Just in case anyone here hasn't heard, FFE has finally shipped the Classic Traveller Canon CD-ROM.  I received mine on the weekend and have been looking it through during lunch breaks at work.

Overall, scan quality is pretty good, though LBB6 (Scouts) and Adventure 10 (Safari Ship) are a bit blurry.  I've come across one or two upside-down pages, but nothing horrible, certainly not on the scale I've heard about the MT CD-ROM.  Haven't tested the OCR yet, but I'll be giving that a run when I make a skills document for my players.

Despite owning a complete set of reprints and a few copies of the rules and miscellaneous supplements and other books, I think the CD-ROM is a great deal so far.  The addition of a couple of modules which I've never had the pleasure of owning (Tarsus, Beltstrike, Spinward Marches Campaign) make the pot even sweeter.  If the OCR proves good, I'll definitely put in an order for the JTAS and Third-party volumes.

linkie?

http://www.farfuture.net/cdrom/

Since I brought it to work, here's the table of contents from the CD:

QuoteThe Classic Traveller Canon

   The basic reference materials for Traveller as published by GDW between 1977 and 1996 comprise the Traveller canon. The materials on this page were part of the series called Classic Traveller. Classic Traveller appeared in 1977 with a universe set in the golden age of the Third Imperium... the Imperial year 1107 to (approximately) 1116. The components of the system include:


B00 Understanding Traveller. Freely distributed brochure about Traveller.
B00 The Traveller Book. The complete Classic Traveller basic rules in one volume.
B00 The Traveller Adventure. Epic adventure companion to The Traveller Book.
B00 Starter Traveller. Boxed introductory rules set for Classic Traveller.
B00 Introduction To Traveller
B01 Characters and Combat
B02 Starships.
B03 Worlds and Adventures
B04 Mercenary.
B05 High Guard.
B06 Scouts.
B07 Merchant Prince.
B08 Robots.

SUPPLEMENTS
S01 1001 Characters.
S02 Animal Encounters.
S03 The Spinward Marches. Ultimately, the worlds of the Spinward Marches were mapped on the Spinward Marches Map.
S04 Citizens of the Imperium.
S05 Lightning Class Cruisers. This Supplement was never sold individually; it was available only within Azhanti High Lightning.
S06 76 Patrons.
S07 Traders & Gunboats.
S08 Library Data (A-M). Library Data proved too big to fit in only one Supplement.
S09 Fighting Ships.
S10 The Solomani Rim.
S11 Library Data (N-Z).
S12 Forms & Charts.
S13 Veterans.

SS1 Merchant Prince.
SS2 Exotic Atmospheres.
SS3 Missiles in Traveller.

ADVENTURES
A00 The Imperial Fringe. This introductory adventure was included in Deluxe Traveller.
A00 Imperial Fringe Map.
A01 The Kinunir.
A02 Research Station Gamma.
A03 Twilight's Peak.
A04 Leviathan.
A05 Trillion Credit Squadron.
A06 Expedition to Zhodane.
A07 Broadsword.
A08 Prison Planet.
A09 Nomads of the World Ocean.
A10 Safari Ship.
A11 Murder on Arcturus Station.
A12 Secret of the Ancients.
A13 Signal GK.

DOUBLE ADVENTURES
D01 Shadows.
D01 Annic Nova.
D02 Mission On Mithril.
D02 Across The Bright Face.
D03 Death Station.
D03 Argon Gambit.
D04 Marooned.
D04 Marooned Alone.
D05 Chamax Plague.
D05 Horde.
D06 Night of Conquest.
D06 Divine Intervention.

ALIEN MODULES
AM1 Aslan.
AM2 K'kree.
AM3 Vargr.
AM4 Zhodani.
AM5 Droyne.
AM6 Solomani.
AM7 Hivers.
AM8 Darrians.

MODULES
M01 Tarsus (boxed).
M02 Beltstrike (boxed).
M03 The Spinward Marches Campaign.
M04 Alien Realms.
M05 Atlas of the Imperium.

BOARDGAMES
G00 Imperium.
G01 Mayday. -Rules. -Maps and Counters.
G02 Snapshot. -Rules. -Counters and Maps. -Maps.
G03 Azhanti High Lightning. -Rules. -Deck Plans. -Counters and Charts.
G04 Fifth Frontier War.
G05 Invasion: Earth. -Rules. -Charts and Counters. -Map.
G06 Dark Nebula. -Rules and Charts. -Maps and Counters.
G07 Striker Miniatures Rules. -Book 1. -Book 2. -Book 3. -Book 4.



    This material, more than 60 books (totaling some 3,000 pages and more than half a million words) is the authoritative set of materials for the Classic Traveller game system.

I'm pretty sure the only things on that disk I don't own are Spinward Marches Campaign and the Games.  And it is still a bargain.

Have you looked at Don McKinney's timeline yet?  I've got a "special thanks" credit in there that I'm pretty proud of.  I put in several hours of work helping him spiff that up.  Don did all the heavy lifting, I mostly nitpicked his work.  But it was a lot of constructive nitpicking.

Quote from: jrientsHave you looked at Don McKinney's timeline yet?  I've got a "special thanks" credit in there that I'm pretty proud of.  I put in several hours of work helping him spiff that up.  Don did all the heavy lifting, I mostly nitpicked his work.  But it was a lot of constructive nitpicking.

I haven't seen it...link?  Not a big 3I person (homebrew all the way!), but I like seeing what others have done with it.

Quote from: KenHRI haven't seen it...link?  Not a big 3I person (homebrew all the way!), but I like seeing what others have done with it.

I brought it up because it was supposed to be included as bonus material on the CD-ROM.  Did it get dropped?  Either way, it is also available here.

Aw, man, that would've been a cool addition.  I don't see it on the TOC and it wasn't appended to the introductory books; scanned the files on the CD itself, too, and didn't see it.

Thanks for the link!

Dammit, I got Ken HR on Ignore becase of the Exquisite Corpse game.  Whozamawhat now?

Wait, DUH.  I'll just un-ignore him and...hold on a sec.

EDIT:  HOLEEEE SHEEE--

Crap!  Crap!  Crap!  KenHR, I look forward to your opinion on the quality of this product because DAMN.  60 books on one CD-ROM?  

I might give somebody money for that!

Still waiting ... boy, I really want it now. Even if only for that elusive LBB7. :cheerleader:

This is definitely high up on my "to buy" list for the year.  This and Traveller 5th.

Mickazoid at travellerrpg.com has posted up a few zoomed-in samples of some of the scans here to illustrate the range of quality on the pdfs.  She also has a sample of the OCRing on the next page of that thread.  It looks a little dodgy, but I still haven't tested it out for myself; I've been too occupied digging into the modules.

If the OCR is uncorrected throughout, I'll be a bit disappointed, but on the whole, $35 is a good buy just to have electronic copies of everything.

Quote from: Zachary The FirstThis is definitely high up on my "to buy" list for the year.  This and Traveller 5th.

T5? You are aware this is 2007, and not 2010 or so, right?

On the OCR quality: I've started piecing together my skills document and haven't really run into any weird character problems or egregious mis-readings.  It looks like the samples Mickazoid posted to travellerrpg.com are from the blurrier scans on the CD.  I expect the Scouts book will cause some problems in this regard, but so far so good.

Quote from: the BromgrevT5? You are aware this is 2007, and not 2010 or so, right?

Hope springs eternal.