Re: [VAC] Windows

["Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, P.E." <geraldj@xxxxxxxx>]

Gregory W. Crawford wrote:
> 
> A couple of years ago one engineer in my group got down on his knees while
> on the phone with McMaster-Carr begging for a new catalogue. 

That's what it takes.

> He got one.
> I now use their on-line web site.  We had a race a few weeks ago of who
> could find the same item first..  One guy using the catalogue or another
> using their web site.  The guy using the web site won because the web site
> is indexed better.  Then with Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download and
> print out the exact page if you need to.  Or you can cut and paste it into
> other documents.
> 
> Greg of Saint Paul, '64 Trade Wind.
> 

I still like to browse the printed catalog. Its easier to find details.
I use a 17" monitor but at 1280x1024 resolution Acrobat always makes
every new entry too small to read, and it refuses to remember I have to
change the size up 125 or 150% each time. I've not found the
McMaster-Carr printed index to be as logical as I'd wish, sometimes what
I think an item should be called, they don't.

Gerald J.