPT USED -iN t-iBETAN FOR A LONG sANSKR-iT VOWEL -iS S-iMPLY TYPED/ W-iTh ThE NORMAL APOSTROPHE/ L-iKE ANY OThER SUBSCR-iPTH JUST AFTER ThE CONSONANT AND BEFORE ThE AFFECTED VOWEL/ S-iNCE -iN Th-iS POS-iT-iON -iT CANNOT BE M-iSTAKEN FOR ThE LARGER SUFF-iX VERS-iON. tHE CLASS-iC AMB-iGU-iTY BETWEEN A SUBSCR-iPT {sc}ya{SC} BELOW {sc}ga{SC}/ AND A MA-iN-LETTER {sc}ya{SC} FOLLOW-iNG A PREF-iX {sc}ga{SC}/ -iS RESOLVED BY TY-iNG {sc}gya{SC} FOR ThE FORMER AND {sc}g.ya{SC} FOR ThE LATTER/ S-iNCE ThE ttps PROGRAM W-iLL AUTOMAT-iCALLY PARSE ANY COMB-iNAT-iON JO-iNED BY A HYPHEN AS S-iDE-BY-S-iDE CONSONANTS. a S-iM-iLAR PR-iNC-iPLE APPL-iES TO ThE VERY RARE CASES WHERE A sANSKR-iT STACK CREATES AN AMB-iGU-iTY; A PLUS S-iGN -iS USED TO -iND-iCATE ThE STACK/ SO ThAT FOR EXAMPLE W-iTh ThE ONLY TWO CASES -iN ThE DATABASE SO FAR WHERE A PALATAL NASAL -iS A sANSKR-iT STACK OF {sc}na{SC} ABOVE {sc}ya{SC} RAThER ThAN S-iMPLE {sc}nya{SC}/ ONE ShOULD SEARCH FOR ThE COMB-iNAT-iON {sc}na+ya{SC}. {b}w. f-iLE nOMENCLATURE cONVENT-iONS{B} fOLLOW-iNG -iS A SUMMARY OF HOW acip F-iLENAMES ARE PRESENTLY APPL-iED TO ThE D-iFFERENT TEXTS. wE CAN EXPECT MOD-iF-iCAT-iONS OF ThESE CONVENT-iONS AS ThE DATABASE GROWS/ PART-iCULARLY W-iTh ThE ANT-iC-iPATED STANDARD-iZAT-iON OF CATEGOR-iES FOR NAT-iVE t-iBETAN COMMENTAR-iAL L-iTERATURE/ WH-iCH WE REFER TO W-iTh ThE NAT-iVE APPELLAT-iON sUNGBUM ("COLLECTED WORKS" OF MAJOR AUThORS). a. f-iLENAME sPACE 1H cOLLECT-iON CODE--(k) kANGYUR/ (t) tENGYUR/ (s) sUNGBUM/ OR (r) rEFERENCE sPACE 2H eD-iT-iON CODE--AT PRESENT ONLY (d) dERGE OR (l) lHASA sPACES 3-6H tOHOKU OR sERA mEY CATALOG NUMBER sPACE 7H sTATUS LETTER AS FOLLOWS-- a = F-iRST -iNPUT VERS-iON b = SECOND -iNPUT VERS-iON c = F-iRST ED-iTED VERS-iON d = SECOND ED-iTED VERS-iON e = Th-iRD ED-iTED VERS-iON (F-iNAL OVERSEAS ED-iT-iON) f = DOMEST-iC PROOFED VERS-iON FOR D-iSTR-iBUT-iON (-iN ascii) g-j = D-iSTR-iBUT-iON COPY MOD-iF-iED FOR PR-iNT-iNG -iN t-iBETAN CHARACTERS US-iNG CURRENT VERS-iON (g) OR FUTURE UPDATES (h-j) OF ttps (t-iBETAN tEXT pROCESS-iNG sYSTEM) k-n = D-iSTR-iBUT-iON VERS-iON -iN CUSTOM-iZED FORMAT OR CONVERTED FOR PART-iCULAR COMMERC-iAL WORD PROCESSORS AT USER'S REQUEST o = (NOT USED BECAUSE OF S-iM-iLAR-iTY TO ZERO) p = (AS SPACE 8) ONLY PART OF ThE TEXT COR- RESPOND-iNG TO ThE tOHOKU OR sERA mEY CATALOG NUMBER q-u = LATER ANNOTATED OR OThERW-iSE MARKED VERS-iONS OF D-iSTR-iBUTED COPY w-z = RESERVED FOR UNFORESEEN NEEDS sPACES 7-8H oPERATOR OR ED-iTOR -iDENT-iF-iCAT-iON NUMBERS (W-iTh PRE-D-iSTR-iBUT-iON COP-iES ONLY/ FOR ASSESSMENT OF ERROR PENALT-iES; COLLECT-iON(ED-iT-iON CODES TRUNCATED) b. eXTENS-iON sPACES 1-3H bATCH NUMBER (NORMALLY OF F-iVE PAGES EACH/ W-iTh PRE-D-iSTR-iBUT-iON COP-iES)/ OR "aci" (W-iTh D-iSTR-iBUT-iON COP-iES/ TO -iDENT-iFY AUThOR-iZED acip DATA FOR PUBL-iC USE) c. sAMPLE F-iLENAMEH td3786f.aci "t" -iND-iCATES ThAT ThE TEXT COMES FROM ThE tENGYUR COLLECT-iON OF aS-iAN CLASS-iCAL L-iTERATURE "d" -iND-iCATES ThAT ThE dERGE ED-iT-iON OF ThE tENGYUR COLLECT-iON HAS BEEN USED FOR -iNPUT "3786" -iND-iCATES A tOHOKU CATALOG TEXT NUMBER/ WH-iCH HAPPENS TO BE ThE F-iRST TEXT ThAT WAS TARGETED FOR ENTRYH ThE {i}aBH-iSAMAYA{-}LAM{.}- KA{-}RA{-i} OF mA-iTREYA AND aSAN{-}GA "f" -iND-iCATES ThAT Th-iS -iS A F-iNAL ED-iTED VERS-iON/ DER-iVED AS ShOWN -iN ThE UPPERMOST BOX OF ThE ACCOMPANY-iNG DATA VER-iF-iCAT-iON PROCEDURES FLOW-CHART "aci" -iND-iCATES ThAT ThE F-iLE HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBL-iC USE; -iT ShOULD NOT BE MOD-iF-iED BY USERS SO LONG AS Th-iS EXTENS-iON -iS RETA-iNED d. nOTES tHE acip F-iLE CONVENT-iON FORMAT ALLOWS A dos W-iLDCARD SEARCH FOR A TEXT US-iNG -iTS CATALOG NUMBER/ AS WELL AS A QU-iCK W-iLDCARD SEARCH FOR COP-iES OF A PART-iCULAR TEXT AT DEF-iNED LEVELS OF ED-iT-iNG. tHE USE OF LETTERS PREVENTS AMB-iGU-iTY -iN NUMBER SEARCHES/ AVO-iDS LONG NUMER-iC STR-iNGS/ AND ALLOWS MORE PARAMETERS PER S-iNGLE SPACE. tHE PRESENCE OF AN -iN-iT-iAL COLLECT-iON CODE -iN ThE F-iLENAME ALLOWS L-iM-iTED SEARCHES FOR TEXTS OR PHRASES LATER BY COLLECT-iON/ AS WELL AS UPDATES OF TEXTS COMPLETED BY COLLECT-iON. uSERS OF ThE DEMONSTRAT-iON D-iSKS W-iLL WANT TO KEEP A COPY OF ThE CHART BELOW NEAR ThE-iR COMPUTER/ FOR QU-iCK REFERENCE. tHE SAME CHART -iS AVA-iLABLE ON DEMONSTRAT-iON D-iSK @##1 UNDER ThE F-iLE NAME "titles.aci". e. sUMMARY OF F-iLE NAMES/ acip DEMONSTRAT-iON D-iSKS {b}f-iLE NAME cONTENTS T-iTLE td3786f.aci aBH-iSAMAYA{-}LAM{.}KA{-}RA td3824f.aci mU{-}LAPRAJN{~}A{-} td3861f.aci mADHYAMAKA{-}VATA{-}RA td4024f.aci uTTARATANTRA td4089f.aci aBH-iDHARMAKOS{.}A td4117f.aci w-iNAYASU{-}TRA td4210f.aci pRAMA{-}N{.}AVA{-}RTT-iKA kd4568fp.aci dERGE kANGYUR cATALOG kl4568fp.aci lHASA kANGYUR cATALOG td4569fp.aci dERGE tENGYUR cATALOG{B} {b}wi. acip eD-iTOR-iAL pOL-iCY{B} tHE ORGAN-iZERS OF ThE SUCCESSFUL tHESAURUS l-iNGUAE gRAECAE PROJECT FOR ThE -iNPUT OF ThE CLASS-iCS OF gREEK L-iTERATURE ONTO A MASTER cd-rom DEVELOPED SENS-iBLE ED-iTOR-iAL POL-iC-iES ThAT HAVE BEEN EMULATED BY acip. eVERY WORK -iS -iNPUT EXACTLY AS -iT APPEARS -iN ThE OR-iG-iNAL WOODBLOCK ED-iT-iON/ W-iThOUT ANY ATTEMPTS TO MOD-iFY OR CORRECT ThE TEXT. oBV-iOUS ERRORS -iNTRODUCED BY SCR-iBES TOUCH-iNG UP ThE PLATES FOR LATER PHOTOGRAPH-iC ED-iT-iONS HAVE ThOUGH BEEN CORRECTED -iNSOFAR AS A CAREFUL V-iSUAL -iNSPECT-iON OF A SUSP-iC-iOUS READ-iNG CLEARLY -iND-iCATED A M-iSTAKE WR-iTTEN OVER ThE OR-iG-iNAL READ-iNG. dESP-iTE ThE ABOVE "NO ED-iT-iNG" POL-iCY/ WHEN A READ-iNG -iN ThE OR-iG-iNAL BLOCKPR-iNT APPEARED CERTA-iNLY -iN ERROR/ PROOFREADERS -iN SELECTED CASES HAVE SUGGESTED AN ALTERNATE READ-iNG -iN ThE FORMAT [@#ALTERNATE READ-iNG] FOLLOW-iNG ThE WORD -iN QUEST-iON. wHEN ThE ALTERNATE READ-iNG COULD BE -iN DOUBT/ A QUEST-iON MARK -iS ADDED -iN ThE FORM [@#ALTERNATE READ-iNG?]. a DOUBTFUL OR PART-iCULARLY UNUSUAL READ-iNG -iS -iND-iCATED W-iTh A S-iMPLE QUEST-iON MARK -iN ThE FORM [?]