>Wait a minute.... You can order out of print manuals from Compaq? How
>much, and who do you contact? This sounds even more interesting than the
>pair I've got!
You call 1-800-DIGITAL, give them the part number (often EK-xxxxx-UG
or -MM or whatever), and they'll tell you about availability. Not
everything is available, but a fair amount of stuff from the 60's
and 70's is available as kind-of nicely Xeroxed copies of the originals.
Some of the copies are from microfiche and aren't so nice. It's hard
to tell beforehand how nice the copy you end up getting will look!
If you don't know the part number, a very handy tool is the DAS
(Digital Assisted Services) searchable catalog, at
http://www.digital.com/info/DAS-Catalog/dassearch.htm
For example, I typed in "RX0" and it came back with these part numbers
and prices:
H771-A Pow Supply RX01 (RX11) 60 Hz $276.00
M7726-00 RX01 Controller $405.00
M7727-00 RX01 R/W Control $152.00
M7846-00 RX01 Unibus $426.00
M8029-00 RXV21, Q-bus RX02 Interface $381.00
M8256-00 RX211 Unibus RX02 Interface $518.00
EK-ORX01-MM RX01/08/11 Maintenance Manual $ 84.00
EK-ORX01-OP RX8/RX11 RX01 Floppy Disk Sys $ 21.00
EK-ORX02-UG RX02 Floppy Disk System Users $ 21.00
EK-RX012-PS RX01/RX02 Pocket Serivce Guide $ 42.00
Now clearly not all the RX01/02 parts that ever existed are in
the above list, but it's a start. And it also shows you how DEC
manual part numbers are often constructed; "-MM" is Maintenance
Manual, "-UG" is User's Guide, "-PS" is the Pocket Service Guide,
etc.
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Received on Tue Jun 22 1999 - 10:51:46 BST