Here is a fairly new source for test equipment manuals:

Manual Merchant Linda Perkins
2475 Loring St.
San Diego, CA 92109
619/4909076 Voice
619/4909075
Fax [email protected]

I have very good luck obtaining H-P and other manuals form Linda. They are in good shape and the prices are very reasonable. They do not yet take charge cards but checks are welcome.

I have no association with Manual Merchants except for purchasing manuals.

Hadley

Hi Mike,

Thank you so much for including us on your web site. It is very appreciated!

Next time you update your page, could you please let people know that we now do accept VISA and MasterCard in addition to checks and money orders. Thank you very much and please let us know if we can be of assistance to you.

Best Regards,

Linda Perkins Manual Merchant [email protected]

When I got a quote from her, it was higher than Ed Matsuda and Manuals Plus. You have to shop around.

Manuals Plus
P.O. Box 549 TAD #601
Tooele, Utah 84074
(801) 882-7188
(801) 882-7195 Fax

Ed Matsuda
Test Equipment Manuals
P.O. Box 390613
San Diego, CA 92149
(619) 479-0225
(619) 479-1670

http://www.tmo.hp.com/tmo/Db/manual/

At least in the US you can use credit cards. We don't list prices, per se, but rather indicate when the price "steeper than usualy" i.e. >$100 in the US. You still have to call HP to place the order. I've bought manuals for my own hobby work and the prices are pleasantly affordable.

Jeff --
=============================================================================
Jeff Gruszynski Any Standard Disclaimers Apply Test & Measurement Webmaster Hewlett-Packard Company ============================================================================= j
[email protected]
http://www.tmo.hp.com/
=============================================================================P

From: Steve Sawyers n0yvy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Source for Test Equip Manuals
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 00:26:38 -0500

Please take no offense, but HP printed manuals are rather high.

I picked up a Micro Fiche Reader for $15 at a local salvage store and have been getting all of the manuals that I can in Micro Fiche form.

They are a little harder to read, but a printed manual for one scope was $250 in paper and $26 on Micro Fiche.

de n0yvy steve

From: [email protected] (Jeff Gruszynski)
Subject: Re: HP Documetation Followup-T
Date: 27 Sep 1996 23:29:01 GMT

We still sell manuals for a lot of our "legacy" :-) equipment. The key is to know the part number for the desired manual.

There is a online tool that I've had running for a few months to help enable folks to determine these manual part numbers themselves. If you've used the HP Parts ID route in the past, this uses a tiny (but important) subset of the primary database they use.

http://www.tmo.hp.com/tmo/Db/manual/

(If you forget the URL, you can reach it from the Product Information link on our T&M homepage, http://www.hp.com/go/tmdir ).

Most (but not all) of the manuals for the instruments listed below come up. If the description comes back "Fiche, (old hardcopy part number)" then that documentation exists only as microfiche. If nothing comes up it's usually because we don't have copies anymore (e.g. 5300 series, I know from personal experience is out-of-print and fiche-less :-( ), though look at the notes on the search page also (especially the 2nd bullet; people keep trying!).

You can order specific part numbers through local country HP DIRECT telephone centers ((61/3) 890-0326 for Australia).

Jeff --
=============================================================================
Jeff Gruszynski Any Standard Disclaimers Apply Test & Measurement Webmaster Hewlett-Packard Company
=============================================================================
[email protected] http://www.tmo.hp.com/
=============================================================================

From: Nigel Cook <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Source for Test Equip Manuals
Date: 29 Sep 1996 07:55:13 GMT

I've about 300 assorted test equipment manuals Please contact e-mail,telephone or snail mail me
the proprietor of Diverse Devices,
Southampton,England;
telephone /Fax (+44) (-0)1703 584680
(Shop stocking obscure/obsolete components,second hand test equipment,schematics etc)
Postal: 75 Priory Rd,
St Denys,
Southampton,England SO17 2JQ.
email [email protected] hints/tips
on homepage http://www.tcp.co.uk/~diverse/

From: James Glassco <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Source for Test Equip Manuals
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 23:22:49 -0700
Reply-To: [email protected]

I have a fair quantity of manuals, mostly HP, Tektronix, Fluke, and some miscellaneous that I will sell. I don't have an inventory list as yet, but e-mail me for a quote on what you are seeking.

James Glassco
[email protected]
Gadsden, AL
205.442.8828 evenings after 6:00 CST
205.955.6677 daytime

There is a good list on manual sources on the rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors FAQ at http://www.cs.unc.edu/~nick/rrab.faq.txt