Actually Adam, I was thinking of a different approach that is fairly
labor intensive on the front and then much simpler.
If a resource for say a TR4 (since that is the object of my struggles)
was fully documented in a series of drill down images(using image mapped
gif diagrams or 3d stuff in macromedia) all parts could be located and
then their functions, disgnostics etc could be stored in an associated
database. Variations on the statndards could be coupled with the
baslein docuement by input from a group of owners. The result would be
a full hypermedia interactive maintenance manaual. I did somthing
similar for a Government client seeking to phase out books.
So to use this tool you could click on the TR4 picture, open the hood,
lick on the battery ans find that it is 12 volt positve ground as
shipped with screw in terminals but common changes have included
aftermarket terminals and change to negative ground. You could click on
the solenoid and see it and understand the little push button. Or on the
stock carbs and see the variations, etc.
It would be a neat project if and anyone would be interested in helping
let me know.
Leif
'62 TR4
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Turner [SMTP:turner@public.se]
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 1997 9:04 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Visual web resource
>
> I'm sure quite a lot of the tech problems we discuss would be made a
> lot
> clearer if we had a picture to look at.
>
> It would be nice if the Scion with the problem was able to, say,
> include
> a link to a site which had a photo of his faulty component (plus
> scraped
> knuckle skin and bloodstains, of course).
>
> This would involve him or her scanning a photo of the problem,
> attaching
> it and mailing it into the resource. It would also necessitate the
> co-operation of someone willing to post the picture and maintain the
> resource.
>
> (An alternative might be to attach the scanned photo to the post
> itself,
> although people like me who dial into an ISP might not appreciate
> paying
> for the download time for something we might not be interested in.)
>
>
> Could this work?
>
> P.S. Instead of clubbing together for Johnny Storm's air-fare, why
> don't
> we by him a PC for home so we can read his daft messages all year
> round?
>
>
>
> Adam Turner
> '74 TR6
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