Back around 1994 or 1995, I bought Sony's CD-ROM version of Nixon chief of staff H. R. "Bob" Haldeman's published diary (_The Haldeman Diaries_). Haldeman released much more of his diary on the Sony CD than in shorter 698-page Putnam hard copy version of the diary. (An aside -- I actually already was familiar with the contents of the diary, having worked with the original in the early 1980s while employed at the National Archives. NARA released portions of the original diaries after Bob published his copies in 1994.) Sony's CD-Rom uses Quicktime 1.1.1. I have two computers at home, a desk top computer with Windows 98 SE which I purchased around 1997 and a notebook with Windows XP which I purchased in 2005. (It replaced a Windows ME notebook I bought for my late sister when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2001.) I have continued to use the Haldeman CD-ROM for research on the (Windows 98) desktop computer. However, when I recently tried to use the Sony CD on my newer computer (which has a later version of Quicktime) I got the same error messages described by the user below. http://hardware.mcse.ms/archive100-2004-5-12051.html In looking at the website of the Miller Center for Public Affairs (UVA), I see this note: "Haldeman, H. R. The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1994. An important primary source for the Nixon years. This book contains selective entries. A far more complete CD-Rom version also exists; however, it is becoming increasingly inaccessible due to changes in technology." See http://millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/reference/bibliographies/nixon.h tml I see that many university libraries list the Haldeman CD-ROM in their library catalogs. I'm curious as to whether any of you know whether they have had trouble providing research access to the CD through successive computer upgrades since 1994. Maarja A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>