17 Apr
2006
17 Apr
'06
9:51 p.m.
I have a ibm manual in bookmanager format (it's a .boo file). Would anyone
happen to have the software to import this, then put it back out as pdf
(preferred) or some other format that I can print from cover to cover? If
so, please contact me off list. I googled for this and found some leads, but
none of them still had the reader software available for download.
Thanks!
Jay West
18 Apr
18 Apr
12:13 a.m.
At 8:51 PM -0500 4/17/06, Jay West wrote:
I have a ibm manual in bookmanager format (it's a
.boo file). Would
anyone happen to have the software to import this, then put it back
out as pdf (preferred) or some other format that I can print from
cover to cover? If so, please contact me off list. I googled for
this and found some leads, but none of them still had the reader
software available for download.
You managed to dredge up some antique memory, it seems to me that
OS/2 had a reader for these, back in the 2.0 era. Though you might
need a developer CD to find it... That's the part that really
confuses me, where on earth would I have gotten a OS/2 developer CD
15 years ago... Oh, I remember now, because IBM was sending them to
me for some reason... But why...
OK, that's about the extent of what I can remember. Weird. I'd
totally forgotten all of that, interesting what a word or two can
bring back.
Zane
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10:24 p.m.
On Tuesday 18 April 2006 12:13 am, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 8:51 PM -0500 4/17/06, Jay West wrote:
I never ran OS/2 other than Warp 3, the later version with the networking
stuff added in, and I think there was a way to deal with those in there as
well...
Speaking of which, I have a copy of Warp 3, the earlier version, still in
shrink wrap, if anybody's interested in taking it off my hands.
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I have a ibm manual in bookmanager format
(it's a .boo file). Would
anyone happen to have the software to import this, then put it back
out as pdf (preferred) or some other format that I can print from
cover to cover? If so, please contact me off list. I googled for
this and found some leads, but none of them still had the reader
software available for download.
You managed to dredge up some antique memory, it seems to me that
OS/2 had a reader for these, back in the 2.0 era. Though you might
need a developer CD to find it... 
1:13 a.m.
Jay West wrote:
I have a ibm manual in bookmanager format (it's a
.boo file). Would
anyone happen to have the software to import this, then put it back out
as pdf (preferred) or some other format that I can print from cover to
cover? If so, please contact me off list. I googled for this and found
some leads, but none of them still had the reader software available for
download.
I know I downloaded and used a reader for Windows (maybe WFW?) a few
months ago while working on a PS/2 Model 70. I'm not sure whether it
was a VMware instance, a VirtualPC VM, or the DOS/WFW PC. I'll try to
find it and email it to you.
I don't think you're going to export it directly to PDF unless you've
got Adobe Acrobat or something, but I do think you could print it
directly from the reader.
Doc
1:20 a.m.
On 4/18/2006 at 12:13 AM Doc Shipley wrote:
I don't think you're going to export it
directly to PDF unless you've
got Adobe Acrobat or something, but I do think you could print it
directly from the reader.
I've got one of the developer CD's too. I suspect the reader might also
work under the OS/2 subsystem for NT and 2K also.
You can always install Ghostscript with the port reidirector on Windoze and
print directly to a PDF without having to shell out for Acrobat.
Cheers,
Chuck
1:39 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 4/18/2006 at 12:13 AM Doc Shipley wrote:
Or buy a Mac....
I'll just get my hat and go now. :)
Doc
I don't think you're going to export it
directly to PDF unless you've
got Adobe Acrobat or something, but I do think you could print it
directly from the reader.
I've got one of the developer CD's too. I suspect the reader might also
work under the OS/2 subsystem for NT and 2K also.
You can always install Ghostscript with the port reidirector on Windoze and
print directly to a PDF without having to shell out for Acrobat.
3:36 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Doc Shipley wrote:
With a little tweaking, the newest Linux Java version will run in OS X.
Or buy a Mac....
I'll just get my hat and go now. :)
Mac has support for .boo files now? Cool!
I thought that the only thing new was the capability of running
PC viruses.
You mean the virus named "Windows"?
Doc
5:37 p.m.
New subject: MAC ibm bookmanager (.boo) files?
