BRCS Download

[dalor]

As mouthy as I am...(not seem mind you...AM)...I don't know much about computers. I thought I remembered downloading the BRCS some time ago and printing it out...which I still have. HOWEVER, what the heck is a RAR file and how do I open it???

I wanted to download the material again and print a new version out since my old one is...well...old.


Anthony Edwards

[nagebenfro]

http://www.winrar.de/

Should help you extract the file.

[irdeggman]

Use this one instead.

http://www.birthright.net/showthread.php?t=2628

It is the pinned thread at the top of the BRCS discussion (Latest version of the BRCS by Chapter). It ahs the sanctioned versions of Chapter 1 and 2.

And the files are word and pdf not RAR.

[dalor]

EXCELLENT! Thanks a ton mate! Just what I was
needing!


Anthony Edwards

--- irdeggman <brnetboard@BIRTHRIGHT.NET> wrote:

> Use this one instead.
>
> http://www.birthright.net/showthread.php?t=2628
>
> It is the pinned thread at the top of the BRCS
> discussion (Latest version of the BRCS by Chapter).
> It ahs the sanctioned versions of Chapter 1 and 2.
>
> And the files are word and pdf not RAR.

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[nagebenfro]

ouu.... I'm glad you added that link, I've wondered where newer corrections are added. Still learning the ropes around here, i'm afraid.

So yes, Thanks! :D

[The Swordgaunt]

The link to chapter 2 (http://www.birthright.net/showpost.php?p=31036&postcount=3) didn't work, or, "the file was damaged and couldn't be repaired". Is this a real problem, or is it just in my mind?

[gazza666]

The link to chapter 2 (http://www.birthright.net/showpost.php?p=31036&postcount=3) didn't work, or, "the file was damaged and couldn't be repaired". Is this a real problem, or is it just in my mind?
Worked for me.

I've used Adobe Professional to stitch all the chapters back together; would it be a violation of any rules for me to post a link to this?

[The Swordgaunt]

Just in my mind, then. Or this crap work-computer...

[irdeggman]

Just in my mind, then. Or this crap work-computer...

Check what version of acrobat you are using.

I thought this was version 6. So it might not work if yuo have reader version 5.

Regardless the word versions should still work though.

[Cuchulainshound]

The link to chapter 2 (http://www.birthright.net/showpost.php?p=31036&postcount=3) didn't work, or, "the file was damaged and couldn't be repaired". Is this a real problem, or is it just in my mind?
I've just experienced this as well, and believe there IS a problem, tho' it's not insurmountable, just needs to be addressed on the Admin end.

It appears that Chap 1 was saved with/as an Adobe ver 5 or lower, and Chapter 2 and etc were saved as Adobe ver 6 or 7 (current.)*

The only problem is... version 6 or higher system requirements are much more than what's required for Windows '98- won't even load on older machines. If ver 5 tries to open a ver 6 or 7 .pdf, it reports the "file was damaged and couldn't be repaired". Not very good foresight on the part of Adobe, but whaddya want from freeware?

So, anyone who still uses '98 (like me, for my desktop/web-surfing computer anyway), is screwed. (Anyone with a more modern machine but an old version of Adobe can download newer versions from Adobe or Tucows.)

Any chance those .pdf's can be "Saved As" an earlier version, so all can enjoy them without arcane computer contortions? (I think no relevant features are lost, unless a Chinese-font version exists, or one with movies instead of artwork is desired.)

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(*This is based on empirical experimentation only. I still can't open the damn thing to verify the different versions. When I can, come Tuesday, I'll only be able to open it on my work computer- not very handy for when I'm back home.)

(btw- where are these "word versions" of which legends are told?)

[RaspK_FOG]

Acrobat allows compatibility with down to version 4, so there is no issue with that as far as I know, though that is still an issue of what the members of this community will do in the future.

[Cuchulainshound]

The last two versions of Acrobat have some funky pre-reqs that clash with some computer set-ups as well. 6 requires Internet Exploder (I use Firefox), and altho' 7 only requires one of several recognized browsers, it no longer supports '98 (me again!).

Other conflicts could require a member to rely on legacy versions as well.

How difficult would it be to save all the dowlnoadable .pdf's in older versions? Would anything be lost by doing so? (Chapter 1 seems to be ver 4 or 5 already.)

[Cuchulainshound]

.PDF Reader Alternative: SOLUTION FOUND

Foxit Reader, freeware, an alternative .pdf reader to Adobe Acrobat.
Foxit Reader runs on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003.

File size- zipped, less than 1 MB, expanded, less than 1.5MB.

(Altho' Foxit has their own site, I found it easier to download from Snapfiles)
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwpdftools.html

Very fast download, no "registration" or e-mail addy's necessary, clean and functional. (And it loads faster than Acrobat!)

(Phew!)

[irdeggman]

I've just experienced this as well, and believe there IS a problem, tho' it's not insurmountable, just needs to be addressed on the Admin end.

It appears that Chap 1 was saved with/as an Adobe ver 5 or lower, and Chapter 2 and etc were saved as Adobe ver 6 or 7 (current.)*

The only problem is... version 6 or higher system requirements are much more than what's required for Windows '98- won't even load on older machines. If ver 5 tries to open a ver 6 or 7 .pdf, it reports the "file was damaged and couldn't be repaired". Not very good foresight on the part of Adobe, but whaddya want from freeware?

So, anyone who still uses '98 (like me, for my desktop/web-surfing computer anyway), is screwed. (Anyone with a more modern machine but an old version of Adobe can download newer versions from Adobe or Tucows.)

Any chance those .pdf's can be "Saved As" an earlier version, so all can enjoy them without arcane computer contortions? (I think no relevant features are lost, unless a Chinese-font version exists, or one with movies instead of artwork is desired.)

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(*This is based on empirical experimentation only. I still can't open the damn thing to verify the different versions. When I can, come Tuesday, I'll only be able to open it on my work computer- not very handy for when I'm back home.)

I am going to go through the files and "reconvert" them. But I want to do some of the editorial fixes that I had mentioned in other posts - so it may take a while to complete.


(btw- where are these "word versions" of which legends are told?)

Here.

http://www.birthright.net/showthread.php?t=2628

They are in the "zip" file at the end.