Is it browser dependent? What I get is
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with different values for the middle line.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 1:43 PM
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Subject: Re: Read BookManager/READ files
Hi Shmuel,
It's a sort of old-school site - you just need to do some clicking. From
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/324693 , click "IBM Softcopy
Reader", which gets you to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/324679
. From there, click "Download Softcopy Reader for Windows 4.0", which
gets you to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/731199 . Scroll to
the bottom for the link to download the package with FTP.
-Sue Shumway
On 4/27/2020 12:47 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> I assume that's under the Download tab, but none of the menu options seem
> appropriate.
>
>
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> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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> ________________________________________
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of
> Susan Shumway [[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 12:25 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Read BookManager/READ files
>
> See "Downloadable free BookManager tools and components" (
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/324693 ) for links to download
> IBM Softcopy Reader and other helpful resources.
>
> If you ever need to access older z/OS documentation, note that we've
> made available PDF versions of it back to V1R10, available in the IBM Z
> Publications Library Archive:
> https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zos-library-archives
>
> -Sue Shumway
>
> On 4/27/2020 5:49 AM, R.S. wrote:
>> W dniu 27.04.2020 o 11:14, Juergen Kehr pisze:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> where just in the process to migrate our z/OS systems to V2.4. As you
>>> know, on z/OS V2.4 BookManager/READ isn't available anymore. But
>>> unfortunately some developers come up with a requirement to read some
>>> very old homegrown documentation files (.BOO files). So my question
>>> is, are there any free tools available to read and/or convert these
>>> files to PDF or HTML?
>>
>> BOO files can be still read using existing tools like IBM Softcopy
>> Reader which works nicely under Win10 x64 and older Windows versions.
>> You can still use IBM Library Reader which is 16-bit application and
>> will not work under 64-bit Windows, but you can run it under old Windows
>> running under Virtual Box or other tool. Personally I prefer Library
>> Reader, but it is simpler to use Softcopy Reader.
>> Note: both tools were available for download and IMHO you can still use
>> it, even if IBM removed it from webpage. If you need a copy, just look
>> for older documentation on DVD or CD.
>> I hope you don't want to use BOO files under z/OS. ;-)
>>
>
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> IBM Poughkeepsie
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