If somebody wanted to do something really useful, they would build a meta search engine for manuals, that with one query would check the host of manual sites out there.
I'm sick of Google hits for some equipment dealers that show up for every possible catalog number, whether they have the item or not. Most recently, I was looking for a Tektronix part. Warbird Parts kept coming up, but were useless. Apparently they have entered every possible NSN into a database and Google finds it. IMO, the problem is more finding manuals than anything. YMMF, -John ==================g > I used BAMA as an example. If there really is a problem storing manuals > online, it wouldn't be difficult to start a similar website. > > I'm going to check with a contact I have at archive.org to see if they > want to store manuals. > > I have over 20GB of manuals on my desktop. > -----Original Message----- > From: "Dave M" <dgmin...@mediacombb.net> > Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com > Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 11:08:46 > To: <time-nuts@febo.com> > Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > <time-nuts@febo.com> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] manuals, anyone? > >>> I think a simple solution is anyone that gets a free manual has to >>> scan it and upload it to BAMA or some other free manual website. >> >> Nice in theory. Unlikely to work in practice, IMO. >> >> BAMA is a laudible effort, but in practice many documents aree not >> well scanned and some are nearly useless. >> >>> It is unrealistic to expect one person to scan filing cabinets worth >>> of manuals, but to spread the task around makes sense. >> >> Dave has done it. >> >> YMMV, >> >> -John > > BAMA is kinda strange nowadays. According to the note on the edebris > mirror > page, the main BAMA site has been down for "repairs and upgrades" since > 9/17/2009; almost 2 years ago. Will the main site ever come back online, > or > has it been written off permanently? > Also, as I remember, there was a note somewhere on the site that the > owner(s) of the BAMA site were no longer accepting manuals for test > equipment... only real "boat anchors" such as tube type radios, ham gear, > etc. Am I remembering correctly, or was there a different restriction or > has the restriction been removed? I know that I tried to upload a couple > Tektronix manuals that I had scanned, but they never showed up on the > site. > > David > dgminala at mediacombb dot net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
