Global search of archives..

[uhmgawa]

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.

[Michael Meyer]

Someone posted a method of a way to use a Google search with a single line of parameters. It's in the archives somewhere.....

[uhmgawa]

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Someone posted a method of a way to use a Google search with a single line of parameters. It's in the archives somewhere.....

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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?

[Michael Meyer]

Try this:

http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv015.cgi?read=74734

[uhmgawa]

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http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv015.cgi?read=74734

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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.

[Egan Ford]

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...perform a global search of the archives...

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It's in the archives somewhere...

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LOL. Classic tech-support.

[M. Joury]

LOL. I love it.

[Reth]

I tought it was catch 22...
:)

[Thomas Chrapkiewicz]

In the google search window:

site:hpmuseum.org <search string>

Works most nicely!

TomC

[Garth Wilson]

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In the google search window:

site:hpmuseum.org <search string>

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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.