I'd agree
that manuals on fiche (almost?) all existed as
paper copies to start with.
Except for those that probably never did :-)
I would think that with the information yield of fiche being so low,
in light of much of it being alternatively available on paper or tape,
it might not be worth screwing around with the stuff right now. Fiche
is pretty stable stuff, so it can wait until a cheap fiche scanner
shows up on the surplus market. The time may be better spent
elsewhere.
--
Will