Hi Tony,
> Well, the cutouts were for whatever you wanted to use them for,
>but that's one use that RML put it to.
You're right of course, my brain was operating in "PC" mode....
> Tandy used to sell service manuals for every piece of their computer
>equipment....
>....and could easily be order at any Tandy shop...
Many of the TRS-80 manuals were available until quite recently I understand.
Sadly (?) the Tandy stores here in Birmingham are all too often little more
than mobile phone/radio controlled car shops these days - don't even think
about asking for a catalogue....
> Heck, I even got a calculator from Tandy with a schematic in the back
>of the manual....
What really got me, was that they also printed the schematic on a sticky
label inside the back cover of my radio - needless to say it was so small as
to be unreadable. Full marks for trying though.
> Many manufacturers won't supply them at all for a number of totally
>bogus reasons. What it basically comes down to is protecting their
>service agents....
Quite. :-(
A friend an I once tried ordering a service manual from JVC for an HRD-725EK
VCR, I ended up digging one up at a rally and my friend ended up getting one
from Ferguson for their version of the machine. We did manage to get some
mechanical parts out of JVC though - eventually - which arrived with a
letter telling us in no uncertain terms that they would not deal with us
again and directing us to a service centre!
Nothing like good customer service is there....
TTFN - Pete.
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Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer.
Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC)
peter.pachla_at_wintermute.org.uk | www.wintermute.org.uk
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Received on Tue Apr 11 2000 - 08:53:42 BST