19 Dec
2007
19 Dec
'07
1:45 p.m.
This was a pleasant surprise .. a Java version of the reader for IBM
BookManager files:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/softcopyread.html
It makes some of my old documentation much more accessible. Sadly, it
is a 66MB download. (It is also Java code, but requires Windows.)
Mike
19 Dec
19 Dec
4:49 p.m.
On Dec 19, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Michael B. Brutman wrote:
This was a pleasant surprise .. a Java version of the
reader for IBM
BookManager files:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/
softcopyread.html
It makes some of my old documentation much more accessible. Sadly, it
is a 66MB download. (It is also Java code, but requires Windows.)
It's written in Java, and yet it *requires* Windows? What is the
nature of this requirement?
(I'd love such a reader but don't use Windows!)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
7:43 p.m.
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 16:49, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Dec 19, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Michael B. Brutman
wrote:
There are Linux and OS/2 versions as well. No idea if the Linux version
is usable on a non-x86 Linux box.
Pat
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This was a pleasant surprise .. a Java version
of the reader for
IBM BookManager files:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/
softcopyread.html
It makes some of my old documentation much more accessible. Sadly,
it is a 66MB download. (It is also Java code, but requires
Windows.)
It's written in Java, and yet it *requires* Windows? What is the
nature of this requirement?
(I'd love such a reader but don't use Windows!) 
7:49 p.m.
On 12/19/07 7:43 PM, "Patrick Finnegan" <pat at computer-refuge.org>
wrote:
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 16:49, Dave McGuire
wrote:
Rich
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http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp
On Dec 19, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Michael B. Brutman
wrote:
There are Linux and OS/2 versions as well. No idea if the Linux version
is usable on a non-x86 Linux box.
Pat This was a pleasant surprise .. a Java version
of the reader for
IBM BookManager files:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/
softcopyread.html
It makes some of my old documentation much more accessible. Sadly,
it is a 66MB download. (It is also Java code, but requires
Windows.)
It's written in Java, and yet it *requires* Windows? What is the
nature of this requirement?
(I'd love such a reader but don't use Windows!)
8:49 p.m.
Guys, I was trying to point out useful software for reading an old
documentation standard from IBM. Going off on a tangent about the
evils of coding for one specific platform or another really isn't
necessary. Anything that makes the old documentation more accessible
is a plus, even if it is Windows only. If the Java part bothers you,
just ignore it and pretend it is a normal piece of bloatware.
20 Dec
20 Dec
7:51 a.m.
On Dec 19, 2007, at 8:49 PM, mbbrutman-cctalk at brutman.com wrote:
Guys, I was trying to point out useful software for
reading an old
documentation standard from IBM. Going off on a tangent about the
evils of coding for one specific platform or another really isn't
necessary. Anything that makes the old documentation more accessible
is a plus, even if it is Windows only. If the Java part bothers you,
just ignore it and pretend it is a normal piece of bloatware.
I must've missed some messages; I didn't see much of a tangent. :-(
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
7:49 a.m.
On Dec 19, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
There are Linux and OS/2 versions as well. No idea if the Linux
version
is usable on a non-x86 Linux box.
The "Linux" version is probably fine...I will pull it down and try it
when I have a chance. It's likely that there's a .jar file in there
somewhere; there just aren't that many different ways to run Java
bytecode.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
This was a pleasant surprise .. a Java version of the
reader for
IBM BookManager files:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/
softcopyread.html
It makes some of my old documentation much more accessible. Sadly,
it is a 66MB download. (It is also Java code, but requires
Windows.)
It's written in Java, and yet it *requires* Windows? What is the
nature of this requirement?
(I'd love such a reader but don't use Windows!) 
12:50 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Dec 19, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Michael B. Brutman
wrote:
The installer requires Windows. I've gotten the reader to work under
NetBSD. It just takes some fiddling.
Peace... Sridhar
This was a pleasant surprise .. a Java version
of the reader for IBM
BookManager files:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/softcopyread.html
It makes some of my old documentation much more accessible. Sadly, it
is a 66MB download. (It is also Java code, but requires Windows.)
It's written in Java, and yet it *requires* Windows? What is the
nature of this requirement?
(I'd love such a reader but don't use Windows!) 
19 Dec
19 Dec
5:50 p.m.
This was a pleasant surprise .. a Java version of the
reader for IBM
BookManager files:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/softcopyread.html
It makes some of my old documentation much more accessible. Sadly, it is
a 66MB download. (It is also Java code, but requires Windows.)
What is the advantage of using java, if it requires windows? :oO
20 Dec
20 Dec
7:47 a.m.
On Dec 19, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Alexandre Souza wrote:
Exactly. :-( (I mean, minus the virtual machine foolishness, it's
what C++ should have been, but still..)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
This was a
pleasant surprise .. a Java version of the reader for IBM
BookManager files:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/
softcopyread.html
It makes some of my old documentation much more accessible. Sadly,
it is a 66MB download. (It is also Java code, but requires Windows.)
What is the advantage of using java, if it requires windows? :oO
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