Xref: utzoo comp.sys.next:688 comp.sys.ibm.pc:21072 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!elroy!cit-vax!wetter From: wetter@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Pierce T. Wetter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: books on an optical disk Message-ID: <8544@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: 9 Nov 88 10:54:55 GMT References: <1745@dataio.Data-IO.COM> Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 19 > o Parts catalogs (take a look at them in an auto supply house, or > in an EE house). > Even better, how about a complete set of data books. Lets see, I need a transistor with the following paramters (blah), Digital Librarian says that the Motorola xxxxx, the RCA yyyyy, and the National zzzzz will do the job. That in itself would make the next box worth the money for many companies, Note to Motorola: YOU DON"T NEED A NeXT BOX TO DO THIS, any optical drive will do. Start this project now! (However, if you do use the next box you can transfer all the spiffy graphs and pictures too.) Pierce -- ____________________________________________________________________________ You can flame or laud me at: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu or wetter@csvax.caltech.edu or pwetter@caltech.bitnet (There would be a witty saying here, but my signature has to be < 4lines)