For anyone interested, I scanned a copy of the LA12's operators manual,
which Tom Ponsford graciously loaned me, and have placed a copy here:
http://computer-refuge.org/classiccmp/dec/la12/
Al, if you want to grab that or my TIFF copy for bitsavers, let me know
and I can send it to you.  It's 400dpi/1bpp and G4 compressed.
Pat
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