22 Aug
2020
22 Aug
'20
1:02 p.m.
I'm trying to reduce the amount of "stuff" I have and I've been carrying
around a significant number
of old data books. My plan has always been to have all of the resources I need in my
retirement
(assuming I get there) to work on and repair the various vintage computing hardware
I've also
collected over time and have been storing.
My question is if I this information is all now available online or if I need to keep
these data
books. My guess is that it is some of both.
Also, if I decide to part with these, should I create a list and make them available for
the cost of
shipping or just recycle them? Maybe someone collects them?
--tom
22 Aug
22 Aug
1:33 p.m.
Tom,
Generally-speaking what do you have? I keep a paper copy of useful 70's
databooks for reference, but I don't have everything so I might be
interested if I can fill any gaps.
Best
Bill Degnan
vintagecomputer.net
kennettclassic.com
On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 4:02 PM Tom Uban via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I'm trying to reduce the amount of
"stuff" I have and I've been carrying
around a significant number
of old data books. My plan has always been to have all of the resources I
need in my retirement
(assuming I get there) to work on and repair the various vintage computing
hardware I've also
collected over time and have been storing.
My question is if I this information is all now available online or if I
need to keep these data
books. My guess is that it is some of both.
Also, if I decide to part with these, should I create a list and make them
available for the cost of
shipping or just recycle them? Maybe someone collects them?
--tom
4:20 p.m.
On 08/22/2020 03:02 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote:
I'm trying to reduce the amount of
"stuff" I have and I've been carrying around a significant number
of old data books. My plan has always been to have all of the resources I need in my
retirement
(assuming I get there) to work on and repair the various vintage computing hardware
I've also
collected over time and have been storing.
My question is if I this information is all now available online or if I need to keep
these data
books. My guess is that it is some of both.
No, they are NOT all available online.
A lot of old stuff
is, and that's great, but some really ODD circuits that were
used in a limited number of products might not be found
online. Which oddball chips are not represented is really
hard to say. But, in repairing some old gear at work, I
have run across some chips that were ONLY found in my stock
of old databooks. That might be less of an issue today than
20 years ago, though.
Jon
23 Aug
23 Aug
6:29 a.m.
On 22/08/2020 21:02, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote:
My question is if I this information is all now
available online or if I need to keep these data
books. My guess is that it is some of both.
You could check what's already available on bitsavers:
http://www.bitsavers.org/components/
This is a great resource for complete data books.
Matt
8:33 a.m.
On 8/23/20 6:29 AM, Matt Burke via cctalk wrote:
You could check what's already available on
bitsavers:
I still have a few hundred data books scanned that I haven't converted to pdf yet.
The biggest hole in the collection are Japanese parts, especially Fujitsu,
before the mid-80's
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