Following on the thread re the ESC and useability...

Wouldn't it be nice (as Mike Wilson used to say) if ALL the HP3000
manuals were in HTML, beautifully marked up, and bundled with the
HP3000. Updates could be downloadable, and even made available on HP's
web pages. All you'd need to read them would be an FREE browser and a
PC, and you could make them available on the company intranet.

Also, it would be simple to add sections (linked from each manual or
section within the manual) containing known bugs and fixes/workarounds.

The beauty of this method is that it gets rid of the logistics of
distributing the dreaded paper manuals and CD-ROM, and would once and
for all get rid of that CD-ROM's rather clunky and archaic interface.

If customers don't have web access, then give it to them on CD-ROM, but
use a web browser as the access method.

Regards

Neil