manuals on cd
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I've gotElectronic manuals for several of my vehicles now. They are nice when you're studying up on how to do something, because there are hot-links that take you to all the disassembly steps that may be scattered in other sections of the manual.
But they're a little bit of a pain when you've actually got greasy gloves on out in the garage and you want to check something... though a friend of mine has a garage PC with a fluid-proof keyboard just for that purpose. Sometimes I just print the few pages I need and then throw them away afterward. I do like the old school factory manuals, though- the smell of the old paper infused with decades of grease and oil smells, the old 50s or 60s drawings and photographs- its all great. I was using the paper Factory Service Manual for my '69 this past saturday and really enjoying the trip down memory lane.
But they're a little bit of a pain when you've actually got greasy gloves on out in the garage and you want to check something... though a friend of mine has a garage PC with a fluid-proof keyboard just for that purpose. Sometimes I just print the few pages I need and then throw them away afterward. I do like the old school factory manuals, though- the smell of the old paper infused with decades of grease and oil smells, the old 50s or 60s drawings and photographs- its all great. I was using the paper Factory Service Manual for my '69 this past saturday and really enjoying the trip down memory lane.
I see you got a MOPAR thing goin' on. Are your emanuals from Chrysler/Diamler-Chrysler/FCA or some other source.
Last coupla times I've gone into books4cars.com I've come out empty handed. Kira
Last coupla times I've gone into books4cars.com I've come out empty handed. Kira
I'm a retired electronics tech. I HATED it when schematics began coming on disks.
Reading service procedures is one thing. Trying to follow a complicated schematic (dam you RCA
) on a monitor is a whole new ball game.
Usually I had to print out what I wanted so nothing was saved.
Many electronics companies would offer a paper manual at an added cost then that option disappeared too.
Reading service procedures is one thing. Trying to follow a complicated schematic (dam you RCA
Usually I had to print out what I wanted so nothing was saved.
Many electronics companies would offer a paper manual at an added cost then that option disappeared too.
Originally Posted By: terry274
I had a question for the ebay seller, here is his response:
"It will work with Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP. Will not work with
7/8/Vista/10.Will not work with 10. Thanks - Paul"
I guess this is not for me.
This is beyond most average users, but you can use a virtual machine, basically its own OS running in a sandbox. Such as Windows XP, Linux, etc.
I had a question for the ebay seller, here is his response:
"It will work with Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP. Will not work with
7/8/Vista/10.Will not work with 10. Thanks - Paul"
I guess this is not for me.
This is beyond most average users, but you can use a virtual machine, basically its own OS running in a sandbox. Such as Windows XP, Linux, etc.
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