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- From: SEB1525@MVS.draper.com (Steve Bacher)
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM
- Message-ID: <19920827082249SEB1525@MVS.draper.com>
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- Organization: Draper Laboratory
- References: <IBM-MAIN%92082416152551@RUTVM1.BITNET>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:22:00 GMT
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- In article <IBM-MAIN%92082416152551@RUTVM1.BITNET>,
- Stan Horwitz <V4039@VM.TEMPLE.EDU> writes:
-
- >Is it possible to get these CD-ROMS of IBM manuals, for BookManager perusal,
- >to be read without BookManager? I guess I am asking if we could use a Public
- >Domain CD-ROM reader for this stuff if one exists. By the way, it would
- >really be nice to read these CD-ROMs on a Macintosh, but I have a funny
- >feeling that IBM would disagree. :)
-
- Likewise, it would be real nice to have an X interface.
-
- In fact, a Gopher link would be ideal.
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- Any chance that IBM will open up the protocol/format of the stuff
- so we can roll our own?
-
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- Steve Bacher (Batchman) Draper Laboratory
- Internet: seb@draper.com Cambridge, MA, USA
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