Hardware/doc preservatoion, was Re: rarest computers.

[Tom Jennings]

On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 16:19, Tony Duell wrote:

> Surely I am not the only person who not only keeps every databook I've 
> ever owned, but also buys old databooks (I think I have a pre-1970 
> Motorola IC databook somewhere -- back then one book covered all ICs 
> ;-)). 
> 
> Databooks are _esssential_ if you want to understnad or repair the hardware!

Absolutely, especially for chips, less so for transistors. In the past
(> 10 yrs ago) I did pitch old databooks, a terrible mistake. 

BTW, I scanned some of the solid state stuff I have from the early 60's,
available here

http://wps.com/archives/solid-state-datasheets/index.html

The 61 Moto cover is especially beautiful, if the data isn't so crucial.