Re: old data books?

2020-08-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk 

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

Re: old data books?

2020-08-23 Thread Matt Burke via cctalk 
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

Re: old data books?

2020-08-22 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk 

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

Re: old data books?

2020-08-22 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk 
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 
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
>
>

old data books?

2020-08-22 Thread Tom Uban via cctalk 
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