Re: Old parts manuals....

From: John Robertson <pinball_at_telus.net>
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 00:29:56 EDT

I have about thirty shelf feet of old manuals...at least....I need them
for repairing these old suckers. Plus six filing cabinets of schematics
(pinball/juke/arcade/video game)...good thing my shop is 3300 sq feet and
the rent is relatively inexpensive.

John :-#)#

At 05:15 PM 12/06/2002 -0500, Cris Rhea wrote:

>What are you folks doing with old parts manuals??
>
>Are people keeping them or does (almost) everything exist on-line
>on the Internet?
>
>The reason I ask is that I've got a ton of the parts specs and application
>manuals from the late 70's/early 80's (e.g., the National Semiconductor
>spec sheets on the 7400 series chips), but they take up too much space-
>
>Packed away in moving boxes, the boxes start to crush and the manuals start
>to mildew from the humidity they absorb.
>
>They are extremely handy for looking up specs on the old video game parts,
>but is it really worth storing them considering what's available on the
>Internet??
>
>
>--- Cris
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