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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:17:00 PDT
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- From: Leonard D Woren <LDW@USCMVSA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM
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- > My VM/XA SP2.1 system came with the manuals on 3480. They were in
- > "Bookmanager/Read VM" format (i.e. object format) and "source format"
- > (i.e. SCRIPT files). I can use BookMaster R3.0 and Script to produce
- > LIST3820 files and print them on 3820's and 3827's.
-
- Does anybody have a way to convert this stuff to postscript? I'm
- especially interested in solutions that don't require the script
- source (yes, I know SCRIPT can output postscript), because I suspect
- the MVS CD-ROMs don't have the script input.
-
- We don't have Bookmanager/Read/MVS, and the only CD-ROM device that I
- could even try the CD-ROMs on is on an RS/6000 that's inconvenient for
- me to access. I'd like some method of loading the stuff from the
- RS/6000 onto MVS in plain text format. At least then I could browse
- and search them. Suggestions? We have Bookmanager/Read/VM, if that
- could be used to convert stuff.
-
- /Leonard
-
- P.S. Since manuals on CD-ROM should actually save IBM money,
- Bookmanager/Read should be part of the base operating systems (MVS and
- VM), not an extra cost product.
-