. tHESE SUGGESTED CORRECT-iONS ARE ONLY MEANT AS AN A-iD -iN CONDUCT-iNG SUCCESSFUL SEARCHES OF ThE DATA; -iT -iS BEYOND ThE CURRENT SCOPE AND RESOURCES OF ThE PROJECT TO PROV-iDE ANNOTATED ED-iT-iONS. aLL OThER ED-iTOR-iAL COMMENTS ARE -iNCLUDED -iN BRACKETS AS WELL. tHEY ARE SUMMAR-iZED ON ThE ATTACHED TRANSCR-iPT-iON CHART AND MOST OFTEN -iND-iCATE ADD-iT-iONAL MATER-iAL ON ThE XYLOGRAPH PR-iNTS (SUCH AS ORNAMENTAL sANSKR-iT T-iTLES OR L-iNE DRAW-iNGS OF EARLY AUThORS/ W-iTh CAPT-iONS) ThAT WOULD NOT BE CONS-iDERED A PART OF ThE TEXT AS -iT WAS OR-iG-iNALLY CREATED. tH-iS -iS TO ALLOW ACCURATE STAT-iST-iCAL ANALYSES OF ThE MATER-iAL BY MEANS OF REMOV-iNG BRACKETED MATER-iAL FROM A SECOND COPY OF ThE F-iLE PR-iOR TO RUNN-iNG ThE CHECK. tHE PHYS-iCAL FORMAT OF EACH PAGE -iS ALSO STR-iCTLY MA-iNTA-iNED. fOL-iO OR PAGE NUMBERS ARE -iND-iCATED BY AN "EACH" S-iGN "@" FOLLOWED BY ThE NUMBER/ AND AN "a" OR "b" TO -iND-iCATE OBVERSE OR REVERSE FACE -iN ThE TRAD-iT-iONAL UNBOUND STACK OF R-iCE PAPER FOL-iOS. tHE OR-iG-iNAL L-iNES ARE MA-iNTA-iNED AND SEPARATED BY A DOUBLE RETURN/ WH-iCH GREATLY FAC-iL-iTATES CHECK-iNG ANY QUEST-iONABLE READ-iNG AGA-iNST ThE OR-iG-iNAL BLOCKPR-iNT. a SAMPLE OF OR-iG-iNAL TRANSCR-iPT-iON AND PR-iNT-OUT -iN NAT-iVE TEXT US-iNG ThE ttps SYSTEM -iS ATTACHED. {sAMPLE PAGE OF LETTERS AND t-iBETAN ShOULD FACE Th-iS AREA.} {b}wii. hOW TO uSE ThE d-iSKS{B} tHE TEXT DATA SUPPL-iED HERE ON ThE acip DEMONSTRAT-iON D-iSKS WAS -iNPUT -iN STANDARD ascii FORMAT W-iTh A S-iMPLE dos ED-iTOR. tH-iS MEANS ThAT ThE F-iLES CONTA-iN NO SPEC-iAL-iZED FORMATT-iNG CODES AND YOU CAN USE V-iRTUALLY ANY ED-iTOR OR WORD-PROCESS-iNG PROGRAM TO READ ThEM ON YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER. iF YOUR WORD PROCESS-iNG PROGRAM REQU-iRES -iT/ FOLLOW ThE -iNSTRUCT-iONS FROM -iTS MANUAL FOR -iMPORT-iNG AN ascii F-iLE; OThERW-iSE S-iMPLY USE -iT TO CALL UP ThE DES-iRED F-iLE STRA-iGHT FROM ThE D-iSK. iF YOU DON'T HAVE A WORD-PROCESS-iNG PROGRAM/ PUT D-iSK @##1 -iN YOUR COMPUTER AND TYPE {sc}list{SC} FOLLOWED BY ThE "ENTER" KEY. fOLLOW ThE -iNSTRUCT-iONS BELOW FOR ThE {sc}list{SC} PROGRAM/ TO V-iEW AND SEARCH ThROUGH TEXT FOR PART-iCULAR STR-iNGS OF WORDS. tH-iS PROGRAM W-iLL STAY -iN ThE MEMORY OF YOUR COMPUTER UNT-iL YOU TURN -iT OFF/ AND YOU CAN -iNSERT ThE OThER D-iSKS TO LOOK AT AND SEARCH ANY TEXT YOU WANT. tHE D-iSKS W-iLL WORK ON ANY STANDARD ibm OR COMPAT-iBLE MACH-iNE/ W-iTh OR W-iThOUT A HARD D-iSK. uSERS W-iTh HARD D-iSKS CAN CREATE D-iRECTOR-iES TA-iLORED TO ThE-iR NEEDS AND LOAD ALL ThE F-iLES -iN. mAC-iNTOSh USERS W-iLL HAVE TO MAKE ThE STANDARD CONVERS-iON TO BR-iNG UP ThE D-iSK ON ThE-iR CURRENT OPERAT-iNG SYSTEM; EVEN W-iThOUT CONVERS-iON/ ThE D-iSKS CAN BE COP-iED TO A 3-1(2" FLOPPY AND USED D-iRECTLY -iN ThE NEWER GENERAT-iON OF aPPLES. aS W-iTh ANY DATA/ WE RECOMMEND ThAT YOU -iMMED-iATELY CREATE BACK-UP COP-iES OF ThE D-iSKS -iN CASE ThE OR-iG-iNALS ARE DAMAGED/ OR ACC-iDENTALLY CHANGED OR ERASED. fOLLOW ThE D-iRECT-iONS -iN YOUR dos MANUAL TO DO SO. acip D-iSKS ARE SUPPL-iED W-iTh A WR-iTE-PROTECT TAB TO PREVENT ANY MOD-iF-iCAT-iON OF ThE DATA ON ThE OR-iG-iNALS D-iSTR-iBUTED BY ThE PROJECT. pLEASE DO NOT MOD-iFY ThESE OR-iG-iNALS. iF YOU CHOOSE TO COPY F-iLES TO ANOThER LOCAT-iON FOR MAN-iPULAT-iON OF ThE DATA/ WE REQUEST ThAT YOU MA-iNTA-iN ThE OR-iG-iNAL F-iLENAME (LETTERS PRECED-iNG ThE DOT) AND CHANGE ThE EXTENS-iON (LETTERS AFTER ThE DOT) FROM "aci" TO AN EXTENS-iON OF YOUR CHO-iCE. tHE S-iNGLE MOST COMMON USE OF Th-iS DATA W-iLL BE TO SEARCH A F-iLE OR F-iLES FOR A DES-iRED STR-iNG OF TEXT--WHEThER A QUOTAT-iON/ NAME OF A PART-iCULAR PH-iLOSOPH-iCAL CONCEPT/ PERSON/ PLACE/ OR SO ON. sCHOLARS OF aS-iAN L-iTERATURE -iN ThE PAST HAVE SPEND DAYS AND EVEN MONThS S-iFT-iNG ThROUGH R-iCE- PAPER FOL-iOS FOR AN -iMPORTANT C-iTAT-iON/ OFTEN MENT-iONED -iN ANOThER TEXT W-iThOUT PROPER ATTR-iBUT-iON/ OR W-iTh NO ATTR-iBUT-iON AT ALL. eNTER-iNG ThE TEXTS ON D-iSK EL-iM-iNATES Th-iS TREMENDOUS EXPEND-iTURE OF T-iME/ AND MAKES SEARCHES MORE ThOROUGH---iF ThEY ARE EXECUTED PROPERLY. wE W-iLL MAKE SOME SUGGEST-iONS ABOUT UNDERTAK-iNG SUCCESSFUL SEARCHES AND ThEN COMMENT ON A NUMBER OF SEARCH PROGRAMS WE HAVE REV-iEWED FOR USE W-iTh acip DATA. mOST COMMERC-iAL WORD PROCESSORS ON ThE MARKET AT PRESENT -iNCLUDE WELL-DEVELOPED SEARCH PROGRAMS. tHE USER TYP-iCALLY CALLS UP ThE F-iLE HE W-iShES TO SEARCH/ H-iTS ThE NECESSARY CONTROL OR FUNCT-iON KEY/ TYPES -iN ThE STR-iNG HE -iS LOOK-iNG FOR/ AND H-iTS A CARR-iAGE RETURN OR S-iM-iLAR KEY TO BEG-iN ThE SEARCH. aFTER ThE F-iRST F-iND/ STR-iK-iNG ANOThER KEY CONT-iNUES ThE SEARCH ON TO ThE NEXT MATCH. tHE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL SEARCH -iS TO ASK FOR ThE R-iGHT Th-iNG -iN ThE F-iRST PLACE. sTUDY ThE acip TRANSCR-iPT-iON CHART TO BE CERTA-iN YOU ARE TYP-iNG -iN ThE CORRECT rOMAN LETTER EQU-iVALENTS. bR-iNG UP A F-iLE AND LAUNCH A SEARCH FOR SOMETh-iNG YOU CAN SEE -iN ThE F-iRST FEW L-iNES AS A TEST. rEMEMBER ThAT MOST acip TRANSCR-iPT-iONS ARE -iN UPPER CASE; EVEN BETTER/ SET YOUR SEARCH PROGRAM (-iF POSS-iBLE) TO BE CASE -iNSENS-iT-iVE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER ThE CAP-iTALS. (rEMEMBER TOO ThAT ThE F-iLE OF l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS L-iST-iNGS OF t-iBETAN L-iTERATURE CONTA-iNS VARY-iNG TRANSCR-iPT-iON METhODS ACCORD-iNG TO DATE AND PLACE OF CREAT-iON/ AND SEARCH-iNG Th-iS DATA W-iLL TAKE SOME CREAT-iV-iTY AND PAT-iENCE.) tHE S-iNGLE MOST -iMPORTANT RULE -iN SEARCH-iNG -iS TO L-iM-iT YOUR SEARCH REQUEST TO ThE ABSOLUTE M-iN-iMUM NEEDED TO SUFF-iC-iENTLY NARROW ThE RESULTS. mANY SEARCH PROGRAMS CANNOT LOCATE A STR-iNG OF CHARACTERS ThAT CARRY ON TO ThE FOLLOW-iNG L-iNE/ WH-iCH MEANS ThAT YOU MAY M-iSS EVEN A ShORT TWO-SYLLABLE MATCH -iF ThE SECOND SYLLABLE CONT-iNUES ON ThE NEXT L-iNE (Th-iS -iS BECAUSE ThE SEARCH PROGRAM READS ThE CARR-iAGE RETURN AS AN ADD-iT-iONAL AND NON-MATCH-iNG CHARACTER). tHE -iDEAL ThEN -iS TO OBTA-iN A PROGRAM ThAT W-iLL LOCATE ACROSS L-iNES (SEVERAL ARE NOTED BELOW)/ OR ELSE SEARCH BY A S-iNGLE t-iBETAN SYLLABLE. wH-iCH SYLLABLE? cHOOSE ThE MOST UNCOMMON SYLLABLE -iN ThE STR-iNG/ OR YOU MAY HAVE TO SEARCH ALL DAY. iF YOU MUST/ -iNPUT ENOUGH ADD-iT-iONAL SYLLABLES TO NARROW DOWN ThE POSS-iB-iL-iT-iES. rEMEMBER ThAT t-iBETAN ORThOGRAPHY ALLOWS FOR VAR-iANT SPELL-iNGS MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY ThAN eNGL-iShH YOU MAY NOT F-iND A STR-iNG CONTA-iN-iNG ThE EXTREMELY COMMON {sc}la sogs pa{SC} ("ETC") -iN AN OLDER TEXT -iF YOU DON'T REMEMBER TO CHECK AS WELL FOR {sc}la stsogs pa{SC}/ AN ANT-iQUATED VAR-iANT. sANSKR-iT WORDS -iN t-iBETAN TRANSL-iTERAT-iON ARE PART-iCULARLY TR-iCKYH ThE WORD {i}K-i{-}RT-i{L} ("FAME") W-iLL MOST OFTEN BE FOUND AS {sc}kIrti{SC}/ BUT CAN ALSO APPEAR -iN TWO SYLLABLES AS {sc}kI rti{SC}/ AND -iN -iTS t-iBETAN-iZED VERS-iON M-iGHT BE REDUCED TO {sc}kirti{SC}. aVO-iD US-iNG SPACES AROUND S-iNGLE-SYLLABLE SEARCHES S-iNCE YOU MAY M-iSS ONE W-iTh A CASE END-iNG SUCH AS ThE GEN-iT-iVE {sc}'i{SC}. rEMEMBER TOO ThAT END-iNGS SUCH AS ThE -iNSTRUMENTAL {sc}sa{SC} MAY REPLACE PART OF ThE OR-iG-iNAL SYLLABLE/ PRECLUD-iNG AN EXACT MATCH. sOMET-iMES -iT'S A GOOD -iDEA S-iMPLY TO SEARCH FOR ThE BAS-iC ROOT OF A WORD/ {sc}tang{SC} FOR EXAMPLE/ -iN ORDER TO LOCATE A STR-iNG -iNCLUD-iNG {sc}btang/ bstang/ stangs/{SC} OR {sc}gtang{SC}-- S-iNCE ThE D-iST-iNCT-iONS BETWEEN SPELL-iNGS FOR D-iFFERENT VERB TENSES AND RELATED NOUNS ARE BLURRED -iN PROGRESS-iVELY MORE RECENT C-iTAT-iONS OF AN OLDER TEXT. mANY SEARCH PROGRAMS ALLOW "W-iLDCARD" REPLACEMENTS FOR A S-iNGLE LETTER/ SO ThAT A SEARCH FOR {sc}mkha?{SC} TURNS UP BOTh {sc}mkha'{SC} AND {sc}mkhas{SC}/ PREVENT-iNG A M-iSSED MATCH DUE TO -iNFLECT-iON. oThER PROGRAMS GO ONE BETTER/ ALLOW-iNG A W-iLDCARD SUCH AS @# TO STAND FOR A MULT-iPLE STR-iNG OF LETTERS W-iTh-iN A SPEC-iF-iED LENGTh OF TEXT. tHE MOST SOPH-iST-iCATED PROGRAMS ALLOW A SO-CALLED "FUZZY" OR APPROX-iMATE SEARCH/ AND WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND ThE-iR USE. aS ANY EXPER-iENCED SEEKER OF C-iTAT-iONS -iN CLASS-iCAL aS-iAN L-iTERATURE CAN TEST-iFY/ ThE OR-iG-iNAL VERS-iON OF A QUOTAT-iON HANDED DOWN FROM TEACHER TO STUDENT OVER CENTUR-iES CAN D-iFFER SUBSTANT-iALLY FROM ThE CURRENT FORM. tHE PROBLEM OF F-iND-iNG A VAR-iANT OF ANY C-iTAT-iON -iS LARGELY OVERCOME BY ThE FUZZY SEARCH CAPAC-iTY/ WH-iCH LOCATES ANYTh-iNG EVEN S-iM-iLAR TO ThE DES-iRED STR-iNG/ AND ALSO VERY -iMPORTANTLY CAN F-iND STR-iNG DESP-iTE -iTS BE-iNG BROKEN BY A CARR-iAGE RETURN. mANY SEARCH PROGRAMS FURThER PERM-iT A USER TO DEF-iNE A LOG-iCAL RELAT-iONSh-iP BETWEEN TWO KEY PARTS OF A STR-iNG W-iTh OPERATORS SUCH AS "AND/" "OR/" "NOT/" OR "NEARBY"--W-iTh ThE AB-iL-iTY TO DEF-iNE HOW CLOSE ThE TWO PARTS ShOULD BE FOR A F-iND. aNOThER FACTOR YOU W-iLL WANT TO CONS-iDER -iN CHOOS-iNG YOUR SEARCH PROGRAM -iS WHEThER OR NOT -iT PROV-iDES YOU W-iTh ThE FULL CONTEXT OF ThE TEXT AROUND ThE STR-iNG YOU'VE FOUND. sOME BAS-iC PROGRAMS/ AND EVEN ThE dos SYSTEM ThAT RUNS ThE COMPUTER AT ALL/ HAVE ThE CAPAC-iTY TO LOCATE A STR-iNG BUT MAY TELL YOU ONLY ThE NAME OF ThE F-iLE WHERE -iT RES-iDES/ AND ALSO PERHAPS ThE L-iNE NUMBER/ W-iTh NO FURThER CONTEXT. oThER EARLY SEARCH PROGRAMS WERE RESTR-iCTED TO ABOUT 20 CHARACTERS OF CONTEXT/ OR ELSE A FEW L-iNES. iDEALLY YOU W-iLL WANT TO USE A PROGRAM ThAT LOADS ThE WHOLE TEXT/ TAKES YOU TO ThE DES-iRED STR-iNG AND H-iGHL-iGHTS -iT/ ThEN ALLOWS YOU TO SCROLL UP AND DOWN TO READ ThE ENT-iRE CONTEXT. rEMEMBER ThAT MOST OF ThESE PROGRAMS BEG-iN ThE SEARCH FROM ThE PRESENT POS-iT-iON OF ThE CURSORH -iF YOU'RE ALREADY HALF WAY ThROUGH ThE TEXT/ ThE F-iRST HALF W-iLL NOT BE SEARCHED. mOST PROGRAMS ALLOW A SEARCH BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS -iN ThE TEXT; WE SUGGEST ThAT USERS GET -iNTO ThE HAB-iT OF RETURN-iNG TO ThE TOP OF ThE F-iLE AND DO-iNG FORWARD SEARCHES ONLY FOR MOST PURPOSES. dEC-iD-iNG WH-iCH F-iLE TO SEARCH FOR ThE DES-iRED C-iTAT-iON OR TERM -iS ANOThER -iMPORTANT DEC-iS-iON. mANY SEARCH PROGRAMS REQU-iRE F-iRST ThAT ThE USER SPEC-iFY A S-iNGLE F-iLE FOR SEARCH-iNG/ OR AT LEAST A SPEC-iF-iC SUBD-iRECTORY OR GROUP OF F-iLES. oThER PROGRAMS ALLOW W-iLDCARDS -iN ThE NAMES OF ThE F-iLES TO BE SEARCHED; acip F-iLENAMES/ AS NOTED ABOVE/ HAVE BEEN CREATED TO FAC-iL-iTATE ThESE W-iLDCARD SEARCHES SO ThAT ONE CAN D-iRECT ThE PROGRAM TO ThE kANGYUR ONLY/ A SPEC-iF-iC TEXT/ DEF-iNED SECT-iON OF CATALOG NUMBERS/ ETC. tHE MORE POWERFUL PROGRAMS CURRENTLY APPEAR-iNG ON ThE MARKET ENABLE ONE TO CONDUCT A FA-iRLY QU-iCK SEARCH ThROUGH ALL ThE F-iLES ON A D-iSK/ OR EVEN ON ALL DR-iVES -iN ThE MACH-iNEH ThAT -iS/ ThEY W-iLL SEEK ThE PHRASE ThROUGHOUT EVERY F-iLE AVA-iLABLE ON ThE COMPUTER/ EVEN -iF ThERE ARE ThOUSANDS. tH-iS -iS -iDEAL FOR A DATABASE L-iKE acip'S/ ALThOUGH ThE USEFULNESS AND SPEED OF SUCH A SEARCH W-iLL DEPEND ON ThE COMPUTER'S STORAGE CAPAC-iTY (SOME K-iND OF HARD D-iSK -iS M-iN-iMUM)/ AND PROCESS-iNG POWER (A 286 OR H-iGHER -iS PREFERRED/ ALThOUGH EVEN LESS W-iLL WORK). l-iKE ThE tlg PROJECT/ acip A-iMS AT PRODUC-iNG A S-iNGLE cd-rom CONTA-iN-iNG ThE ENT-iRE DATABASE OF aS-iAN CLASS-iCS. aT PRESENT/ ThESE LASER D-iSKS ARE USABLE ONLY ON A SPEC-iAL READER WH-iCH -iS PLUGGED -iNTO ThE BACK OF ThE COMPUTER. tHE-iR CAPAC-iTY -iS SO LARGE ThAT ThE ENT-iRE gREEK CLASS-iCS OCCUPY NO MORE ThAN HALF A D-iSK. eNCYCLOPED-iAS AND OThER LARGE BOD-iES OF DATA ARE BE-iNG RELEASED ON cd-rom -iN EVER-GROW-iNG NUMBERS/ AND -iT APPEARS ThAT PERSONAL COMPUTERS W-iTh BU-iLT--iN cd DR-iVES W-iLL SOON BE A MARKET NORM. fOR ThE T-iME BE-iNG/ acip DATA -iS BE-iNG SUPPL-iED ON DOUBLE-DENS-iTY (360 kb) 5-1(4" D-iSKS/ S-iNCE ThESE CAN BE USED -iN ThE VAST MAJOR-iTY OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS. fUTURE UPDATES PR-iOR TO ThE -iN-iT-iAL cd-rom RELEASES W-iLL ALSO BE OFFERED ON 5-1(4" H-iGH DENS-iTY (1.2 mb)/ AND 3-1)2" DOUBLE (720 kb) OR H-iGH-DENS-iTY (1.4 mb) D-iSKS UPON REQUEST. aLL OF ThESE OPT-iONS PROM-iSE MUCH MORE POWERFUL SEARCH AND OThER TEXT MAN-iPULAT-iON TOOLS FOR ThE NEAR FUTURE. {b}wiii. sEARCH tOOLS sUPPL-iED W-iTh acip dEMONSTRAT-iON d-iSKS/ AND oThER aVA-iLABLE oPT-iONS a. pROGRAMS sUPPL-iED W-iTh ThE d-iSKS tHE DEMONSTRAT-iON D-iSKS -iN Th-iS PACKAGE -iNCLUDE TWO VERY USEFUL SEARCH PROGRAMS PROV-iDED/ L-iKE ThE D-iSKS ThEMSELVES/ FREE OF CHARGE. tHEY ARE EASY TO START AND USE. iF YOU ARE NOT FAM-iL-iAR W-iTh ThE BAS-iC OPERAT-iON OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER/ WE RECOMMEND ThAT YOU HAVE A MORE EXPER-iENCED FR-iEND HELP YOU FOR ThE F-iRST FEW M-iNUTES TO GET ThE PROGRAMS UP AND RUNN-iNG. yOU'LL F-iND ThAT YOU ARE ThEN ABLE TO EXPLORE ThESE EXC-iT-iNG TOOLS BY YOURSELF/ W-iThOUT ANY FURThER TRA-iN-iNG. 1. tHE list PROGRAM WR-iTTEN BY mR. wERNON d. bUERG OF