Bentley CD vs. Bentley books

[Huw Powell]

> Can you share your experience of using Bentley manual on CD?  Is it ok
> or terribly inconvenient compare to book?

I have the paper manual and the CDR for the 88-92 type 89.

The paper manual has become more difficult to work with over the years,
as they spread the info out over more and more pages; and the "new" way
of presenting electrical diagrams (in subsections) makes it much harder
to see how systems interact, etc.

But, the CDR is a real pita to use.  Not only are you stuck at your
computer, but the navigation is clumsy.  The worst part was trying to
print things to use them elsewhere.  As I recall, every page to be
printed required about 6 "clicks", each time, to print.  Many of these
steps were incredibly redundant.

So given a choice, I think there *is* no choice, unless perhaps you want
to travel lightly with a copy and read it on airplanes, etc. - then the
CDR would probably make sense.

If the CDR was all there was, it would be better than nothing, of
course.

> Taking into account rices
> ratio (1/5 for UrS4) would you recommend to spend more but get books?

Huh?  What the heck is "rices ratio"?

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