Re: Service Manuals PDFs for Test Equipment available

From: JeffM (jeffm__at_email.com)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: 28 Sep 2004 12:46:32 -0700

>>>Many full service manuals available in PDF format:
>>> Thomas P. Gootee
>>>
||Please preface posts of this type with [FS].
|| Chris Foley
>>
>>Yes. Note brackets. Include them in the prefix.
>> JeffM
>
>Thanks for pointing out those brackets.
>I don't think I've ever seen that syntax used
>...It will probably "catch on" by itself
> Tom Gootee
>
This is a Usenet "standard". It's been in place for many, many years.
That many people don't know it (or don't adhere to it) is a seperate issue.
Standard protocol seems to have better adherence in mailing lists
(e.g. piclist) than on Usenet.

>The following isn't *directly* related to your post, Jeff, or to you.
>So please, don't be offended...(Removing gauntlet
>
It's Usenet. I have my salt shaker (and its grains) handy. 8-)

>I still wonder why so many people seem to want to single out
>all "for profit" posts for such "special treatment"
>
Again, a Usenet standard.
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace exists for exactly this purpose.
In non-marketplace groups, selling onesies or twosies of personal gear
(while against the rules) is generally tolerated.
Commercial efforts are also tolerated when done in moderation,
but (often) are not in keeping with the charter or the spirit of the group.

>my post was just a URL, pointing to a list of PDF manuals that are for sale
>
I have purchased a pair of PG503s from you
and found that the services you provide are fair and reasonable.
I will allow that using this group to announce the availability
of manuals (even non-free) amounts to a valid bending of the rules.
BTW, I, too, use a browser (not a newsreader) to access Usenet,
so I don't filter automagically either (though I do by sight).
All I ask is full disclosure.
4 additional characters on the Subject line seems so litle to ask.
(From your comments, I think that you agree on that point.)

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