Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
Hello, Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers more than 100,000 manuals. Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build your personal bookshelf of manuals. You will never

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 6:14 AM -0400 6/23/09, Chris Dunford wrote: Hello, Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers more than 100,000 manuals. Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
The wife keeps the manuals in the pockets of a divider in a notebook she keeps on the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. I've gotten in the habit of writing the purchase date on the front cover of said manual. Very simple, very easy. Also works great. We used to keep them in hanging folders in a

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Business Her Way
And if you don't know http://www.retrevo.com/, it is wonderful for locating old manuals. I've just retrieved two for stereo equipment from the 1960's. /gayley On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: The wife keeps the manuals in the pockets of a divider in a notebook she keeps

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Stephen Brownfield
I discovered it back around February when I was looking for a manual for a friends all in printer/fax/scanner ( I believe it was an HP). The only cost appears to be periodic emails from them. Steve P.S. - It is one of the things I always liked about the Apple web site all the manuals, but

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
And if you don't know http://www.retrevo.com/, it is wonderful for locating old manuals. I've just retrieved two for stereo equipment from the 1960's. /gayley Yep, a mention of Retrevo is actually what started this discussion. Thanks.

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Sue Cubic
At 11:16 PM 6/22/2009 -0400, you wrote: The office called today and asked a technical question about one of their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.
List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Sue Cubic Sent: 06/23/2009 9:30 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online At 11:16 PM 6/22/2009 -0400, you wrote: The office called today and asked a technical question about one of their video

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Most newer electronics do not come with manuals. It is either on a CD or on line. I prefer downloading them to my computer that way I know where they are. Stewart At 09:20 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote: The new Palm Pre comes with NO manual. If you search, you can find the PDF on the website.

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Brian Jones
Most of my new electronics come with a manual on CD... I just copy it to MY DOCUMENTS\MANUALS\ folder. When I move to a new computer, all my manuals come with me. Keeping up with the CD is too much trouble. - Brian * **

[CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-22 Thread Tony B
The office called today and asked a technical question about one of their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a new service. I can see a real need for