cAL-iFORN-iA/ usa/ -iS A S-iMPLE/ WELL-DES-iGNED/ AND POWERFUL UT-iL-iTY FOR BR-iNG-iNG TEXT UP ON ThE SCREEN/ BROWS-iNG/ AND SEARCH-iNG -iT. iN-iT-iATE ThE PROGRAM FROM D-iSK @##1 BY S-iMPLY TYP-iNG {sc}list/{SC} ThEN SELECT-iNG ThE APPROPR-iATE MENU -iTEM. hELP -iS AVA-iLABLE ON SCREEN BY H-iTT-iNG ThE {sc}f1{SC} FUNCT-iON KEY. bE FOREWARNED ThAT ThE PROGRAM W-iLL NOT F-iND A STR-iNG -iF -iT -iS BROKEN UP BY A CARR-iAGE RETURN. tH-iS PROGRAM -iS AN EXAMPLE OF "ShAREWARE/" WH-iCH MEANS ThAT ThE AUThOR HAS GRANTED PERM-iSS-iON FOR FREE COPY-iNG AND D-iSTR-iBUT-iON/ SO ThAT USERS MAY TRY OUT ThE PROGRAM BEFORE DEC-iD-iNG TO PURCHASE -iT. iF YOU F-iND ThE PROGRAM USEFUL/ WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBM-iT ThE REQUESTED DONAT-iON OF $20 TO ThE AUThOR AT 139 wH-iTE oAK c-iRCLE/ pETALUMA/ cAL-iFORN-iA/ usa 94952. tH-iS REG-iSTRAT-iON PROCESS FOR MOST ShAREWARE PROGRAMS ALSO ENT-iTLES ONE TO REGULAR UPDATES AND OFTEN MORE DETA-iLED -iNSTRUCT-iON MANUALS. pLEASE NOTE ThAT Th-iS AND ThE FOLLOW-iNG PROGRAM HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR -iNCLUS-iON SOLELY ON MER-iT/ AND ThE-iR AUThORS ARE NOT ASSOC-iATED -iN ANY WAY W-iTh ThE acip OR -iTS STAFF. 2. tHE saikeasy PROGRAM FOR TEXT SEARCHES -iS FROM cORRELAT-iON sYSTEMS OF cAL-iFORN-iA/ usa/ AND -iS -iNCLUDED FOR SEVERAL -iMPORTANT REASONS. aLThOUGH -iT D-iSPLAYS ONLY TWO L-iNES OF ThE CONTEXT SURROUND-iNG A SEARCH STR-iNG/ ThE PROGRAM -iS CAPABLE OF EXECUT-iNG A "FUZZY" SEARCHH -iT W-iLL LOCATE WHAT YOU REQUEST EVEN -iF YOU HAVE SPELLED -iT WRONG OR TYPED -iT -iNCOMPLETELY. wERY -iMPORTANTLY/ -iT CAN ThEREFORE LOCATE A STR-iNG BROKEN BY A CARR-iAGE RETURN. f-iNALLY/ ThE PROGRAM -iS UNUSUALLY FAST AND S-iMPLEH JUST -iNSERT D-iSK @##1 -iN YOUR COMPUTER AND TYPE {sc}saikeasy{SC} W-iTh A RETURN/ ThEN FOLLOW ThE EASY -iNSTRUCT-iONS FOR F-iND-iNG YOUR STR-iNG. hELP -iS AVA-iLABLE -iN A ShORT SCREEN ThAT APPEARS WHEN YOU TYPE {sc}saikeasy ?{SC} AT ThE dos PROMPT. aGA-iN Th-iS -iS A ShAREWARE PROGRAM/ AND -iF YOU F-iND -iT USEFUL WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBM-iT ThE REG-iSTRAT-iON FEE OF $30 TO cORRELAT-iON sYSTEMS/ 81 rOCK-iNGHORSE rOAD/ rANCHO pALOS wERDES/ cAL-iFORN-iA/ usa 90274. b. oThER aVA-iLABLE pROGRAMS pLEASE NOTE ThAT ThE FOLLOW-iNG -iS ONLY A PART-iAL L-iST OF MANY F-iNE PROGRAMS AVA-iLABLE. acip WOULD BE PLEASED TO REV-iEW AND -iNCLUDE ANY OThER USEFUL TEXT TOOLS -iN FUTURE UPDATES; -iNFORMAT-iON CAN BE SENT TO ONE OF ThE TWO aMER-iCAN OFF-iCES L-iSTED BELOW. iNCLUS-iON OF PROGRAMS -iS BY MER-iT ONLY AND DOES NOT CONST-iTUTE A COMMERC-iAL ENDORSEMENT OF ANY PRODUCT BY acip. 1. magellan/ DEVELOPED BY ThE MAKERS OF ThE POPULAR SPREADShEET PROGRAM lOTUS 1-2-3/ -iS A COMMERC-iALLY AVA-iLABLE SEARCH PROGRAM ThAT WE WOULD ADV-iSE ANY SER-iOUS RESEARCHER TO PURCHASE. tHE PROGRAM SEARCHES ThE ENT-iRE HARD D-iSK (AND ANY OThER D-iSKS) OF YOUR COMPUTER FOR ThE DES-iRED STR-iNG/ SO YOU DON'T NEED EVEN TO GUESS ThE TEXT WHERE YOUR C-iTAT-iON M-iGHT BE FOUND. tHE SEARCH CAN BE MADE FOR AN EXACT OR ONLY APPROX-iMATE ("FUZZY") MATCH. f-iLES -iN WH-iCH ThE DES-iRED STR-iNG APPEARS ARE L-iSTED -iN A W-iNDOW/ BY RANK OF MATCH PROBAB-iL-iTYH ThE F-iRST -iS MOST L-iKELY TO CONTA-iN ThE PART-iCULAR STR-iNG YOU NEED/ AND ThE LAST HAS SOMETh-iNG S-iM-iLAR BUT NOT VERY CLOSE. aS YOU SCROLL DOWN ThE L-iST OF ThESE F-iLES -iN ThE W-iNDOW/ ThE-iR CONTENTS POP UP ON SCREEN/ -iN CORRECT FORMAT REGARDLESS OF WH-iCH OF ThE MORE POPULAR SOFTWARE PROGRAMS YOU HAVE USED TO CREATE ThEM. mATCHES CAN BE GAThERED W-iTh ThE-iR CONTEXT TO ANOThER F-iLE/ OR PR-iNTED OUT SO YOU HAVE A BR-iEF SUMMARY OF EVERY RELEVANT -iNSTANCE OF YOUR STR-iNG. mAGELLAN DOES ALL Th-iS WORK W-iTh AMAZ-iNG SPEED DUE TO A SPEC-iAL -iNDEX-iNG FEATURE. tHE ROUT-iNE -iS ALSO TAUGHT TO SK-iP SOME eNGL-iSh "F-iLL" WORDS SUCH AS "A" OR "ThAT" -iN ORDER TO -iNCREASE ThE SEARCH SPEED. tH-iS CAN BE A L-iTTLE ANNOY-iNG WHEN ThE eNGL-iSh SK-iP WORD ALSO HAPPENS TO BE AN -iMPORTANT t-iBETAN WORD/ BUT ThE F-iLE CALLED "magellan.skp"/ WH-iCH DEF-iNES ThESE WORDS/ CAN BE MOD-iF-iED (WE EMPT-iED OURS ALTOGEThER) W-iThOUT MUCH LOSS OF SPEED. iF YOU BECOME A SER-iOUS USER/ YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE A COMPUTER-L-iTERATE FR-iEND ASS-iST YOU -iN Th-iS CHANGE. aCTUAL -iNSTANCES OF Th-iS PROBLEM ARE ThOUGH EXTREMELY RARE AND ThE PROGRAM AS -iS REPRESENTS AN -iMPORTANT TOOL FOR SCHOLARS. mAGELLAN HAS ONLY COME OUT Th-iS YEAR/ AND L-iKE ANY PROGRAM -iN -iTS F-iRST VERS-iON -iS A L-iTTLE ShARP AROUND ThE EDGES. yOU W-iLL NEED TO -iNVEST SOME LEARN-iNG T-iME TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF -iTS POWERS. tHE PROGRAM -iS AVA-iLABLE ThROUGH ANY COMPUTER DEALER OR SOFTWARE STORE FOR ABOUT $100. 2. zyindex -iS A PRODUCT S-iM-iLAR TO mAGELLAN ThAT MAY -iN MANY RESPECTS BE PREFERRED BY USERS. iT WORKS ON ThE SAME PR-iNC-iPLE OF -iNDEX-iNG ThE TEXT/ SK-iPP-iNG F-iLLER WORDS (Th-iS F-iLE CAN AGA-iN BE MOD-iF-iED) FOR MORE SPEED. tHE PROGRAM COMES -iN ThREE VERS-iONS DEPEND-iNG ON ThE QUANT-iTY OF F-iLES TO BE SEARCHED; ThE BAS-iC "PERSONAL" VERS-iON ALLOWS A SEARCH ACROSS UP TO 500 F-iLES/ WH-iLE ThE "PROFESS-iONAL" VERS-iON CAN COVER UP TO 5/000 F-iLES. tHE "PLUS" PACKAGE SUPPORTS SEARCHES OF UP TO 15/000 F-iLES. oNE DRAWBACK -iS ThAT ThESE F-iLES ARE L-iM-iTED TO ABOUT 600k EACH (LARGER F-iLES MUST BE SPL-iT UP)/ BUT ThEN ONLY A FEW acip F-iLES W-iLL EVER EXCEED Th-iS S-iZE. a GREAT ADVANTAGE -iS ThAT SEARCHES CAN BE TA-iLORED BY LOG-iCAL OPERATORS/ SO ThAT ANY COMB-iNAT-iON OF TERMS CAN BE SOUGHT W-iTh-iN A USER- SPEC-iF-iED D-iSTANCE OF ONE ANOThER US-iNG ThE LOG-iCAL OPERATORS "AND/" "OR/" "NOT/" OR "W-iTh-iN". (mAGELLAN BY CONTRAST OPERATES ON A S-iMPLE "OR" AND ThEREFORE AT T-iMES F-iNDS TOO MANY MATCHES.) tH-iS CAPAC-iTY -iS ESPEC-iALLY USEFUL FOR SEARCH-iNG aS-iAN TEXTS W-iTh MANY VAR-iANT SPELL-iNGS. tHE PROGRAM W-iLL LOCATE ACROSS A L-iNE. zy-iNDEX -iS A PRODUCT OF ThE zylab cORPORAT-iON AND ThE ThREE VERS-iONS SELL FOR ABOUT $100/ $300/ AND $700 RESPECT-iVELY (ThE F-iRST VERS-iON W-iLL SERVE MOST USERS' PURPOSES AT PRESENT). 