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Date:         Thu, 2 Mar 2000 07:21:50 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bentley Manuals on CD-ROM
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, David Beierl wrote:

> At 11:58 PM 3/1/2000 , Kent Christensen wrote: > >Beauty of the CD is you print the pages you need and if you tear them > >up or pour oil on them or something you just print more. Not with > >your paper manual. > > I (sort of) disagree. Beauty of the CD is that you can search. Thats if it is put on the CD as text. Most of these types are nothing more than scanned pages, (graphic), that can not be searched. Even the professional stuff (Michell) in its earlly form had nothiing more than scanned pages, with page markers added. I personally would not have payed 2 cents for it. Most mechanics didn't know the difference. Eric

Beauty of > the book is that you can read. Each one is really good at what the other > is really bad at.

> > d > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" >


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