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Doc Shipley wrote:
And everything else that is compatible with the
Microsoft Outlook Virus Transfer Protocol
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
I thought that
the only thing new was the capability of running
PC viruses.
You mean the virus named "Windows"?
6:32 p.m.
> You mean the virus named "Windows"?
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Jules Richardson wrote:
Ahh, but it doesn't replicate itself - Windows is
more the binary equivalent
of a petri dish...
The fact that Windoze is a "Trojan Horse", rather than a "Virus"
is certainly important, but not particularly relevant right now :-)
18 Apr
18 Apr
10:15 a.m.
It was written....
You can always install Ghostscript with the port
reidirector on Windoze
and
print directly to a PDF without having to shell out for Acrobat.
I have a licensed copy of DocuCom PDF, it's very reasonably priced (I think
it was around $30) and it acts like a Windoze printer. Just print to it and
a dialog box comes up asking what file to save the pdf as. It has a fair
number of options and supports a few bells & whistles. So, as long as there
is a reader that runs on XP I can print the manual to pdf (and paper). The
manual is for the 3174 establishment controller Config C. I have a hardcopy
manual for Config B, which is a VERY different thing.
Jay
12:14 p.m.
On 4/18/2006 at 9:15 AM Jay West wrote:
I have a licensed copy of DocuCom PDF, it's very
reasonably priced (I
think it was around $30) and it acts like a Windoze printer. Just print to
it
and a dialog box comes up asking what file to save the
pdf as. It has a
fair
number of options and supports a few bells &
whistles.
Somewhat OT:
A tidbit about Ghostscript and its port redirector: There are several
music services on the web that sell works for printing online by using a
custom program to do the printing. All of these programs as far as I know
do not allow printing to a file (i.e. if you select a printer on Windoze
that has its port output to a file, you're told that it isn't allowed).
However, the GS port redirector escapes detection, so when I purchase and
download a musical work, I have it preserved on my PC as a .PDF which can
be printed and used as a backup.
I don't know if there are any other "pay for print" services on the web,
but I suspect that there might be.
Cheers,
Chuck
1:04 p.m.
Doc Shipley wrote:
Jay West wrote:
The Windows viewer is a current product. It shouldn't be too hard to find.
Peace... Sridhar
I have a ibm manual in bookmanager format
(it's a .boo file). Would
anyone happen to have the software to import this, then put it back
out as pdf (preferred) or some other format that I can print from
cover to cover? If so, please contact me off list. I googled for this
and found some leads, but none of them still had the reader software
available for download.
I know I downloaded and used a reader for Windows (maybe WFW?) a few
months ago while working on a PS/2 Model 70. I'm not sure whether it
was a VMware instance, a VirtualPC VM, or the DOS/WFW PC. I'll try to
find it and email it to you.
I don't think you're going to export it directly to PDF unless you've
got Adobe Acrobat or something, but I do think you could print it
directly from the reader.
1:38 a.m.
Jay West wrote:
I have a ibm manual in bookmanager format (it's a
.boo file). Would
anyone happen to have the software to import this, then put it back out
as pdf (preferred) or some other format that I can print from cover to
cover? If so, please contact me off list. I googled for this and found
some leads, but none of them still had the reader software available for
download.
I'll be damed. I did a little rummaging on ibm.com and lookie here!
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/softcopyread.html
The new version for Linux is 128MB, the Windows version is 72MB.
The older Library Reader for Windows is still available, though:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?doc=4000232&org=SW&rs=0
Good luck,
Doc
9:16 a.m.
Jay West wrote:
I have a ibm manual in bookmanager format (it's a
.boo file).
Hmm, wasn't there an archive format that used the same extension? I went
through a brief period in the early 90's of collecting archive tools (no idea
why!) and I'm sure I remember a boo format...
cheers
Jules
2:47 p.m.
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:51:52 -0500, Jay West wrote:
I have a ibm manual in bookmanager format (it's a
.boo file). Would anyone
happen to have the software to import this, then put it back out as pdf
(preferred) or some other format that I can print from cover to cover? If
so, please contact me off list. I googled for this and found some leads, but
none of them still had the reader software available for download.
Thanks!
Jay West
I use OS/2 Warpserver and the new ECS and have all the old OS/2
versions since V1.3 and velieve that I will be able to help. Please
mail me.
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