[R-390] LOGSA (was TM 11 4000)

[Roy Morgan]

On Apr 29, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:

> ... of all the PDF's ... how many of them came through LOGSA via the  
> web?
>
> How many of them were scanned from decades old paper copies .... by  
> netizens?

Tim,

  I respectfully suggest that we can't have answers to these  
questions.  I do remember that at least some of the digital manuals  
for my HP signal generator came from LOGSA, but for the majority of  
the things in my digital library, the sources are "lost to history" as  
they say.

This reminds me of the time a few years ago that I brought a manual  
for the ARR-15 radio to Kinko's to copy for someone.  Year: about  
2001. Year published: about 1946. The manager studied the first couple  
of pages, discovered a notice that reproduction was prohibited except  
by permission of some long-abandoned Navy organization, and refused to  
copy the thing.  I managed to be polite and left with out any  
comment.  I also made a mental note to take any such pages out before  
I try that again.

> ... few years ago ...the LOGSA site ...t was a very frustrating
> ... the new site ...a bunch of useless flash crap,

Indeed.  I visited there yesterday for the first time in *quite* a  
while and gave up quickly.  I did manage to launch a search for the  
elusive TM 11-4000 and got a "not found" reply. By the way, I did  
click on "Text Version" and got an interface that was pretty much as I  
remember it.  This is after I found and immediately abandoned a fancy  
version with a two-hundred item list of things to click on.

One more resource lost to the foolishness of the contractors that were  
allowed to decide or suggest what the site should look like and do.

Roy

Roy Morgan
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