I just received the H-11a manuals that I ordered last week from
the Heathkit's manual replacement service and I just wanted to let
any one who is looking for old Heathkit manual know how I made
out.
I'm very happy with the manuals I received!
First I ordered just the Assembly and the Operations manuals. One
was $35 (I think) and the other was $45. After I hung up I realized
that I had not asked about any schematics or illustration booket that
usually comes with these manuals. (By the way, I asked about any
EC-1 manuals and she said I was the fifth person to ask about those
in the last week, no they don't any manuals for the EC-1)
I received the Assembly manual and the Illustration Booket xeroxed
DOUBLE sided on 11"x17" paper (also folded but not stapled). The
Assembly manual did not have the traditional brown jacket, but I could
take one off an old color TV assembly manual.
I also received one schematic of the chassis power supply, front panel,
and backplane on what seen to be about 20"x25" paper. (It does not
look like it's been reduced in size).
The Operation manual is about 3/4" thick and most likely came
originally in a loose leaf binder. It is xeroxed again double sided
and on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. (You can see were the 3 holes were punched)
In their letter with the manuals they state that the manuals are
nonreturnable but they will "attempt to correct any problem with the
quality of the copy".
I found they friendly, helpful, and fast. Their number is 616-925-5899
The only problem I've seen so far is with thw xray views of the circuit boards,
the RED circuit traces on the foil side of the board do not xerox at all.
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Doug Coward dcoward_at_pressstart.com
Senior Software Engineer
Press Start Inc.
Sunnyvale,CA
Curator
Museum of Personal Computing Machinery
http://www.best.com/~dcoward/museum
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Received on Fri Jun 12 1998 - 15:25:29 BST