> Someone mentioned that pdf files couldn't be searched.  The last time I
> downloaded acrobat (3.0, I think), a search feature was one of the
> downloadable options, so perhaps that HAS improved...
>
> (now, a natural language database capable of searching and printing data
> sheets with pdf quality...  That would be sweet!)

Unfortunately, there are no facilities such as AltaVista which can search
through many .PDF files on the web to find information you may be looking
for; AltaVista etc. are limitted to HTLM and text files.  Perhaps if DEC
were to upgrade AltaVista so it could search through other file types
(including PDF's and .ZIP'ed PDF's) then this would no longer be a
problem.