>My paranoia is *not* invented. As an ex-Apple employee I can tell you >that Apple >takes their internal service manuals *very* seriously.
>The links posted are stolen "backdoor" links that some people host >to point >you at the manuals. People like Gamba and Mike F. (Traffictrak.com) have >been busted >for posting these links. This is no joke. >-- Kyle H. Hansen >Besides, *nothing* can be hidden from humans that is visible to >webcrawling robots. You never need to ask on this or any list when 5 >seconds on google.com will find you everything you would ever need or >want. >--chuck goolsbee Chuck, the ANS king, I must agree with Kyle. I indeed did get a nasty letter from Apple's lawyers. The manuals constantly were moving around, sometimes getting passworded and -currently- put on a FTP server with no directory. To save people from the trouble of finding them, I downloaded them ALL from Apple public servers and placed them on my server to download. After a while I got a letters from Apple and their lawyers to cease and desist (sounds redundant). Before the year 2000, the manuals did not even carry a copyright notice which is why I thought it would be OK to post them. Even now some of the new stuff carries no copyright. Was there no copyright notice because Apple considered these manuals trade secrets? In that case, why did Apple post them to so many ananoymous servers? It just makes no sense. So if you find the manuals QUIETLY download them and carefully archive them. They are precious jewels that may not be available in the future. As far as google finding the manuals, Apple has set up their FTP servers so they do not provide a directory listing so the robots can't find them. The manuals at one time were on Apple PUBLIC http servers. You could search for and download them along with the user's manuals. Then one day Apple substituted a little HTML stub for the manuals and that was the end of that. The manual server is still listed on Apple's site map but appears to be dead: http://www.info.apple.com/manuals/manuals.taf Mike P.S. Kyle, nice to see you on this list. ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
