>On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Claude.W 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.
>
>> I barely have time to work, take care of my home and give some time to my
>> familly. When am I gonna have the time to compact and transfer stuff? Most
>> of it you can download off the net somewhere when needed if you hunt and
>> search a bit...
>
> See above. CD burners are wonderful.
>
> Doc
This sums it up. I try to keep it all on both a Hard Drive or two, and on
CD-ROM, just don't forget to periodically refresh your CD-ROM's (keeping at
least one old copy) if you consider the data valuable, CD-R's do go bad.
Zane
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Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 13:16:11 GMT