[sdiy] Service manuals (was: Old magazines)

[Metzger, Michael A]

I have a Tektronix 547 scope and, like Colin, balked at paying a lot of
money for a manual. I ended up finding one on eBay for US $8.00. Yes, I felt
lucky. Just keep your eyes peeled, you never know.

Wow! On a whim I just did a quick eBay search and found manuals for the Tek
468:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2578720960&category=40123
Bid away, Colin!

Also, EU 25 for a service manual doesn't sound too bad to me. During my
search they were usually going for much more than that (in US dollars).

Mike



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Colin Hinz
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:08 AM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: [sdiy] Service manuals (was: Old magazines)


On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Michael Zacherl wrote:

> BTW, I'm myself looking for a servicemanual for my Kenwood CS-5170 scope.
> The official fee is EU 25,- ... that's just expensive, not prohibitive :-|

Ummmmm....in my experience, as service manuals go that's a bargain.

For what it's worth, I need a manual for a Tek 468 'scope.
I now get an error on power-up, instead of a nice happy display.
The only source I know of wants US$75 for a photocopied service
manual. That doesn't seem unreasonable to me, though I am wondering
if anyone out there has one they want to part with....

- Colin Hinz
  Toronto, Canada