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Latest revision as of 23:24, 30 September 2026
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Basic search
[edit source]Use the search box at the top of every page. Type your query and press Enter or click the search icon.
- Search looks at page titles and page text.
- Results are ranked by relevance.
- Matching page titles are suggested as you type. Pick one to go straight to that page.
Search tips
[edit source]The wiki uses MediaWiki's standard search. It supports:
| Technique | Example | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Exact phrase | "capacitor replacement" |
Finds pages with those words together, in that order |
| Word ending | Amstr* |
Finds words that start with "Amstr" |
| Other namespaces | Special:Search, then choose the namespaces under Advanced | Searches Help, project, file or category pages as well as articles |
Operators from Wikipedia's search, such as intitle:, insource: and prefix:, do not work here, and a minus sign does not reliably exclude a word. To list pages whose titles start with some text, use Special:PrefixIndex.
Special pages for finding content
[edit source]| Page | What it shows |
|---|---|
| All pages | Every page on the wiki, alphabetically |
| Pages by prefix | Pages whose titles start with given text |
| All categories | Every category |
| New pages | Recently created articles |
| Recent changes | Latest edits across the wiki |
| Wanted pages | Pages that are linked but do not exist yet |
| File list | Uploaded images and PDFs |
Finding service manuals
[edit source]Service manuals and schematics are grouped by manufacturer:
- Category:Service Manuals: all service documentation
- Category:Apple Service Source, Category:IBM Service Manuals, Category:Atari Service Manuals, Category:Commodore Technical Manuals, Category:Acorn Service Manuals, Category:Amstrad Service Manuals, Category:Sega Service Manuals, Category:Nintendo Service Manuals
- Schematic sets: Category:Commodore PET 2001 Schematics, Category:Sega Schematics
Each hosted manual has its own page describing what it contains. To search for a manual by title, include the word "manual" or "service" in the search, for example Quadra 900 service.