From: Mel Miller (nourmahal@att.net)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 19:10:11 PDT
Yesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mel Miller
Corpus Christi, TX
361-937-3317
M725
> From: "Jim Newton" <jnewton@laurel.com>
> Organization: Laurel Systems, Inc.
> Reply-To: jnewton@laurel.com
> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:17:47 -0700
> To: Mel Miller <nourmahal@att.net>
> Cc: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: Re: [MV] MILDOCS.COM -- Deep Keyword Search Site for Electronic
> TMs...
>
>
> Hi Everyone...
>
> Wow, have we been swamped with messages like this one!
>
> It seems that a LOT of people would like an enhanced NSN lookup
> feature on MILDOCS.COM!
>
>> I am only a casual user of this list but I have been repeatedly frustrated
>> by not being able to find a NSN or item of equipment by NSN. I think we
>> would ALL be extremely interested in a system whih listed all current and
>> previous NSN's and their descriptions. If NSN's are reused over time (are
>> they?) it would be great to see something like:
>>
>> XXXX-XX-XXX-XXXX
>> AN/PRC 25 Current
>> AN/PRC 12 Previously
>> RC 292 Previously
>> ETC,ETC
>>
>> I would pay More for that feature!
>
> First, I don't think that NSN numbers are ever retired. That would be
> too confusing I'm sure.
>
> In response to all the interest in MILDOCS.COM and because of all the
> requests for the enhanced NSN lookup, we've been burning the midnight
> oil for all of you to research the feasibility of this, and we have
> determined that we WILL be able to offer this enhanced NSN lookup to
> you very soon!
>
> The way it will work is like this:
>
> 1.) You enter an NSN or NIIN in any format (dashes or not)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Behind the scenes, the MILDOCS.COM system does all this stuff:
>
> 2.) The system looks up the number and gets the basic info,
>
> 3.) The system looks up the enhanced info,
>
> 4.) The system looks through 22,000 ETMs for the NSN,
>
> 5.) The system flags all ETMs that contain the NSN,
>
> 6.) The system checks each ETM to see what equipment it is for,
>
> 7.) The system looks up the nomenclature for the equipment,
>
> 8.) The system looks up the NSN for the equipment
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 9.) Finally you see a display of the info you want:
>
> o Your original NSN or NIIN
> o Verified NSN or NIIN (which ever you did not enter)
> o Basic Description of the item (nomenclature)
> o Enhanced Info for the item (specifications)
> o Nomenclature(s) of All Equipment that Uses This Part
> o NSN(s) of All Equipment that Uses This Part
>
> Of course, there is just not information for all NSNs out there, so
> the search would not be 100%. We would do our best data mining to
> bring all this data together into the MILDOCS.COM system, but I think
> we could probably get it up to 90% or so right away.
>
> Would this be cool? I should say, would you all subscribe to this?
> (No, we will not charge any extra for the enhanced NSN lookup
> feature).
>
> If I get enough "YES" replies or subscriptions, then we'll do it.
>
> --
>
> Jim "Ike" Newton
>
> o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban
> 6.2 Liter (378 CID) Turbo-Diesel Engine
> 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
>
> o 1971 M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half"
> 478 CID Turbo-Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine
> Air Shift Front Axle
> 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
>
> See These Trucks at www.CUCV.NET
>
> Keyword Searching of 22,000 Electronic TMs at www.MILDOCS.com
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