IBM Bookmanager reader

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Wednesday 19 December 2007 16:49, Dave McGuire wrote:
> 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!)

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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