I also second the motion. Would be right handy to have along on a trip.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
KG6RCR

On 6/6/2005 10:43 AM Higginbotham, David A. wrote:

>I think that is a wonderful idea, especially since searching the
>archives via dial-up is SOOOOO slow. I have broadband at work but on the
>road or at home it is dial-up and usually I only get 34k anyway.
>
>David Higginbotham
>82 Westfalia
>Silk Hope, NC
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>-----Original Message-----
>
>Date:    Sun, 5 Jun 2005 18:35:11 -0400
>From:    Jorge Osorio <josorio@ATLAS.KENNESAW.EDU>
>Subject: Vanagon Archives, the DVD Edition?
>
>I've been meaning to throw this idea in the ring for a while. given the
>fact that the archives are a regularly used source for maintaining and
>knowing "everything" there is to know about our beloved bricks, why not
>store it offline on a couple of DVDs? I reckon at 4GB capacity most of
>the content will fit in two DVDs. All we would have to figure out is how
>to include the front-end searching capability. You could then pull over
>in the middle of nowhere, flip open your laptop and voila! vanagon
>archives on demand.
>
>Just a though, what do y'all think?
>
>Jorge
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