Kool Sites - Finding Manuals Online

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Thought you might enjoy this from Kim Kamando's website: "Finding
Manuals Online". Check out "Old time electronics".

John



PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
Can't find the manual to your Model T Ford? Thanks to the Internet,
it's no further than a few strokes on your keyboard.

Vintage autos
http://www.tocmp.com/
The Old Car Manual Project has an extensive library. You'll find
manuals for Packards, Ramblers and more.

1948 Model Plane
http://www.jitterbuzz.com/navion.html
Like to build model planes? Here's an online manual on how to build a
vintage 1948 model plane.

Choo choo
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/manual/manual.html
Here's a collection of locomotive manuals. These aren't for the little
guys you have set up in your basement -- these manuals are for the
real deal.

By land, air or sea
http://www.repairmanuals.com/
You'll find over 10,000 manuals on sale for planes, watercraft, cars,
motorcycles and even lawn equipment.


GIZMOS AND GADGETS
Need to repair an old camera or radio? Many groups and organizations
post manuals to help out others.

Camera Manuals
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/manuals.html
This collection of links will send you to other sites that have online
manuals. Some are free and others are pay only.

Say cheese
http://www.8mm.filmshooting.com/manuals/index.php
This Web site is dedicated to 8mm hobbyists.

Old time electronics
http://www.vcomp.co.uk/manuals/manuals.htm
Here are some really obscure manuals dealing with vacuum tubes and
theremins. They could be useful if you're into vintage radios.

Can you hear me now?
http://bama.sbc.edu/
Restoring old radios can be difficult without the proper manuals. Here
you'll find a huge library of manuals for amateur radio equipment and
shortwave radios.

We've got answers
http://support.radioshack.com/productinfo/
Radioshack provides online guides and manuals for many of the products
they sell in their stores.


AND FINALLY...

Say what?
http://www.pinetree.net/humor/technicalmanual.html
Struggling to understand what the manual is saying? Perhaps it was
written by Dr. Seuss.