[alfa] Re: Magnifying diagrams on the CarDisc CD manuals

["Robert J. Favali" <favali@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gwynne,

If you want to try a couple pages of the manual before you drop the $$,
give my your address off Digest and I'll mail the copies to you.

Tell me the pages you want.

FWIW ....

-Rob Favali
Burlington VT
1993 Spider Veloce
*** And still smiling from the convention ***


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>
> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:16:08 -0400
> From: "Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] "Magnifying diagrams on the CarDisc CD manuals
>
> Per recommendations, I installed the pdf995 programs and looked at an
> electrical wiring diagram in my CarDisc CD for the 1991-1993 Spider.  I
> "magnified" the diagram; bad news -  the notations (I believe they are the
> wire size and color) are still completely illegible. It seems that the
> pictures were copied at very low resolution; the small print just appears
> as some "globs".
>
> I guess it is time to start looking for an original printed manual. I sent
> an email to "books4cars and asked them if their manuals were original
> factory prints, or reprints and am waiting for an answer. I previously
> asked Centerline about their printed manuals and received the following
> response:
>
> "The book is a reprint of the factory manual, so being a copy there
> is a lack of sharpness. I did look at the wiring
> Section, and most of the notations are legible. There is also a section on
> alignment in the front of the book.
> Centerline Products"
>
> Note that it says "most of the notations are legible" -  not exactly
> useful. If I am working on the car, I do not want to have to guess about
> something like a wire color!
>
> Gwynne Spencer
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