3. the norton utilities -iS ONE OF ThE MOST USEFUL PROGRAMS A PERSONAL COMPUTER USER CAN EVER BUY. aS-iDE FROM -iTS EXCELLENT ROUT-iNES FOR KEEP-iNG YOUR HARD D-iSK HEALThY AND RECOVER-iNG LOST OR ACC-iDENTALLY DELETED F-iLES/ ThE PACKAGE CONTA-iNS A SMALL JEWEL CALLED ThE norton editor. tH-iS -iS A VERY BAS-iC BUT -iNTELL-iGENTLY DES-iGNED WORD PROCESSOR ThAT TAKES UP M-iN-iMAL D-iSK SPACE AND CAN BE ThROWN -iN ON ANY F-iLE OF acip DATA ThAT YOU CHOOSE TO CARRY AROUND TO WORK ON. tHE ED-iTOR'S SEARCH CAPAC-iT-iES ARE S-iMPLE/ QU-iCK/ AND ThOROUGH; ThE ENT-iRE CONTEXT -iS G-iVEN/ BUT STR-iNGS ARE NOT FOUND ACROSS L-iNES. tHE ENT-iRE PACKAGE -iS W-iDELY AVA-iLABLE FOR ABOUT $75. 4. wordperfect -iS ThE LARGEST SELL-iNG OF ANY WORD PROCESSOR AND CAN BE USED FOR SEARCH AND OThER OPERAT-iONS ON acip DATA. iNPUT ThE TEXT AS AN ascii F-iLE FROM ThE APPROPR-iATE F-iLE -iNDEX AND USE ThE VAR-iOUS {sc}f2{SC} FUNCT-iON KEY SEARCH ROUT-iNES. wORDpERFECT AND OThER MORE ADVANCED WORD PROCESSORS HAVE ThE POWER OF SEARCH-iNG AND REPLAC-iNG COMMANDS AS WELL AS TEXT/ WH-iCH CAN BE VERY USEFUL AS YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT MAN-iPULAT-iNG acip DATA FOR YOUR SPEC-iAL NEEDS. rEMEMBER ThOUGH ThAT ANY SPEC-iAL-iZED COMMANDS -iN A PART-iCULAR WORD-PROCESSOR'S FORMAT MAY CAUSE TROUBLE W-iTh ThE VAR-iOUS t-iBETAN PR-iNT-iNG PROGRAMS. aS FOR SEARCH-iNG ACROSS L-iNES/ ThE SEARCH W-iLDCARD KEY (CONTROL w-x) DOES NOT SEEM TO ALLOW -iT/ SO WE SUGGEST YOU TRY TO RESTR-iCT SEARCHES TO KEY SYLLABLES. wORDpERFECT -iS UN-iVERSALLY AVA-iLABLE FOR ABOUT $220. 5. microsoft word -iS DESERVEDLY ThE LEAD-iNG COMPET-iT-iON TO wORDpERFECT AND CONTA-iNS A SEARCH COMMAND ThAT/ AS W-iTh MANY WORD PROCESSORS OF -iTS K-iND/ ALLOWS FORWARD AND REVERSE SEARCHES/ CASE SENS-iT-iV-iTY ADJUSTMENT/ PART-iAL WORD OR CHARACTER STR-iNGS/ AND REPEAT OF ThE MOST RECENT SEARCH. uSE OF ThE CARET CONTROL-KEY SYMBOL ^ (NOT ThE CONTROL KEY -iTSELF) -iN ThE DES-iRED STR-iNG ALLOWS SEARCHES FOR COMMANDS AND OThER SPEC-iAL CHARACTERS; A CARET W-iTh "W" TYPED BETWEEN SYLLABLES OUTSMARTS ThE L-iNE-BREAK BY SEARCH-iNG FOR ANY K-iND OF "WH-iTE" SPACE -iN ThESE SPOTS--WHEThER -iT BE SPACES/ L-iNE OR PARAGRAPH MARKERS/ OR SO ON. m-iCROSOFT wORD -iS ALSO AVA-iLABLE ALMOST ANYWHERE/ FOR ABOUT ThE SAME PR-iCE AS wORDpERFECT. 6. professional write -iS CHOSEN HERE TO REPRESENT A LARGE NUMBER OF "EXECUT-iVE" WORD PROCESSORS--LESS POWERFUL BUT CHEAPER AND EAS-iER TO LEARN ThAN ThE TWO JUST L-iSTED/ SO PROBABLY MORE PRACT-iCAL FOR MANY USERS. iTS SEARCH FEATURE -iS QU-iTE "-iNTU-iT-iVE"--MEAN-iNG YOU EXECUTE ThE KEYSTROKES YOU WOULD NATURALLY GUESS YOU ShOULD--AND W-iLDCARDS ARE AVA-iLABLE -iN ThE FORM OF S-iMPLE DOTS. tHE PROGRAM HAS BEEN -iNTELL-iGENTLY WR-iTTEN TO AUTOMAT-iCALLY SEARCH FOR STR-iNGS ACROSS L-iNES. gET -iT ThROUGH ANY MAJOR SOFTWARE STORE OR COMPUTER MAGAZ-iNE ADVERT-iS-iNG SECT-iON/ FOR ABOUT $125. 7. go{-}fer -iS AN EXCELLENT MEMORY-RES-iDENT SEARCH PROGRAM ThAT -iS ALWAYS AVA-iLABLE -iN ThE BACKGROUND REGARDLESS OF WHAT PROGRAM YOU ARE US-iNG TO WORK W-iTh ThE acip DATA. iT -iS A PLEASURE TO USE AND ALSO FAST (ThOUGH NOT AS POWERFUL AS mAGELLAN)/ AND AGA-iN ALLOWS ThE USER TO DEF-iNE LOG-iCAL RELAT-iONSh-iPS BETWEEN PARTS OF ThE STR-iNGH WE SUGGEST FOR EXAMPLE ThAT YOU CHOOSE TWO OR MORE KEY D-iST-iNCT-iVE WORDS/ SET ThE "EXACTNESS" FOR EVEN APPROX-iMATE MATCHES/ AND USE ThE "OR" OR "NEARBY" LOG-iCAL OPERATOR TO F-iND ALL -iNSTANCES OF ThESE KEY WORDS W-iTh-iN A FEW L-iNES OF EACH OThER. cONTEXT -iS G-iVEN -iN FULL/ AND F-iNDS CAN EAS-iLY BE GAThERED TO ANOThER F-iLE OR PR-iNTED OUT D-iRECTLY. gO{-}FER -iS AVA-iLABLE FOR BOTh ibm-COMPAT-iBLES AND mAC MACH-iNES/ AND AT $40 HAS TO BE ThE BEST VALUE OF ALL ThE COMMERC-iAL PROGRAMS L-iSTED HERE. aS OF Th-iS WR-iT-iNG A NEW VERS-iON HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED WH-iCH -iS CLA-iMED TO BE TW-iCE AS FAST AS ThE ALREADY SPEEDY OR-iG-iNAL. wE WOULD SUGGEST ThAT ANY USER OF acip DATA OBTA-iN Th-iS PROGRAM. iT -iS MARKETED BY ThE m-iCROLYT-iCS cORPORAT-iON AND CAN BE ORDERED ThROUGH ANY COMPUTER OR SOFTWARE DEALER. {b}ix. acip dATA wER-iF-iCAT-iON pROCEDURES {fLOWCHART OF VER-iF-iCAT-iON PROCEDURES ShOULD FACE Th-iS SECT-iON} tHE ATTACHED FLOWCHART SUMMAR-iZES ThE PROCESS BY WH-iCH acip ATTEMPTS TO ASSURE H-iGH-QUAL-iTY DATA. tH-iS -iS A PR-iOR-iTY S-iNCE -iNPUT ERRORS W-iLL PREVENT SEARCH MATCHES/ AND -iMPORTANT C-iTAT-iONS W-iLL ThEN NEVER BE LOCATED. tEXTS ON D-iSK/ ThAT COST ONLY CENTS AP-iECE/ W-iLL NATURALLY GA-iN W-iDESPREAD PREVALENCE/ AS W-iLL ANY CORRUPT-iONS ThEY CONTA-iN. tO HELP PREVENT ERRORS/ EACH TEXT -iS ENTERED -iN -iTS ENT-iRETY TW-iCE/ BY TWO D-iFFERENT OPERATORS. tHE TWO VERS-iONS ThUS PRODUCED ARE COMPARED TO EACH OThER -iNDEPENDENTLY BY TWO D-iFFERENT ED-iTORS/ US-iNG A COMPARE(ED-iT PROGRAM NAMED "aCT-iVE cOMPARATOR" AND DEVELOPED ESPEC-iALLY FOR ThE PROJECT BY acip CH-iEF PROGRAMMER jOHN mALPAS. aNY LETTER ThAT FA-iLS TO MATCH EXACTLY -iN ThE TWO F-iLES -iS CHECKED AGA-iNST ThE OR-iG-iNAL AND CORRECTED ON AN ED-iTED VERS-iON. tHE TWO ED-iTED VERS-iONS ThAT RESULT ARE ThEN ThEMSELVES COMPARED CHARACTER BY CHARACTER/ BY YET ANOThER ED-iTOR. eNTRY OPERATORS FOR PART-iCULAR TEXTS ARE -iDENT-iF-iED BY A SPEC-iAL CODE -iN ThE F-iLENAME; ThEY ARE CHARGED FOR ThE-iR OWN ERRORS AND RECE-iVE A BONUS FOR DOCUMENT-iNG ANY ERRORS -iN ThE OR-iG-iNAL BLOCKPR-iNT. sH-iPMENTS OF DATA RECE-iVED AT ThE wASh-iNGTON AREA OFF-iCE OF acip ARE F-iRST SCREENED ThROUGH AN ERROR-DETECT-iON UT-iL-iTY WR-iTTEN -iNTO ThE ttps t-iBETAN PROCESS-iNG SYSTEM. mOST UNALLOWABLE COMB-iNAT-iONS OF t-iBETAN LETTERS ARE -iSOLATED AT Th-iS PO-iNT. sTAT-iST-iCAL COUNTS ARE ThEN RUN ON ThE DATA US-iNG syllist AND ThE OThER acip utilities WR-iTTEN BY ASS-iSTANT PROJECT D-iRECTOR dR. rOBERT tAYLOR. tHESE ALERT DOMEST-iC ED-iTORS TO APPARENT D-iSCREPANC-iES -iN ThE NUMBER OF L-iNES PER PAGE OR VOWEL AND CONSONANT COUNTS PER L-iNE/ -iMPROPER PAGE OR L-iNE D-iV-iS-iONS/ AND OBV-iOUS VOCABULARY PROBLEMS. tHE TEXT -iS ThEN PR-iNTED OUT -iN ThE NAT-iVE SCR-iPT ON ttps/ AND EXAM-iNED -iN FULL BY A PR-iMARY AND ThEN SECONDARY DOMEST-iC PROOFREADER. pOSS-iBLE ERRORS ARE MARKED AND CHECKED AGA-iNST ThE OR-iG-iNAL -iNPUT ED-iT-iON AND/ -iF NECESSARY/ CORROBORATED AGA-iNST AN ALTERNATE ED-iT-iON. tHE MASTER F-iLES ARE ThEN CORRECTED/ BR-iEFLY REV-iEWED FOR OBV-iOUS ERRORS/ AND RE-NAMED FOR D-iSTR-iBUT-iON. dESP-iTE ThE ABOVE PROCEDURES/ ThE F-iN-iShED F-iLES W-iLL CONTA-iN SOME ERRORS. iT -iS POSS-iBLE (ThOUGH UNL-iKELY) ThAT TWO OPERATORS/ OR ED-iTORS/ W-iLL MAKE ThE SAME ERROR AT ThE EARLY COMPUTER-iZED STEPS/ AND FOR PROOFREADERS TO OVERLOOK -iT. iN MANY CASES/ AS NOTED ABOVE/ AN ERROR HAS BEEN -iNTRODUCED BY SCR-iBES -iNTO A REPR-iNT OF ThE OR-iG-iNAL WOODBLOCK. wE ARE HAPPY TO NOTE ThAT ERRORS -iN ThESE WOODBLOCKS ThEMSELVES WERE EXTREMELY RARE/ AND D-iSCREPANC-iES -iN ThE t-iBETAN TRANSCR-iPT-iON OF sANSKR-iT WORDS (ESPEC-iALLY -iN ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR CATALOGS) MUCH FEWER ThAN RESEARCHERS HAVE PREV-iOUSLY EST-iMATED. tHE CARV-iNG WORK -iTSELF WAS CLEARLY EXECUTED/ EXCEPT FOR ThE TRAD-iT-iONAL D-iFF-iCULTY OF D-iST-iNGU-iSh-iNG BETWEEN {sc}d+ha{SC} AND {sc}ng+ha{SC}/ AND WE URGE USERS TO KEEP Th-iS -iN M-iND WH-iLE CONDUCT-iNG AUTOMATED SEARCHES. tHE D-iFFERENCE BETWEEN A PR-iNTED REPRODUCT-iON AND A D-iG-iTAL VERS-iON OF Th-iS MATER-iAL -iS ThAT ThE LATTER CANNOT BE AMB-iGUOUS; ThE OPERATOR -iS OBL-iGED TO MAKE A DEC-iS-iON ONE WAY OR ANOThER ABOUT WH-iCH KEY TO STR-iKE FOR EVERY CHARACTER/ HOWEVER UNCLEAR. aND Th-iS DEC-iS-iON CAN SOMET-iMES BE M-iSTAKEN. w-iLL-iAM dW-iGHT wH-iTNEY -iN ThE 1879 PREFACE TO H-iS T-iMELESS sANSKR-iT GRAMMAR OBSERVES ThAT "iN EVERY SUCH CASE/ -iT -iS NECESSARY TO MAKE A COMPROM-iSE BETWEEN MEASURABLY SAT-iSFY-iNG A PRESENT PRESS-iNG NEED/ AND DO-iNG ThE SUBJECT FULLER JUST-iCE AT ThE COST OF MORE T-iME." acip HAS HAD TO BALANCE ThE NEED TO COMPLETE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF DATA W-iTh A DES-iRE FOR ABSOLUTE ACCURACY/ ALL W-iTh-iN A MODEST BUDGET AND EVEN MORE MODEST STAFF/ ALMOST TOTALLY VOLUNTEER. acip WOULD L-iKE TO CALL FOR ThE PART-iC-iPAT-iON OF ANY RESEARCHER WHO CAN MAKE A SER-iOUS VOLUNTEER COMM-iTMENT OF T-iME AND EFFORT TO ThE PROJECT. tHE MATER-iAL -iS -iNVALUABLE AND ThE REWARDS SELF-EV-iDENT; -iF YOU WOULD L-iKE TO S-iGN ON/ PLEASE CONTACT E-iThER ThE nEW yORK OR wASh-iNGTON AREA OFF-iCE L-iSTED BELOW. aLL REGULAR USERS OF acip DATA ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENROLL -iN ThE pART-iC-iPAT-iNG cORRECT-iON pLAN. aS NOTED -iN ThE FOLLOW-iNG SECT-iON ON ThE FUTURE OF ThE PROJECT/ A S-iGN-iF-iCANT AMOUNT OF ADD-iT-iONAL DATA HAS ALREADY BEEN -iNPUT. tHE DATA W-iLL BE RELEASED ONLY ONCE OR TW-iCE A YEAR TO MOST USERS. yOU CAN RECE-iVE -iND-iV-iDUAL D-iSKS -iMMED-iATELY AS ThEY COME OUT -iF YOU ENROLL -iN ThE pART-iC-iPAT-iNG cORRECT-iON pLAN. tO DO SO/ KEEP A RUNN-iNG RECORD OF ANY ERRORS YOU NOT-iCE AS YOU USE ThE acip DATA. wHEN YOU HAVE LOCATED ANY 10 ERRORS/ SUBM-iT ThEM TO acip ON ThE ENCLOSED FORM. fOR EVERY 5 ERRORS ThAT HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN LOCATED BY ANOThER USER/ YOU W-iLL BE SENT ONE FREE ADVANCE D-iSK CONTA-iN-iNG A RECENTLY COMPLETED TEXT/ BEFORE -iT -iS RELEASED TO ThE GENERAL PUBL-iC. yOU MAY ThEN SUBM-iT CORRECT-iONS TO Th-iS D-iSK AND AGA-iN RECE-iVE ANY NEWLY CREATED DATA -iN ADVANCE OF PUBL-iC RELEASE. uSERS WHO DO NOT SUBM-iT L-iSTS OF ERRORS W-iLL NOT BE EL-iG-iBLE FOR ThE ADVANCE RELEASES. l-iKE ThE tlg PROJECT/ acip W-iLL RE--iSSUE ThE PAST TEXTS FROM T-iME TO T-iME -iN VERS-iONS CORRECTED W-iTh ThE HELP OF ERRORS SUBM-iTTED BY USERS. {b}x. cREAT-iVE aPPL-iCAT-iONS FOR acip dATA{B} sEARCH-iNG FOR C-iTAT-iONS AND ThE LOCAT-iONS OF TEXTS -iN ThE NAT-iVE COLLECT-iONS ARE BAS-iC USES FOR ThE acip DATA D-iSCUSSED ABOVE. hERE -iS A ShORT L-iST OF -iDEAS FOR OThER APPL-iCAT-iONS. pR-iNT OUT A L-iST OF SYLLABLES AS ThE BAS-iS FOR A COMPREHENS-iVE D-iCT-iONARY. cREATE A CONCORDANCE OF DEF-iN-iT-iVE OCCURRENCES OF SPEC-iAL-iZED TERMS/ ThE-iR L-iTERAL EXPLANAT-iONS/ OR MEMBERS OF ThE TRAD-iT-iONAL aS-iAN L-iSTS (ThE "F-iVE Th-iS/" ThE "FOUR ThAT"). iNPUT A t-iBETAN-eNGL-iSh OR sANSKR-iT- eNGL-iSh D-iCT-iONARY ThAT RES-iDES BELOW A TEXT SO DEF-iN-iT-iONS OF UNKNOWN WORDS CAN BE CALLED UP -iN A W-iNDOW. cOMPARE ThE NAT-iVE -iND-iCES FOR ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR TO EACH OThER AND -iSOLATE D-iFFERENCES. sEARCH ThEM FOR ThE WORD {sc}the tshom{SC} ("DOUBT") OR {sc}zer ba{SC} ("CLA-iM") TO F-iND OCCURRENCES OF D-iSPUTED AUThORSh-iP. f-iND ALTERNATE NAMES FOR aS-iAN AUThORS UNDER {sc}ming gzhan{SC} ("A.K.A."). cREATE A GENEALOG-iCAL TREE OF ThE EARLY SCHOLARS W-iTh PROX-iM-iTY SEARCHES OF NAMES. iSOLATE EXAMPLES OF ThE OLDEST LANGUAGE BY SEARCH-iNG FOR {sc}rnying{SC} ("OLD") NEAR ANY VAR-iANT OF ThE ROOT {sc}gyur{SC} ("TRANSLATE"). f-iND OUT WH-iCH TEXTS WERE TRANSLATED FROM ThE cH-iNESE ({sc}rgya dpe{SC}) OR OThER NON-iND-iC LANGUAGES/ AND COMP-iLE A L-iST OF ThOSE ThAT ARE DESCR-iBED AS POSS-iBLY BE-iNG OF NAT-iVE t-iBETAN AUThORSh-iP ({sc}bod ma{SC}). cONSTRUCT A GEOGRAPH-iCAL -iNDEX OF OLDER PLACE NAMES W-iTh {sc}yul{SC} ("STATE")/ {sc}phyogs{SC} ("AREA")/ {sc}grong khyer{SC} ("C-iTY")/ AND {sc}gtsug lag khang{SC} ("MONAST-iC CENTER"). dO STAT-iST-iCAL ANALYSES OF ThE RAT-iOS BETWEEN COMMON PART-iCLES/ TO HELP RESOLVE QUEST-iONS OF AUThORSh-iP. iMMED-iATELY DEL-iNEATE HOW D-iFFERENT PH-iLOSOPH-iCAL SCHOOLS TREAT A COMMON CONCEPT SUCH AS CAUSAT-iON ({sc}rten 'brel{SC}). hELP DATE AUThORS AND TEXTS BY CONF-iRM-iNG -iNCLUS-iON OF EXCERPTS FROM ONE WORK -iN ANOThER. dO METR-iCAL ANALYS-iS W-iTh A STUDY OF SPACES AND PUNCTUAT-iON SPACES. cREATE A GENERAT-iVE GRAMMAR FOR t-iBETAN BY ANALYZ-iNG VERB FORMS AND DER-iVED NOUNS -iN OLDER L-iTERATURE/ ThEN SEARCH-iNG ThE ENT-iRE DATABASE FOR ANT-iC-iPATED ADD-iT-iONAL FORMS. f-iND ThE ODD {l}HAPAX LEGOMENON{L} (SUPPOSED S-iNGLE OCCURRENCE OF AN UNKNOWN WORD) AGA-iN/ -iN A CONTEXT WH-iCH DEF-iNES -iT. cOMPARE D-iFFERENT ED-iT-iONS OF ThE SAME CLASS-iC ON SCREEN/ FOR -iNS-iGHT -iNTO ThE ANC-iENT TRANSLATORS' METhODS/ AND ThEREBY REF-iNE OUR OWN. uSE ThE TRANSCR-iPT-iON AS A BAS-iS FOR A NEW ANNOTATED ED-iT-iON. pR-iNT OUT -iNEXPENS-iVE COP-iES OF PORT-iONS OF TEXT FOR USE BY A SMALL GROUP OR CLASS. cALL UP A COLLEAGUE AND SEND AN -iNTEREST-iNG SECT-iON OVER ThE PHONE BY MODEM. cOPY ThE D-iSKS AND KEEP A COLLECT-iON -iN YOUR DEPARTMENT OR L-iBRARY FOR FREE PUBL-iC USE. {b}xi. fUTURE OF ThE pROJECT{B} tHE -iMMED-iATE FUTURE GOALS OF acip ARE WELL UNDER WAY AS YOU READ Th-iS BROCHURE. tHE MASS-iVE {i}8/000 wERSES ON ThE pERFECT-iON OF w-iSDOM (a{-}RYA{-}S{.