Re: Lost knowledge

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)]

On 12 Feb 1997 03:21:35 GMT, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

>   Correction: it doesn't hold everything _yet_.  :)
...
>   And yes, I do plan to keep increasing the size of my A2 FAQ archive.

These remind me: Shouldn't the FAQ be split up somehow?  It's no
wonder that so many people never read it--it's huge!  Maybe if it was
organised like one of those leaf-identifying books, and it got
gradually more and more specific:

Page 1
  Hardware:turn to page 9
  Software:turn to page 2
Page 9
  Disk devices:turn to page 20
  Modems:turn to page 30
  Pointing devices:turn to page 40
Page 20
  Fixed hard drives:turn to page 50
  Zip drives:turn to page 60
  5.25" floppy drives:turn to page 70
Page 70
  Disk ][ (beige with black face):turn to page 80
  Apple 5.25" drive (gray):turn to page 90
  Disk //c (white):turn to page 100
Page 100
  Doesn't work at all:turn to page 110
  Works improperly:turn to page 120
  Tech info:turn to page 130
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