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Global search of archives.. Message #1 Posted by uhmgawa on 30 Sept 2010, 6:18 p.m. Pardon my potential density here. But the handful of times I've tried, I've never seemed to find a means to perform a global search of the archives. Rather it appears a search may only be within the scope of a given archive volume. This doesn't seem a realistic limitation so would someone be kind enough to clue me in? Thanks.

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #2 Posted by Michael Meyer on 30 Sept 2010, 6:26 p.m., in response to message #1 by uhmgawa Someone posted a method of a way to use a Google search with a single line of parameters. It's in the archives somewhere.....

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #3 Posted by uhmgawa on 30 Sept 2010, 6:31 p.m., in response to message #2 by Michael Meyer Quote: Someone posted a method of a way to use a Google search with a single line of parameters. It's in the archives somewhere..... Yea I'll bet it is. Probably along with the secret to eternal youth. But is this seriously the only method for performing a global archive search?

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #4 Posted by Michael Meyer on 30 Sept 2010, 6:42 p.m., in response to message #3 by uhmgawa Try this: http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv015.cgi?read=74734

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #5 Posted by uhmgawa on 1 Oct 2010, 11:22 p.m., in response to message #4 by Michael Meyer Quote: http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv015.cgi?read=74734 Thanks for the pointer. An external site search indeed works but it is a bit roundabout and it picks up index pages as well as actual threads. Not a huge issue, but the omission of a conventional site search function seems rather curious. Although I think I miss a thread activity e-mail notification mechanism more. I'll stop complaining now.

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #6 Posted by Egan Ford on 30 Sept 2010, 9:46 p.m., in response to message #2 by Michael Meyer Quote: ...perform a global search of the archives... Quote: It's in the archives somewhere... LOL. Classic tech-support.

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #7 Posted by M. Joury on 30 Sept 2010, 10:18 p.m., in response to message #6 by Egan Ford LOL. I love it.

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #8 Posted by reth on 1 Oct 2010, 1:52 a.m., in response to message #6 by Egan Ford I tought it was catch 22... :)

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #9 Posted by Thomas Chrapkiewicz on 30 Sept 2010, 10:10 p.m., in response to message #1 by uhmgawa In the google search window: site:hpmuseum.org <search string> Works most nicely! TomC

Re: Global search of archives.. Message #10 Posted by Garth Wilson on 30 Sept 2010, 10:17 p.m., in response to message #9 by Thomas Chrapkiewicz Quote: In the google search window: site:hpmuseum.org <search string> It probably works the same with all or most search engines. I never use Google myself. I've been using startpage.com , and it works the same there.

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