Date:         Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:09:59 -0800
Reply-To:     Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM>
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From:         Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Microfiche or Bentley (paper)
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It's my Friday and we're headed out for an 830 mile trip today! So to go
along with this thread I just have to say:

Something smells fiche-y!


Brendan

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. -T.S. Eliot






-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Mike Collum
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:53 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Microfiche or Bentley (paper)

Earlier Microfiche and now ETKA are not to be confused with a Bentley
shop manual.  Not the same animals at all.

Mike



VW Doka wrote:
> All the dealers around here have computer workstations in every work bay.
> That being said, none of the dealers around here would work on any of the
> cars listed in the earlier link.  Too old...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Allan Streib
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:15 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Microfiche or Bentley (paper)
>
>
> I don't know what the dealers are using now.  The site states:
>
> "Repair Manuals that were only available on microfiche are now
> available on CD with the publication of the Volkswagen Official
> Factory Microfiche Repair Information Archived on CD-ROM.  The CDs are
> comprehensive, capture the original look and feel of microfiche and
> include the added benefit of hyperlinks to allow simple access and
> navigation through the repair groups. They are a valuable source of
> original service and repair information for 1969 to 1994 Volkswagens
> featuring printable pages and an easy to use PDF format."
>
> Does this sound like it would be "more better" than a paper Bentley?
> Or just different format, but same content.  Anyone have firsthand
> experience with this "fiche" version of the repair manual?
>
> Allan
>
> "John Meeks" <vanagon@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Nov 20, 2007 1:34 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>>> I might be wrong, but my impression was that this was not the Bentley
>>> "on CD" but instead a CD version of the dealer microfiche repair
>>> information.
>>
>> Didn't ETKA replace microfiche at the dealers?
>> --
>> John Meeks
>>
>> '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits
>> Northern Michigan
>> KC8ZFN
>>
>> Vanagon Rescue Squad
>> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm
>>
>