<VV> 1965 CHEVROLET CORVAIR SHOP SERVICE MANUAL on DVD ?

[Mark Corbin]

Just try to find the '66-9 front spoiler via CD parts book. You can't.
That's because GM never called it a spoiler. The first time I found it was
when a friend told me that he stumbled into it while leafing thru the parts
book. Yes, a PAPER catalog. Same goes for a lot of parts, because the
industry terminology is sometimes different than laymen's slang. THAT's why
I said, CD's will never totally replace paper books and manuals, and that
there's a place for everything.

Let me know how your computer search goes. LOL

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: <VV> 1965 CHEVROLET CORVAIR SHOP SERVICE MANUAL on DVD ?
>
> Try searching for something that is not in the index (I always update 
> 'paper' indexes in books when I stumble across something)
>
> In a paper book, it's a lot harder to find some 'catch phrase' that you 
> remember, but don't recall where it was.
>
> On disc, "Edit -> Find" works nicely, and even Windows "Start -> Search" 
> will let you look for a phrase in any document on your disc(s) if you
have 
> the time to wait for it to find it, but it's great - and try that in your 
> book collection !
>
> Chaz
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Subject: RE: <VV> 1965 CHEVROLET CORVAIR SHOP SERVICE MANUAL on DVD ?
>
> > Hardly flat-earth, buddy. Discs are great for preserving rare documents
> > (which is why the LoC is doing that), but are often lousy for research.
> > Depends on how sortable the info is. Plus there's always the 
> > "stumble-into"
> > factor, something that's almost impossible to do with a disc but often
> > invaluable in finding obscure information. Anyone who has leafed thru
> > things like a parts manual or order catalog can appreciate that. And can
> > you imagine how devastating discs would be to impulse buying, if ALL
> > shopping were done that way? THAT's why discs are NEVER going to REPLACE
> > paper copies, merely SUPPLEMENT and archive the information that's on 
> > paper.
> >
> > Everything has its place, and that's why book printing and selling will
> > never cease. If anyone is flat-earth, it's you "high-tech-at-all-costs"
> > people.
> >
> > -Mark