FS: W123 Service Manual on 2-CDs
 

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Over in the Parts for sale . .
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-benz-used-parts-sale-wanted/413497-fs-w123-manuals-cd.html

Craig

manuals
 

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It's gonna suck unless you run it on a vintage pc with flash installed.

Consider instead:
Model 123 Maintenance Manual Index

While that might be ideal, in fact most of the 'manual' is in the form of PDFs. There is/was a fellow that built a nice little HTML front end for accessing the works without using flash or an old PC. Works on a Mac . .

That is not exactly the issue. The CD Manuals won't run normally from the CD Player on my 64 bit computer (one of the windows 7 versions) unless they have updated them.

What I did was copy the Manual from the CD to the Computer and you can open the pdf files as you would other computer pdf files or you can click on things till you find the one that makes the automatic functions work. However, some of those don't work.

Unfortunately the pfd files are numbered not labeled. Over time I have labeled the ones that are believed important so I have some of an index.

I thought I saw some places or sellers on eBay that had them on DVD. Perhaps the ones on DVD will work with the newer computers.

I have an old Windows laptop. Do you think that will run these ok?

I have the Older CD Manual which as I previously said I found a less easy way to access the info. I also have the Paper Manuals and a website I can go to.
The fact is when I need info I use the CD Manual I copied to the computer 97% of the time. And for me that has been extremely reliable.

I also copied the CD Manuals to a USB Drive and can use that in the same inconvenient manner on my newest computer.

Since I seldom use the internet sites I don't know their reliability. Back before 2010 the internet site I liked to use used to disappear and the manual would crop up on another site which also would later disappear. That is bad news if the internet site is your only source of info.

There is this place for some of it but it is not saying what operating systems are compatible with their products.

I believe it will work up to 16 bits. But, I can't remember the names of the operating systems. The ActiveX thing on the old disc can be down loaded from there if needed.

This is a commercial seller. https://mbmanuals.com/ you would have to ask them what operating systems are compatible with their products.

The MB Classic Center in the past sold the CDs and they listed what was needed to get them to function normally and it was also the lest expensive place to get it. But, the old site to that that have no longer works.

Try this site: https://www.mercedes-benz-classic-store.com/en/literature-media/technical-literature/workshop-manuals/

FWIW, I use Macs, so as originally configured the program was never going to work. Steve Nervig built a nice little front end that one can load in your computer of choice and those issues go away. Has worked for me for the last, what 20 years? Load the contents of the two cds into two folders, install his files and you're good to go. No need to rename files or anything else. No 32 bit or 64 bit issues involved. No need to make this more complicated . . screenshot fo the front end attached.

Yep, his front end is A+. Was wondering where he went. Skips the Flash crap.