On February 5, Doc wrote:
> > Cant agree, lotta reference stuff can be looked up and printed from right of
> > the www when needed!!!
>
> Right up till the day the host goes down or decides the manuals
> to their 1985 models are no longer necessary.
> A good example is my IBM XStation 150. When I first got it, you could
> search IBM support and get full setup instructions and jumper layouts.
> About a year ago, IBM pulled all html pages concerning the 150 and
> stashed the docs on a very obscure ftp server.
At least they did *that*. Most companies just delete it all.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 11:45:13 GMT