Word: manuals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...case, and IBM agreed to make available information about its computers to enable rival companies to design equipment that can be linked to the System/370. The firm will disclose technical standards for new System/370 models within four months after they are announced, and it will publish an expanded manual of the system's communication codes...
...clickety-clack of manual typewriter's which kept the Crimson newsroom buzzing for more than 100 years finally came to an end yesterday...
...restraints-air bags that inflate and then rapidly deflate upon collision or seat belts that automatically wrap around riders when they close their doors-be phased in beginning 1986. But she added a major loophole: the regulation would be rescinded should enough states enact laws requiring the use of manual seat belts...
...Packard and its manual. Under the heading "General Operations," it says, "How to start the car: 1) Take a position behind steering wheel. If all writers of manuals began with the basics, on the premise that the user knows nothing about the item purchased, anybody could operate any machine...
...desperation you cannot imagine. I had a husband who worked at his job until 7 and 8 p.m. taking care of other people's children. That's when I remember reading Jean Kerr, who would sit out in her car and hide, reading the car-manual section on tire pressure. It's ridiculous. The whole thing is ridiculous." Then a deep breath: "It's the core of laughter. If you can't make it better, you can laugh...