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Subject:Re: Vanagon Archives, the DVD Edition?
From:John Meeks
Date:Tue, 7 Jun 2005 09:58:21 -0400

On 6/6/05, Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Seems to me that this wheel has already been invented,
> and is precisely the intent of John Meeks' "BTDT" site
> with its Vanagon Mailing List Archive Library:
> http://www.vanagonauts.com/
> 
> If everyone submitted just one or two of their
> favorite posts from the mailing list over the years,
> we'd soon have a very complete and comprehensive
> collection of valuable advice. 

*** YEP,  that's the whole idea !!!

> I don't know in what format John is collecting the
> posts, 

***It's just text but photos can be included and files in other
formats can be linked too...
just email 'em to me.

>He could probably just load the whole darn
> website on a CD, and a broken-down Vanagonaut could
> browse the site right from the CD.

***This could be done with one of the LIVE Linux distributions where
the OS boots from the CD and fires up the database engine. Great
Concept. Thanks, I'll play with that and report.
 -- 
John Meeks

Vanagon Rescue Squad
http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm

'91 Multivan
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