13 Oct
1999
13 Oct
'99
2:20 p.m.
Phil,
I have collected a few also. The XT and AT manuals have
etched writing on the outside. PC-DOS 3.10 (don't have
3.00) and later in the 3.xx series have a paper cover.
And I have PC-DOS 4.00 in the hard cover manual and the
el-cheapo paper box. So I am assuming that this is where
the hard cover manuals stopped. Am still looking for
OS/2 v1.x versions. I really have no idea if there were
individual releases, but am assuming that there were.
And similiar to you, I have a real nice glass faced
wooden book shelf for their display. Partly for outward
viewing and partly to keep the dust out.
I have 3 different variations of the XT manual. They
all have the very same disks and DOS version, but the
formats are different. The coolest one (even though it
has a pink outside) has graphical and colorful cartoon
characters that kind of guide you through the manual.
And the paper has a high gloss finish.
Jim Webster
Phil Clayton wrote:
I was wondering if anyone else collects IBM Manuals.
Since the early IBM XT's I have always been impressed
with the excellent manuals that IBM produced for their
personal computer series computers, and presently have about
20 manuals in my collection..
I have many of these manuals in my family room bookcase
on display..
Excellent Binders in a standard Boxed/Sleeve cover..
Always looking for a DOS's that I don't already have..
I currently have in my collection.
DOS's 2.00, 2.02, 2.10, 3.00, 3.20, 3.30 and 4.00 ..
And even the IBM 3270 Emulator software..
In the early 1980's seem's everyone started making their
manuals in the IBM format binders with Boxed Sleeves..
I also have a nice set of 4 manuals for the Packard Bell XT,
looks like an IBM manual clone and very nicely done..
Most manuals after this era were just cheap paper bound..
Seems any manuals are just history now, with the advent of the
CDROM...
Phil..