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

[Richard Knoppow <dickburk@ix.netcom.com>]

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From: "etienne garbaux" <photographeur@nerdshack.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 3:06 PM
Subject: Computer manuals [WAS: Pierre Duncan etc.]


> 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
    Its possible the manuals are on-line. I have a Sony 
VAIO which came with a small brochure packed in with the 
back-up discs. The manuals are on-line. I downloaded them, 
many pages of instructions and specifications. Ink on paper 
printing is expensive and computer makers assume you will do 
everything on-line anyway. Also, they mostly can't write.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com