HP Manuals - where's your sense of humor?

[Stefan Skoglund (lokal användare)]

mån 2016-02-01 klockan 14:07 +0100 skrev
Martin.Hepperle at MH-AeroTools.de: 
> While I was reading through the HP 200/300 BASIC Manual I came across some
> interesting points I hadn't considered in the past.
> 
> I thought HP manuals were dry and hard to read, but I was wrong. See for
> yourself...
> 
> 
> Installing, Using, and Maintaining the BASIC 5.0 System
> =============================================
> Loading BASIC, page 1-16
> -------------------------------
> If You See Nothing on the Monitor Screen
> Here are some possible explanations:
> - The monitor's brightness is not turned all the way up.
> - The monitor is not plugged in.
> - The computer is not plugged in.
> - Your eyes are not pointed in the right direction, or are obscured by your
> eyelids.
> 
> 
> Other Maintenance Tasks, page 17-1
> --------------------------------------------
> The following list mentions some things users take for granted or tend to
> forget.
> ...
> - ...
> - ...
> - Rotate your tires and otherwise examine your system to see that it is
> performing nicely.
> 
> 
> Maybe the author had a good friend in final quality control of the manuals.
> 
> Martin

This isn't computer and or instrument related but in the old times an
requiremnt for being an draftsman (?) was being a fair painter. Someone
ones showed a joke cartoon done by someone in the SJ (Statens Järnvägar)
mechanical drafting department. 

See here http://www.jvmv2.se/forum/index.php?id=25268

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