Some DSM BM CD FAQ's are here.

1:Which manuals are on the CD?
2:How long has it taken you to scan all that?
3:What format are these "manuals" going to be in? just pictures?
4:What if I have a 2g?(or 1g)
5:Can I search the manual with boolean operations?
Other questions? Just email us!

Q1)  Which manuals are on the CD?

A)  Look at a screen shot here!

A) 

• Specifically the 2 paper manuals for '91 Talon (with '93 Eclipse pages)
• 97-99 Eclipse and Eclipse Spyder (with '95 Talon pages)
• 1990 and 1995 (1g, 2g) DSM Technical Manuals
• '89-93 Galants (All trim levels, not just GVR4's)
• Complete Engine, A/T tranny, and M/T tranny OVERHAUL Manuals (covers 3k's/Stealths and some others.)
• Vfaq.com (awesome car repair site, static version on CD)
• 1000q.dsm.org, awesome "faq" site, static version on CD)
• 9 years of Club DSM Talon Digest archives, courtesy Club DSM/Tmo
• The new "special edition" of the CD also includes the CAPS (Part # searching program from Mitsu)

Q2)  How long has it taken you to scan all that?

A)  At first, it was going to be just the tech manual, and maybe
      the '91. So I started with a standard flatbed scanner and hand
      scanned That got hard very quickly, so I looked around for a
      scanner with an ADF (automatic doc feeder). I FINALLY
      found one. $500 bucks later, I STILL have to baby almost
      every page thru :(. So far I have scanned 4.5 GB's of images.
      Thats about 4500 pages. According to calculations, the CD
      will have over 400mb's of data on it. Any other ideas on
      what to put on it? Total space on the CD is ~640mb. 
      This all has taken me about TWO weeks to do (about 40 hours
      of JUST SCANNING) I think I need another 20-30 hours to
      finish.

      *Update* The manual is done and took about 240 hours to
      finish. The orginal manual stack is about 20" high, and about
      60 pounds!

Q3) What format are these "manuals" going to be in? just pictures?

A)  No, they are in a format called "PDF". Free readers for many
      platforms will be included on the CD such as

        Windows/95/98/Nt (search capable)

        Unix/Linux (most are search capable)

        Apple (searchable)

        OS/2 (why? I don't know, it was available :)

      Adobe Systems makes this .pdf format, and the reader is called
      the Acrobat Reader. All inital manual navigation will be done
      by clicking on NAVIGATE.PDF. This will only work AFTER you
      install Acrobat for your OS. If this is somehow not the optimal
      way for you to access the manuals, the directory structure will
      be intuitive enough to get to what you want quickly and easily.

Q4)  What if I have a 2g?(or 1g)

A)  All the manuals are on ONE cd. 1g, 2g, and Galant plus the Tech.

Q5)  Can I search the manual with boolean operations?

      YES! However you will have to fiddle with the options a bit to get
      exactly what you want. Not too difficult.