[time-nuts] manuals, anyone?

[J. Forster]

> I think a simple solution is anyone that gets a free manual has to scan it
> and upload it to BAMA or some other free manual website.

Nice in theory. Unlikely to work in practice, IMO.

BAMA is a laudible effort, but in practice many documents aree not well
scanned and some are nearly useless.

> It is unrealistic to expect one person to scan filing cabinets worth of
> manuals, but to spread the task around makes sense.

Dave has done it.

YMMV,

-John

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
> Sender: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 20:54:46
> To: <jfor at quikus.com>; Discussion of precise time and frequency
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> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] manuals, anyone?
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> i was thinking send them all to Dave let him scan the ones he has not
> scanned.
>
> Sure better then them ending up in a paper-recycle dropbox
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> -pete
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> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:37 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>> Or returns them to the owner, as appropriate.
>>
>> -John
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>>> I'll 3rd DAVE is the way to go. And when he is done, he sells them at
>>> a very reasonable price.
>>>
>>> -pete Both supplier and customer
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:12 PM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I have to agree with John. Dave is reasonable and does a really
>>>> excellent
>>>> job.
>>>> Well worth his price and he has gotten me out of a jam many times.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:56 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> PLEASE contact Dave at ArtekMedia (dot) com. He is the best resource
>>>>> I
>>>>> know for manuals.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm far less impressed with "university" resources for such things.
>>>>> IMO,
>>>>> the stuff jusr vanishes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave's business is scanning manuals so everybody can have them for
>>>>> very
>>>>> reasonable prices.
>>>>>
>>>>> YMMV,
>>>>>
>>>>> -John
>>>>>
>>>>> ====================
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hi all--
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Long story short, a department at a university needs to get rid of
>>>>> a
>>>>> > bunch (5-6 file cabinets worth) of 80's vintage user and service
>>>>> > manuals for Tek (mostly) and HP equipment.  Oscilloscopes,
>>>>> generators,
>>>>> > etc.  70s/80s/90s vintage?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The guy in charge (not me) of this is really trying to do the right
>>>>> > thing and see if the university digital collections can scan them
>>>>> or
>>>>> > something like that.  No idea where that's going to go...but...
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Modulo any copyright issues, are there any boatanchor-type manuals
>>>>> > needed by anyone and aren't available for download from the usual
>>>>> > suspects -- Agilent, BAMA, etc?  I know there are some vintage
>>>>> HP
>>>>> > manuals I've downloaded which are great -- but could use some
>>>>> better
>>>>> > resolution on a few key schematics...they're on *my* list...
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Requests for the original hardcopy will also be noted.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If so, please take a moment and reply to me off-list and I'll make
>>>>> a
>>>>> > note of what's in demand.  I haven't posted anywhere else, but
>>>>> may
>>>>> > post on some other ham/microwave/vhf-type lists later.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I can't promise anything.  But I'll see what can happen.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > best--
>>>>> > --Tim WO9U
>>>>> > tczerwonka at gmail dot com
>>>>> >
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