Re: archive of hardware manuals (was Re: Accelerator //e ?'s)

[agk@bbs.ausom.oz.au (Andrew Kingdom)]

mnementh@netcom.com (David R. Villegas) writes:

>BRIAN.HAMMACK@rook.wa.com (brian hammack) wrote:
>>Hiya!  Once again posting the question, "what do the dipswitches and
>>jumpers on a Titan Technologies `Accelerator IIe`" card do?

>Questions like this pop up frequently.  I myself need the manuals for a
>few Apple II cards. 

>What would people think of having an ftp site (probably one of the existing
>Apple II ftp sites) with lots of hardware manuals?  Using a scanner and
>OCR software makes converting a manual into text files and GIFs easy.

>Legality is an issue but if the manuals are no longer obtainable from the
>copyright holder, and if someone looking for a manual owns the relevant
>piece of hardware, there's a strong argument for "fair use".  Of course,
>Alltech and Sun Remarketing still sell most of the Apple-brand manuals.


Sounds like a good idea. I'm pondering writing a collection
of apple2 tech stuff (hardware, history, programming, etc.)
myself. For manuals which are no longer commercially available
I don't see why the companies would kick up a fuss about having
them available online.
-#8^) (agk@ausom.oz,au)