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[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Came here to say something similar about a local archive.

You can also use the app Kiwix to make it a little easier to download/search (and grab several other doc archives like Python PEP and Wikipedia)

[–] anotherandrew@mbin.mixdown.ca 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Completely forgot about kiwix; I have that on my ipad and laptop, along with Dash which is like a modern day HELPPC.COM if anyone remembers that thing...

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

I didn't know about Dash, but it sounds pretty great. Appears to be Mac only, though, and requires a subscription for the latest version.

Also found someone that appears to have converted HelpPC to HTML. Can't speak to the legitimacy of it, though.

https://www.stanislavs.org/helppc/