> if you were just slapped with an IBM manual To be fair, manuals used to be better. As a young lad, working at an IT consulting company I once got sent out t

> if you were just slapped with an IBM manual To be fair, manuals used to be better. As a young lad, working at an IT consulting company I once got sent out to "fix the computer" at some cruise line. I went out with no idea what I'd encounter, and found myself faced with an IBM system I'd never even seen before. Fortunately, the service manual was with it and with its aid I was able to effect a circuit level repair and got them back up and running. ::shrugs:: The material you can dig up on the internet is worlds better than poor documentation. But a comparison with good documentation isn't always so clear.