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Rocket eBook File Format?

Posted by Cliff on from the reading-bits-in-the-proper-order dept.

Dodger_ asks: "Has anyone figured out the RCA eBook file format yet? The REB1100 looks perfect for carrying around to read technical papers and isn't too expensive($300) to boot. You can find even more info about it right here." These seem to be nice looking devices, and since they can be expanded up to 72MB (they come with 8MB) these would be able to hold quite a bit of documentation. Imagine converting the manpage library (or any other set of documents) to one of these puppies for some quality reading on your next long flight.

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  1. Try This by DAldredge · · Score: 2

    Check out rbmaker.sourceforge.net

    You know, this only took a 30 second search on freshmeat.net

  2. man page viewer on an airplane?! by StandardDeviant · · Score: 2

    Yeah, that sounds great! Think of all the money I'd save on sleeping pills for those long, bumpy flights over the Atlantic...

    Honestly though, does anyone read man pages for fun? I consider myself a hardcore computer enthusiast and like nothing better than an afternoon spent on my computer, but reading man pages is about as fun as reading 12-year-old Newsweeks in a dentist's office waiting to get a root canal...


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  3. OeB: Open eBook format by ee23 · · Score: 2

    In the faq about the eBook it is mentioned that they support the Open eBook format, which seems to be mostly XML with well-formed HTML. The specification is at http://www.openebook.org/specification.htm.

    So it should be quite easy to convert documents...

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  4. Screw reading them on your next flight... by bonzoesc · · Score: 3
    Wouldn't it be nice just to have a separate viewer for manpages so you can use them in the home library, or even when you're too lazy to switch consoles.

    I can also see them being nice for Window$ users who are following online documentation, but don't have a GeForce 2 MX w/ dual screen support.

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