Re: Computer manuals [WAS: Pierre Duncan etc.]

[Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu>]

I recently added to my aging G4, which has given me great service 
since I bought it used about four years ago, with a new 24" Intel 
iMac. I was able to transfer all of the data and programs from the G4 
to the new iMac via an airport connection we are running here at the 
house.

This was about the most seamless change I ever made from one computer 
to another, and of course, since I kept the old G4 I still have it on 
hand and can either use it or access all of its data directly via 
airport.

Miracles of the day.

Back in the day I too had this great old Mac Plus. In fact, I have 
still have it, carefully packed way in a box with a dot matrix 
printer and all relevant software, just in case it might become a 
future vintage collectible. Meanwhile, I am moving on. In fact, have 
moved on several times.

Sandy King




At 6:06 PM -0400 5/25/07, etienne garbaux wrote:
> Judy wrote:
>
> > The day I realized that the manual for an upgrade lacked index 
> > entries for items in the menu, I realized all was lost. But by then 
> > I was trapped.
> I recently replaced my aging G4 with a PC workstation, and was very 
> pleased to see that it came with a nice, thick manual.  Until I 
> opened it.  250 pages of lawyerly warnings in at least a dozen 
> languages.  (!!)  No user manual of any sort.
>
> It does, however, appear to have drivers for just about every 
> peripheral hardware device known to man, old and new.  I have 
> plugged in every old printer, scanner, plotter, monitor, external 
> drive, card reader, CD burner, keyboard, mouse, trackball, tablet, 
> etc. that I can find, and every one has worked perfectly with 
> absolutely no further effort from me, including features that are 
> unique to each device.  It even supports things as obscure as my old 
> hand-held GPS unit.  Quite remarkable, actually.
>
> Best regards,
>
> etienne