[T3] Microfiche

[Dave Hall]

For our cars, the Parts Book scanned is really the only worthwhile thing -
trouble is, at about 600 pages it's quite an undertaking, though I think
someone on here had done it.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 15 June 2011 14:18
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Microfiche

On 14 Jun 2011 at 14:38, Gary Forsmo wrote:

> Problem: Even with a 10X magnifier, the information is too small to be 
> readable.

If you've got room, official VW microfilm readers come up rather regularly
on ebay, now that dealers no longer use them. They've been replaced with
computers.

The place where I used to work had a reader that I was able to modify (make
my own, larger stage) to accommodate the larger VW microfilm size. I no
longer have access to that, and I don't think they even have it any more.
Using that machine, I was able to print out most of the pages, but the
quality is not good. Most of the microfilm arrived pretty scratched.

There is a place here in town that could probably scan the whole thing and
put it on a CD. That would be great, but I have a feeling that they might
hesitate to do it because of copyright issues. I haven't approached them
about this since my copied pages usually serve my needs.

You might also find a copy of the VW ETKA disk, which is what the dealers
now use on their PCs, but those are much later and don't show many parts for
our cars. I see these are available on ebay for just under $10 with
shipping.

Because I recently bought a 2011 VW, I'm interested in the current ETKA. I
see that the people selling these are in England and shipping is a
significant part of the cost, but they'll ship additional copies for no
additional shipping charge. Anyone else want one?

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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