I don't think they would be happy, but then again, Adobe would not be happy
if they found out I use their software without purchasing. I will start
scanning my 97 FSM, and see how long it takes. Sounds like a fun project.
Any one object to this? No promises here yet. Later,
Ryan LeBlanc
97, CC, 5.2L, 5 spd, 4x2, SLT+
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Krokosinski <ryan@equinoxfinancial.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 2:35 PM
Subject: DML: Online Service Manuals
> I have the '99 FSM and man, it's like 1,000,000 pages. Aint no
> way I got time to scan that. It's like 2 inches thick. It would
> be cool though. Problem is, when they sell them for $100 buck
> apiece I doubt they'd sell many if it were free. That means they
> wouldn't be too happy if they found out about it.
>
> Ryan K
> '99 R/T RC
>
> durling@ibm.net wrote:
> >
> > This is in reply to someone's post a little while back about factory
> > service manuals being availiable online (sorry didn't save the post and
> > don't remember the name). I got this idea from IBM for the factory
> > service manual for my home computer. IBM sells the manual if you want it
> > but they also make it availiable for download in adobe PDF format. This
> > makes it that once you download it you can view it in realtime when you
> > want and print out the info you need. Like an electronic book. If
> > someone had the factory service manual(s) for the daks and had the full
> > registered version of adobe acrobat they could scan the manual and
> > create an online book. I don't have a manual or the program and don't
> > know how much the registered version costs but it's just a thought.
> >
> > If we could find a way, even through an outside company that does this,
> > Jon could set up a section on the home page where you could download the
> > manual for your particular model year(s). Again just a thought
> >
> > BTW, I used adobe because it seems to begood at keeping the file size
> > down. The service manual for my computer is quite large (approx. 900
> > pages) and only downloaded as a 600K file.
> >
> > Jeff Durling
> > '96 RC Sport
>
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