}T{.}ASA{- }HASR-iKAPRAJN{~}A{-}PA{-}RAM-iTA{-})/{-i} {Th-iS MATER-iAL -iN PARENThESES ShOULD ALL BE ON ONE L-iNE -iF POSS-iBLE---iF NOT POSS-iBLE/ i W-iLL SPL-iT FOR YOU} PERHAPS ThE MOST -iMPORTANT CLASS-iC OF aS-iA/ HAS BEEN ENTERED -iN FULL AND RECE-iVED FOR DOMEST-iC ED-iT-iNG. (aGA-iN/ acip USERS MAY RECE-iVE AN ADVANCE COPY OF ThE DATA -iF ThEY F-iLL OUT AND RETURN ThE ENCLOSED pART-iC-iPAT-iNG cORRECT-iON pLAN FORM.) a LARGE COMMENTARY TO mASTER hAR-iBHADRA'S EXPLANAT-iON OF ThE {i}jEWEL OF rEAL-iZAT-iON (aBH-iSAMAYA{-}LAM{.}KA{-}RA)/{-i} L-iSTED ABOVE/ HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED AND RECE-iVED. acip QUAL-iTY ASSURANCE MANAGER d-iETR-iCH gEW-iSSLER -iS CURRENTLY AT ThE OVERSEAS CENTER -iN sERA mEY t-iBETAN mONAST-iC uN-iVERS-iTY/ WORK-iNG W-iTh CENTER MANAGER wEN. tHUPTEN pELGYE TO ORGAN-iZE ThE -iNPUT OF RELATED REFERENCE TOOLS/ BEG-iNN-iNG W-iTh AN EXTENS-iVE t-iBETAN D-iCT-iONARY. oThER ON-L-iNE TOOLS AWA-iT DEVELOPMENT; A STATUS BAR FOR CURSOR LOCAT-iON W-iTh-iN ThE NAT-iVE CATALOGS WOULD BE WONDERFUL/ AS WOULD ThE ADD-iT-iON OF sANSKR-iT NAMES AND (WHERE NECESSARY) PAGE NUMBER AND OThER BACKGROUND DATA. wE ALSO A-iM AT CONT-iNUED CORRECT-iON OF ThE F-iRST FORM OF ThE DATA AS MORE OR-iG-iNAL PR-iNTS BECOME AVA-iLABLE. lONG-RANGE GOALS OF ThE PROJECT/ ShOULD -iT CONT-iNUE/ ARE ThE ONGO-iNG ENTRY OF ThE kANGYUR AND tENGYUR COLLECT-iONS OF aS-iAN CLASS-iCS -iN t-iBETAN TRANSLAT-iON/ FOLLOWED BY A BODY OF MAJOR NAT-iVE t-iBETAN COMMENTAR-iAL L-iTERATURE TO BE DEF-iNED -iN A Th-iRD COLLECT-iON CALLED ThE sUNGBUM. cONCURRENT W-iTh ThESE -iMPORTANT WORKS OF PH-iLOSOPHY/ L-iNGU-iST-iCS/ ThE F-iNE ARTS/ AND SC-iENCE/ W-iLL BE ENTERED FURThER SUPPORT-iNG REFERENCE WORKS SUCH AS t-iBETAN-sANSKR-iT LEX-iCONS/ H-iSTOR-iES/ GEOGRAPH-iCAL AND B-iBL-iOGRAPH-iCAL RESOURCES. tHESE LATTER STAGES ASSUME SUFF-iC-iENT DEMAND FOR AND SUPPORT OF Th-iS TYPE OF DATABASE; NOT NECESSAR-iLY F-iNANC-iALLY/ S-iNCE ThE PROJECT HAS SUFF-iC-iENT FUND-iNG FOR -iTS CURRENT ACT-iV-iT-iES/ BUT PH-iLOSOPH-iCALLY. uNDERTAK-iNGS SUCH AS acip CAN BE PERPETUATED ONLY -iF ThEY PERFORM A USEFUL FUNCT-iON FOR A SUFF-iC-iENTLY BROAD GROUP OF PEOPLE. tHE STAFF OF acip WOULD L-iKE TO RECE-iVE YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGEST-iONS ON ThE -iMPROVEMENT OF ThE DATA/ AND ESPEC-iALLY CONCERN-iNG WH-iCH TEXTS YOU PERSONALLY WOULD F-iND USEFUL TO HAVE ON D-iSK -iN ThE COM-iNG YEARS. fOR Th-iS PURPOSE/ A REPLY FORM -iS -iNCLUDED HERE FOR YOU TO COMPLETE AND RETURN. sUBM-iTT-iNG Th-iS FORM W-iLL ALSO ASSURE ThAT YOU RECE-iVE NEW DATA AS -iT COMES OUT/ -iN ThE FORMAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED. aGA-iN WE WELCOME ANY OFFERS OF PART-iC-iPAT-iON -iN ThE PROJECT. tHERE ARE NO HONORARY POSTS AND TO BE ACCEPTED YOU W-iLL HAVE TO MAKE A SUBSTANT-iAL COMM-iTMENT OF T-iME AND EFFORT/ W-iThOUT PAY/ BUT VERY POSS-iBLY W-iTh F-iNANC-iAL SUPPORT FOR ANY EXPENSES YOU -iNCUR -iN TAK-iNG PART. acip -iS ALSO W-iLL-iNG TO ENTERTA-iN REQUESTS FOR EXPENSES SUPPORT FROM ANY RESEARCHER WHO PROPOSES A CREAT-iVE CONTR-iBUT-iON TO ThE DATA AND TOOLS FOR US-iNG -iT. cONTACT ThE APPROPR-iATE ADDRESS BELOW FOR ANY NEEDED -iNFORMAT-iON/ AND PLEASE BE PAT-iENT -iN WA-iT-iNG FOR YOUR REPLY. wE HAVE ONLY A SMALL STAFF W-iTh L-iTTLE EXTRA T-iME. tO ORDER D-iSKS/ BROCHURES/ acip PROGRAMS/ PR-iNT- OUTS -iN NAT-iVE SCR-iPT/ OR FOR GENERAL PROJECT UPDATES/ CONTACTH tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT wASh-iNGTON aREA oFF-iCE 11911 mARMARY rOAD gA-iThERSBURG/ mARYLAND usa 20878-1839 TELEPHONEH (301) 948-5569 fOR QUEST-iONS ON ED-iTOR-iAL CONTENT/ TEXT -iNPUT SCHEDULES/ PROJECT PART-iC-iPAT-iON/ SUBM-iSS-iON OF ERRORS FOUND/ OR SUPPORT OF PROPOSALS FOR RELATED EFFORTS/ CONTACTH tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT nEW yORK aREA oFF-iCE C(O tHE pR-iNCETON cLUB OF nEW yORK bOX 57 15 wEST 43RD sTREET nEW yORK/ nEW yORK usa 10036 TELEPHONEH (201) 364-1824 {b}xii. cRED-iTS{B} {tH-iS SECT-iON ShOULD BE PUT ON A S-iNGLE LAST PAGE BY -iTSELF. sMALLER PO-iNT S-iZE ok. iF -iT -iS PRACT-iCAL/ PUT -iT -iN TWO PARALLEL COLUMNS WH-iCH i'LL CALL a AND b HERE. i SUGGEST ALL -iTAL-iCS} wE WOULD L-iKE TO RECOGN-iZE ThE CONTR-iBUT-iONS OF ThE FOLLOW-iNG -iND-iV-iDUALS AND -iNST-iTUT-iONS TOWARDS ThE SUCCESS OF ThE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT TO DATE. wE APOLOG-iZE -iN ADVANCE FOR ANY OM-iSS-iONS. {iN COLUMN a/ ON ThE LEFT S-iDE OF ThE PAGE/ L-iSTH} wEN. gEShE lOBSANG tHARCH-iN/ ED-iTOR--iN-CH-iEF tHE dAV-iD AND lUC-iLE pACKARD fOUNDAT-iON dR. cOLBURN w-iLBUR/ D-iRECTOR tHE pACKARD hUMAN-iT-iES iNST-iTUTE dR. dAV-iD w. pACKARD/ CHA-iRMAN OF ThE BOARD AND PRES-iDENT dR. jOHN gLEASON/ (FORMER) ASSOC-iATE D-iRECTOR dR. sTEPHEN w.f. wA-iTE/ ASSOC-iATE D-iRECTOR dR. bR-iG-iTTE cOMPAR-iN-i/ ADM-iN-iSTRATOR tHE aND-iN iNTERNAT-iONAL d-iAMOND cORPORAT-iON mR. oFER aZR-iELANT/ PRES-iDENT mRS. aYA aZR-iELANT/ EXECUT-iVE V-iCE PRES-iDENT tHE mAHAYANA sUTRA AND tANTRA cENTER rASh-i gEMP-iL l-iNG kALMYK mONGOL-iAN-aMER-iCAN sOC-iETY tHE uN-iTED sTATES l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS aS-iAN d-iV-iS-iON mR. lOU-iS jACOB/ HEAD/ SOUThERN aS-iAN SECT-iON mS. sUSAN mE-iNaHE-iT/ t-iBETAN SPEC-iAL-iST/ SOUThERN aS-iAN SECT-iON oVERSEAS oPERAT-iONS d-iV-iS-iON mR. e. cHR-iST-iAN f-iLSTRUP/ CH-iEF mR. fREDER-iC pROTOPAPPAS/ CATALOG-iNG COORD-iNATOR lOAN d-iV-iS-iON mR. cHR-iSTOPHER wR-iGHT/ ACT-iNG CH-iEF cATALOG-iNG d-iSTR-iBUT-iON sERV-iCE mS. sUSAN tARR/ CH-iEF mS. dEBORAH rAMSEY/ SUPERV-iSOR/ MARKET-iNG UN-iT mR. lLOYD lEW-iS/ L-iBRARY CUSTOMER SERV-iCES ANALYST tHE nEW yORK pUBL-iC l-iBRARY oR-iENTAL d-iV-iS-iON dR. jOHN lUNDQU-iST/ CH-iEF mR. fRANC-iS pAAR/ t-iBETAN SPEC-iAL-iST @#acip WOULD L-iKE TO EXPRESS PART-iCULAR ThANKS TO ThE STAFF OF nypl FOR CONT-iNUALLY FAC-iL-iTAT-iNG ACCESS TO NECESSARY TEXTS ThROUGHOUT ThE PROJECT TO DATE tHE mONMOUTh cOUNTY/ nEW jERSEY/ pUBL-iC l-iBRARY mRS. tRACEY lYON cURT-iS/ REQUEST L-iBRAR-iAN {-iN COLUMN b/ ON ThE R-iGHT S-iDE OF ThE PAGE/ L-iSTH} tHE bOARD OF d-iRECTORS OF sERA mEY t-iBETAN