RE: v4r4 BookMgr CD

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Laurin/Lance,

Some of the "books" on the second CD have a disclaimer that they are now
readable only through the Information Center thing, and contain no real
information in the BookManager version.  I found that somewhat annoying.
Fortunately, however, my ThinkPad had a few gigabytes free on its hard drive, so
I installed Information Center and the BookManager books to my hard drive.  One
of the really nice advantages of this is that I can copy updated and new books
from the Web site into the directories on my hard drive and have current
versions, rather than having to make do with the out-of-date CD and the
occasionally-iffy Internet.  I still tend to think that the Information Center
is about the only documentation presentation method I've ever seen that makes
BookManager look good, but at least I can get to the stuff quickly.

Dave Shaw
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurin Bruck [mailto:lbruck@pmigroup.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 12:16 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: v4r4 BookMgr CD
> 
> 
> It should be the 2nd CD in the one label AS/400 Information 
> Center.  I have used it and if you lost BookManager you can 
> reinstall from the CD.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Laurin
> 
> >>> <Gwecnal@aol.com> 8:30:48 AM 3/27/00 >>>
> We are on v4r4 and the BookManager CD is missing a lot of 
> books (all the 
> programming language Guides and References, DDS reference - 
> that sort of 
> thing).  IBM put all that stuff in Information Center format 
> and provided it 
> on a second CD, but without search or useful print 
> capability. No print 
> version is available.  I asked and they said the searchable 
> one is 'on the 
> web', but I don't have all the time instant on web access and 
> the time I will 
> need this most will probably be during disaster recovery when 
> I won't have 
> ANY web access.  Does anyone know whether IBM repented and 
> put these manuals 
> in PDF or BookManager format all together on one CD so I can 
> do a single 
> search and get all hits?  TIA, Lance
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