[R-390] Fw: Best manual for R-390A? (YK2 ... YK3?)

[Steve Toth]

Depends on how Tisha plans on putting together the rev 4

If the rev 4 changes from rev 3 are noted by Tisha and can then just be printed out from the electronic copy and inserted in the existing hard copy to update it (like the tech manuals in the military), it would work.  That also seems to imply something like a three ring binder, but I'm no expert on printing.
 
If rev 4 is going to be published electronically in total with no reference to the updated areas, then it doesn't seem to make sense to have a dated hard copy in IMHO.  It would just be easier to download the relevant section of the rev 4 manual and print out the relevant material for the work you have to do.
 
The big advantage would be the 11x17 fold outs.  What about printing out just the 11x17 pages with three hole punching and make those available when Tisha has them updated?  Just a thought.







-- Steve 
"Think Quickly, Speak Slowly, Work Diligently, Live Simply"

--- On Tue, 3/8/11, James A. (Andy) Moorer <jamminpower at earthlink.net> wrote:


From: James A. (Andy) Moorer <jamminpower at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [R-390] Fw: Best manual for R-390A? (YK2 ... YK3?)
To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 10:37 AM


  I can print them for about $75 each - this includes the color pages 
and the 11x17 fold-outs. I don't know how that compares with Kinko's. 
That's my actual cost - paper, ink, maintenance contract on the 
printers, comb-binding, plastic cover, etc. If there is any interest, I 
can run off some number of them ($75 plus some modest shipping by USPS 
media mail). Any interest? I'm not set up to print hundreds of them, but 
I could print a couple dozen or so. Tisha says they are over 700 pages 
with 50-60 of them 11x17.
-A

-- 
James A. (Andy) Moorer
www.jamminpower.com


On 3/8/2011 12:45 PM, Tisha Hayes wrote:
> The Y2K tome has a few incarnations. The latest that is out there is Y2K-R3
> (revision 3). It is available for download at;
>
> http://www.r-390a.net/Y2K-R3/index.htm
>
> After Perry ambushed me<j/k>  I will be working on -R4 (revision 4). 95% of
> the grunt work was done by Perry and the 32 or so folks who contributed to
> this point (credits found on Chapter 0, page 2).
>
> The objectives of the Y2K tome is listed on page 2;
>
> The stated goals of this project are to:
>
> *1. Re-create the 1985 U.S. Navy Manual in a format that would allow
> addition of
> commentaries, footnotes, and additional information.
>
> 2. Replace the poor black-and-white photographic images with new color
> plates. (there are just some views that the original manual did not include,
> as resources permit those will be documented more thoroughly)
>
> 3. Replace the line and schematic drawings with newly drawn ones.
>
> 4. Add footnotes referencing related documentation, attributing the
> additional material and corrections to the authors, and explaining unclear
> passages in the text. (the more often a question gets repeated on the
> reflector the more likely it will be expanded upon in the -R4 release)
>
> 5. Update the parts lists with currently available components. (put them in
> an Excel Spreadsheet like format)
>
> 6. Add descriptions, methods, and suggestions that were not covered in the
> original manual.* *(* modifications *)*
>
> My stewardship is to continue in the pursuit of these goals and to bring the
> best of what this reflector has to offer in the appendices. There are
> several active members of this list who have expressed a willingness to
> continue to contribute and we will attempt to gather their collective wisdom
> in the -R4 release.
>
> The Y2K and it's releases is a "living document" that will grow and clarify
> over time. It is available as several downloads by chapter. Hint, you will
> end up going through a tree's worth of paper to print the entire document. I
> have one copy done on high grade presentation type paper and it completely
> fills a 3" ring binder. I have been asked by someone on the list if it was
> possible to run off bound copies and make them available to those who cannot
> or do not wish to work with an electronic copy. I imagine the cost of
> getting it professionally printed as some place like Kinkos would cost
> upwards of a hundred dollars. As chapters will go through revisions on a
> semi-regular basis a printed copy will be out of date, almost as soon as it
> is printed.


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