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anetzer · 05-30-2014, 08:46 AM

Hi there,

Does any german Manual still exist somewhere? I mean, at least among the members of this august forum?

If it is about manual labour: I would be willing to take on the scanning chore. It can't be that they all vanished from the face of the earth...

Thanks!

Thomas Radtke · 05-30-2014, 10:24 AM

I have a german and a dutch one.

Problem is it's not spiral bound and therefore difficult to scan w/o causing some level of destruction, otherwise I would have uploaded it already as I did with my french 20S manual. Maybe some other user is brave enough or don't care about its condition.

anetzer · 05-30-2014, 11:34 AM

(05-30-2014 10:24 AM)Thomas Radtke Wrote: Problem is it's not spiral bound and therefore difficult to scan

Public libraries sometimes have copiers, possibly scanners which allow processing of half-opened books.

I could start looking...?

a.n.

walter b · 05-30-2014, 01:08 PM

(05-30-2014 11:34 AM)anetzer Wrote:
(05-30-2014 10:24 AM)Thomas Radtke Wrote: Problem is it's not spiral bound and therefore difficult to scan

Public libraries sometimes have copiers, possibly scanners which allow processing of half-opened books.

I could start looking...?

I think you have to because HP abandoned spiral bound manuals at that time and turned to what our euphemistic US-American friends call "perfect binding" (since it is perfectly far less practical than spiral binding, you know). O tempora ... ! Confused

d:-I

anetzer · 05-30-2014, 04:16 PM

(05-30-2014 01:08 PM)walter b Wrote:
(05-30-2014 11:34 AM)anetzer Wrote: I could start looking...?
I think you have to

Well, a copier or two might be found and during summer I might find an hour or two to do the menial handywork, but we need a donor manual...

Cheers,

a.n.

Bill (Smithville NJ) · 05-30-2014, 04:52 PM

I usually just take the bound manual to Staples and for a few dollars they will slice the binding off and punch and spiral bind it. Once spiral bound, it's easy to remove the spiral, scan it and then put the spiral back on. You end up with a nice scanned copy and a spiral manual.

Bill

anetzer · 05-30-2014, 06:23 PM

(05-30-2014 04:52 PM)Bill (Smithville NJ) Wrote: slice the binding off and punch and spiral bind it.

Thomas is bound to be thrilled now...

J

a.n.

Don Shepherd · 06-02-2014, 02:05 AM

Let me add my voice to those who would like a German 32sii manual. It would be great if someone who has this manual would send it to the curator for scanning and inclusion on a future Museum DVD.

Walter, I am replying to this thread in general, not a specific post, hence no quote.

anetzer · 06-02-2014, 09:37 PM

(06-02-2014 02:05 AM)Don Shepherd Wrote: send it to the curator for scanning and inclusion

If not the curator, anybody else of us willing to do the scanning.

Especially following Bill's cute idea of getting it spiral bound along the way, scanning should be less of a problem...

Thomas Radtke · 06-03-2014, 09:44 AM

I'll see what I can do, but it will take time. I'm away from home for quite some time due to a treatment at a remote hospital.

Massimo Gnerucci · 06-03-2014, 09:56 AM

(06-03-2014 09:44 AM)Thomas Radtke Wrote: I'm away from home for quite some time due to a treatment at a remote hospital.

Get well soon Thomas!

HP67 · 06-03-2014, 10:03 AM

(06-03-2014 09:56 AM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote: Get well soon Thomas!

1 +

Massimo Gnerucci · 06-03-2014, 10:35 AM

(06-03-2014 10:23 AM)fhub Wrote: OMG, what a hypocritical and duplicitous forum is this!

I said "thanks"...

walter b · 06-03-2014, 11:27 AM

(06-03-2014 10:03 AM)HP67 Wrote:
(06-03-2014 09:56 AM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote: Get well soon Thomas!

1 +

1 +

d:-)

Thomas Radtke · 06-03-2014, 11:28 AM

Thanks for your wishes! :-)

@Franz: Dave is allowed to distribute this material. He asked - you don't.

walter b · 06-03-2014, 12:04 PM

(06-03-2014 10:23 AM)fhub Wrote: OMG, what a hypocritical and duplicitous forum is this!

There's more illogicality observed here. Compare that and the times of your postings. 137, and counting.

d:-/

walter b · 06-03-2014, 12:07 PM

(06-03-2014 11:28 AM)Thomas Radtke Wrote: @Franz: Dave is allowed to distribute this material. He asked - you don't.

For sake of truth: Franz asked - but he didn't obtain a permission.

d:-)

Thomas Radtke · 06-03-2014, 12:19 PM

(06-03-2014 12:07 PM)walter b Wrote: For sake of truth: Franz asked - but he didn't obtain a permission.

This makes distributing it even more disturbing.

Not targeted at you, Walter (it just fits here):

Anyway, before this gets more offtopic and leads to another legal discussion: I understood this thread as a request to scan this particular manual for inclusion into the museum DVD. If anyone has doubts, he or she may check the list of contributors and see if my previous scan shows up anywhere else. If another accusation must be uttered, a more moderate tone would be greatly appreciated.

Don Shepherd · 06-03-2014, 12:22 PM

A non-member has hijacked this thread, can we please get back to the original subject.

Thomas, thanks for the offer, and I join those who hope you are well soon.

As Thomas said, while anyone can scan a copy of a HP manual, only Dave has permission from HP to make these available to everyone on the Museum DVD, and I believe he also has superior scanning machines and can be trusted to maintain the integrity of the original manual, that's why I suggested sending the German 32sii manual to him.

As others have stated before, the Museum DVD is worth its weight in gold.

Massimo Gnerucci · 06-03-2014, 12:41 PM

(06-03-2014 12:22 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote: As others have stated before, the Museum DVD is worth its weight in gold.

Much more I think: a DVD weighs 16 grams more or less... ;)