mONAST-iC uN-iVERS-iTY wEN. gEShE lOBSANG nGUDUP/ ABBOT wEN. gEShE lOBSANG pENDE/ MEMBER wEN. gEShE jAMPEL lODRO/ MEMBER wEN. gEShE gENDUN gYALTSEN/ MEMBER wEN. gEShE lOBSANG gYALTSEN/ MEMBER wEN. tHUPTEN pALJOR/ SECRETARY wEN. tENZ-iN dRAKPA/ MEMBER wEN. cHOPHEL yONTEN/ MEMBER wEN. lOBSANG cHOPHEL/ MEMBER tHE tRUSTEES OF ThE sERA mEY sCHOLARSh-iP fUND wEN. jAMPA rABGYE/ D-iRECTOR wEN. gEShE kONCHOK pALDEN wEN. nGAWANG kELSANG wEN. tHUPTEN pELGYE tHE sTAFF OF ThE sERA mEY cOMPUTER cENTER wEN. tHUPTEN pELGYE/ MANAGER wEN. nGAWANG r-iGDROL/ LEADER/ TEAM a wEN. jAMPA nAMDROL/ LEADER/ TEAM b wEN. nGAWANG jUNGNE/ ASS-iSTANT LEADER/ TEAM a wEN. jAMPA tSER-iNG/ ASS-iSTANT LEADER/ TEAM b eNTRY TEAM aH wEN. tENZ-iN nY-iMA/ wEN. nGAWANG gYATSO/ wEN. nGAWANG tHARLAM/ wEN. jAMPA kELSANG/ wEN. tHUPTEN cHODEN/ wEN. jAMPA yONTEN/ wEN. jAMPA dONDRUP eNTRY TEAM bH wEN. lOBSANG nY-iNGJE/ wEN. tHUPTEN tSONDRU/ wEN. nGAWANG tHUPTEN/ wEN. jAMPA mONLAM/ wEN. nGAWANG kONCHOK/ wEN. tENZ-iN dONYO/ wEN. tHUPTEN nY-iMA/ wEN. jAMPA lEKCHOK/ wEN. lHUNDRUP dARGYE tHE aPOLLO cOMPUTER cOMPANY/ lTD/ OF bANGALORE mR. aJAY pATEL/ PRES-iDENT mR. y. sUBRAMANYAM/ ENTRY -iNSTRUCTOR mR. s. sUNDEEP/ ENTRY -iNSTRUCTOR mR. m.d. wASUDEVAN/ ENTRY -iNSTRUCTOR pROJECT aDV-iSORY sTAFF pROF. sAMUEL d. aTK-iNS/ CHA-iRMAN (RET-iRED)/ dEPARTMENT OF cLASS-iCS/ pR-iNCETON uN-iVERS-iTY pROF. w-iLL-iAM r. lAfLEUR/ CHA-iRMAN/ dEPARTMENT OF eAST aS-iAN lANGUAGES AND cULTURES/ uN-iVERS-iTY OF cAL-iFORN-iA AT lOS aNGELES tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT/ wASh-iNGTON dc aREA oFF-iCE dR. rOBERT tAYLOR/ ASS-iSTANT PROJECT D-iRECTOR mRS. bARBARA tAYLOR/ aS-iAN FONTS DES-iGN mRS. mARGARET bRENNER/ PR-iNT-iNG ASS-iSTANT tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT/ nEW yORK aREA oFF-iCE mR. m-iCHAEL rOACH/ PROJECT D-iRECTOR mR. jOHN mALPAS/ CH-iEF PROGRAMMER mR. d-iETER gEW-iSSLER/ QUAL-iTY ASSURANCE MANAGER mR. dEJUNG gEW-iSSLER/ Sh-iPP-iNG MANAGER {ThE FOLLOW-iNG W-iLL BE ON ONE S-iDE OF A LOOSE S-iNGLE ShEET OF acip STAT-iONERY -iNCLUDED -iN ThE PACKAGE)H asian classics input project dATE ______________ participating correction plan pLEASE L-iST BELOW A M-iN-iMUM OF ANY TEN ERRORS YOU HAVE FOUND -iN ThE acip DATA RECE-iVED TO DATE. wHENEVER YOU HAVE SUBM-iTTED ANY F-iVE ERRORS NOT ALREADY LOCATED BY ANOThER RESEARCHER/ YOU W-iLL RECE-iVE FROM acip A COMPL-iMENTARY ADVANCE D-iSK OF ThE 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F-iLE NAME TEXT NAME FOL-iO L-iNE ERROR CORRECT-iON ========= ========= ===== ==== =========== =========== 1___________________________________________________________ 2___________________________________________________________ 3___________________________________________________________ 4___________________________________________________________ 5___________________________________________________________ 6___________________________________________________________ 7___________________________________________________________ 8___________________________________________________________ 9___________________________________________________________ 10___________________________________________________________ 11___________________________________________________________ 12___________________________________________________________ 13___________________________________________________________ 14___________________________________________________________ 15___________________________________________________________ 16___________________________________________________________ 17___________________________________________________________ 18___________________________________________________________ 19___________________________________________________________ 20___________________________________________________________ pLEASE PROV-iDE ThE FOLLOW-iNG -iNFORMAT-iONaH nAME_________________________________________________________ mA-iL-iNG ADDRESS______________________________________________ pHONE________________________ fAX __________________________ tYPE OF COMPUTER_____________________________________________ pREFERRED D-iSKH ___5-1(4" dd (360k) ___3-1)2" dd (720k) ___5-1(4" hd (1.2m) ___3-1)2" hd (1.4k) aREAS OF -iNTEREST (WE W-iLL TRY TO PROV-iDE SOMETh-iNG RELEVANT TO YOUR SPEC-iALTY)_________________________________________ {ThE FOLLOW-iNG W-iLL ALSO BE ON AN ENCLOSED LOOSE ShEET/ PR-iNTED BACK TO BACK} asian classics input project response form demonstration disks/ 1990 dEAR aS-iAN SPEC-iAL-iSTH wE HAVE -iNVESTED CONS-iDERABLE T-iME AND FUNDS TO PRODUCE AND D-iSTR-iBUTE ThE ENCLOSED COMPL-iMENTARY DEMONSTRAT-iON D-iSK AND BROCHURE FOR ThE COMPUTER VERS-iON OF ThE aS-iAN CLASS-iCS -iN t-iBETAN TRANSLAT-iON. wE WOULD VERY MUCH APPREC-iATE YOUR TAK-iNG A FEW M-iNUTES TO ShARE YOUR SUGGEST-iONS BY COMPLET-iNG AND RETURN-iNG Th-iS FORM. bY DO-iNG SO YOU W-iLL AUTOMAT-iCALLY BE REG-iSTERED FOR MA-iL-iNGS OF NEW DATA -iN ThE COM-iNG MONThS. tHESE W-iLL -iNCLUDE ThE FAMED {i}8/000 wERSES ON ThE pERFECT-iON OF w-iSDOM{-i} (C. 500 bc) AND COMMENTAR-iES TO ThE {i}jEWEL OF rEAL-iZAT-iON{-i} BY mA-iTREYA (C. 350 ad). yOUR RESPONSE W-iLL ALSO HELP US DETERM-iNE WHEThER WE ShOULD CONT-iNUE W-iTh Th-iS TYPE OF PROJECT OVER ThE LONG TERM. {i}aDDRESS -iNFORMAT-iON{-i} nAME________________________________________________________ iNST-iTUT-iON______________________________t-iTLE______________ oFF-iCE ADDRESS______________________________________________ oFF-iCE TELEPHONE AND FAX____________________________________ hOME ADDRESS________________________________________________ hOME TELEPHONE AND FAX______________________________________ {i}cOMPUTER -iNFORMAT-iON{-i} wHAT K-iND OF COMPUTER DO YOU USE?___________________________ wHAT K-iNDS OF SOFTWARE DO YOU REGULARLY WORK W-iTh?__________ ____________________________________________________________ iF ThE PROJECT CONT-iNUES/ WOULD YOU L-iKE TO RECE-iVE NEW DATA AS -iT COMES OUT?__________________________________________ wHAT K-iND OF D-iSK ShOULD WE SEND YOU? ___5-1(4" dd (360k) ___3-1)2" dd (720k) ___5-1(4" hd (1.2m) ___3-1)2" hd (1.4m) {i}cOMMENTS AND sUGGEST-iONS{-i} d-iD YOU F-iND ThE DATA ON ThE DEMONSTRAT-iON D-iSKS ACCURATE? 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