[time-nuts] manuals, anyone?

Dave M dgminala at mediacombb.net
Thu Aug 4 16:08:46 UTC 2011


>> 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

BAMA is kinda strange nowadays.  According to the note on the edebris mirror 
page, the main BAMA site has been down for "repairs and upgrades" since 
9/17/2009; almost 2 years ago.  Will the main site ever come back online, or 
has it been written off permanently?
Also, as I remember, there was a note somewhere on the site that the 
owner(s) of the BAMA site were no longer accepting manuals for test 
equipment... only real "boat anchors" such as tube type radios, ham gear, 
etc.  Am I remembering correctly, or was there a different restriction or 
has the restriction been removed?  I know that I tried to upload a couple 
Tektronix manuals that I had scanned, but they never showed up on the site.

David
dgminala at mediacombb dot net







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