[Corpora-List] BNC online down???

[Hans Lindquist]

Stella Tagnin wrote:

> Colleagues, Does anyone happen to know what's the matter with the BNC
> online version?  I haven't been able to access for a few days. Hope
> it's nothing serious! What with Cobuild "out of the game"
> (temporarily, I hope), we'd be left with no online corpora for
> English!

I don't know about the BNC, but Harper Collins, who now administer
CobuildDirect, sent out the message below in December (and the suggested
method works if you are a subscriber).

All the best,

Hans Lindquist

"We are making slower progress than anticipated with resolving some
network
issues with our ISP and advise all Users to try connecting to the WBO
Server
via telnet.

This is completed from any Windows PC in this way.

>From the start menu select the run option.

In the dialog box type:

telnet titan.collins.co.uk

You will be prompted for your Usernames and Passwords. From the menu on
the
screen you can complete your usual searches."


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Hans Lindquist
Docent i engelska/Associate professor of English
Prefekt/Dean
Institutionen för humaniora/School of Humanities
Växjö universitet/Vaxjo University
SE-351 95   VÄXJÖ, Sweden
Tel. 0470-70 85 70, Phone + 46 470 70 85 70
Fax 0470-75 18 88,  +46 470 75 18 88
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