<VV> SHOP SERVICE MANUAL on DVD - Search or Surf ? That is the question

[Mark Corbin]

So what do you gain with CD's? Doesn't sound like you gained anything. LOL

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per <chaz at ProperProPer.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> SHOP SERVICE MANUAL on DVD - Search or Surf ? That is
the question
>
> The "First Rule of the Internet" (or computer CDs) is :
>
> "To find something, look for something else.  You'll probably find it 
> faster."
>
> That's why "Surfing" is a more accurate term than "Searching" !
>
> Chaz
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Subject: Re: <VV> 1965 CHEVROLET CORVAIR SHOP SERVICE MANUAL on DVD ?
>
>
> > 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