Date:         Thu, 2 Mar 2000 04:16:43 +0100
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Bentley Manuals on CD-ROM
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Keith Adams wrote:

> My more philosophical problem with Bentley manuals on CD-ROM is that in
> 20 years, I don't see my kids stumbling across it in the garage and
> going "Cool!" and reading it, they way I did with my dad's 1968
> Transporter manual, or an old copy of Muir's book.  There's no nostalgia
> in a shiny disk!

I agree, I also have an additional comment. As long as I don't have a laptop
to bring with me when I work on my Syncro, it is worthless compared to the
book. I don't see the laptop under a lot of tools as the book might see.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

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