Service Manual On CD
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Service Manual On CD
I've searched the forum and combed through Google results and I can't find the 1990 F250 factory service manuals for sale on CD or for download anywhere.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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I checked Helms site but it's coming up with "1990 Ford F250 Service Manual not available". I e-mailed them but so far they haven't gotten back to me.
This is the first vehicle I've bought since the year 2000 that I couldn't just hop on eBay and buy a CD with the factory service manuals on it. You'd think Ford manuals would be everywhere.
This is the first vehicle I've bought since the year 2000 that I couldn't just hop on eBay and buy a CD with the factory service manuals on it. You'd think Ford manuals would be everywhere.
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This doesn't really surprise me; the computer-readable CDs didn't come about until around 1985, the recordable variants around 5 years later.
At the time, these were pretty expensive optional add-ons to PCs (the 3.5" diskette was still the primary distribution media) and I remember the SCSI-II versions costing $350.
Many people didn't have computers at home, and it wasn't until the mid-90s when CDROM prices started to become more reasonable.
At the time, these were pretty expensive optional add-ons to PCs (the 3.5" diskette was still the primary distribution media) and I remember the SCSI-II versions costing $350.
Many people didn't have computers at home, and it wasn't until the mid-90s when CDROM prices started to become more reasonable.
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Helms e-mailed me back and here is their reply:
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Good Afternoon,
The 1990 Ford F250 shows no longer in print & not available on CD.
Thank you
Helm Customer Service
800.782.4356 opt 3
www.helmcs@helminc.com
It doesn't surprise me that the manual is out of print but I am surprised that it was never re-issued on CD-Rom as CD's became the standard for the modern computer era. Nowadays it would be a piece of cake to cut the binding off an old manual, run it through the document feeder of a copier with scanning capability and save it as a pdf. I could do it in about 10 minutes at work if I had a manual. If I find one I'll scan it and post it up.
It doesn't surprise me that the manual is out of print but I am surprised that it was never re-issued on CD-Rom as CD's became the standard for the modern computer era. Nowadays it would be a piece of cake to cut the binding off an old manual, run it through the document feeder of a copier with scanning capability and save it as a pdf. I could do it in about 10 minutes at work if I had a manual. If I find one I'll scan it and post it up.
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No, please don't do that, those things have copyrights we need to respect....
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Out of print manuals are usually free to copy under the Fair Use Copyright Law which is why you can copy out of print manuals at the local library. I fix copiers for a living and I was asking a librarian one day if they ever got in trouble copying so many books on their machine. If a book is out of print and you can't find a used one for a reasonable price then it's okay to copy. But that being said, I guess I won't be posting one until I check with a copyright lawyer.
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