Online Treasure Trove of Vintage Computer Manuals

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The Manx Catalog archives computer manuals, and there are a great many to be found there: "22165 manuals, 10104 of which are online, at 61 websites." It's an archive of archives!

Manx covers the following companies: 3Com Corporation , Abekas Video Systems, Inc. , ABLE Communications , Acorn Computers Limited , Adaptec, Inc. , Adax, Inc. , Addmaster Corporation , Advanced Digital Corporation , Advanced Electronics Design, Inc. , Advanced Micro Devices , Advanced Scientific Instruments, Inc. , Aesthedes N.V. , Alpha Microsystems , Altos Computer Systems , Ampex Corporation , Ampro Computers, Inc. , Analogic Corporation , Anderson Jacobson, Inc. , Ann Arbor Terminals, Inc. , American National Standards Institute , Apollo Computer, Inc. , Apple Computer , Applied Computer Techniques Ltd. , Applied Digital Data Systems , Applied Microsystems Corporation , Archive Corporation , Artec Electronics, Inc. , AT&T Information Systems , Ball Brothers Research Corporation , Basic Four Corporation , Beehive International , Bell Laboratories , Bondwell Holding Ltd. , Brooktree Corporation , BTI Computer Systems , Burroughs Corporation , C. Itoh Electronics , CADO System Corporation , California Computer Products, Inc. (CalComp) , California Computer Systems , Callan Data Systems , Central Data Corporation , Centronics , Centronics Data Computer Corp. , Century Data Systens , Citizen , CompuPro , Computer Control Company , Compu/Time , Control Data Corporation , Corvus Systems, Inc. , Courier Terminal Systems, Inc. , Cromemco, Inc. , Data Dynamics Ltd. , Data Electronics, Inc. , Data General Corporation , Data I/O Corporation , Data Systems Design, Inc. , Data Terminals and Communications , Datamedia Corporation , Datapoint Corporation , Datapro Research Corporation , Dataproducts Corporation , Decision Data , Delta Data Systems , Diablo Systems, Inc. , Digital Engineering Incorporated , Digital Equipment Corporation , Digital Research, Inc. , Digitronics Corporation , Display Industry Association , Distributed Logic Corporation (Dilog) , Documation, Inc. , Dual Systems Corporation , DY 4 Systems Inc. , EG&G , Emulex Corporation , Epson , Evans and Sutherland , Facit , Fairchild Semiconductor, Inc. , Falco Data Products , Ferranti Ltd. , John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. , Friden, Inc. , General Electric , GraphOn Corporation , GRI Computer Corporation , Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. , Hazeltine Corporation , Heath/Zenith , Hewlett-Packard , Honeywell Information Systems Inc. , Human Designed Systems, Inc. , Imlac Corporation , Incoterm , Informer Inc. , Infoton Incorporated , INMOS Limited , Intecolor Corporation , Intel Corporation , Interdata/Perkin-Elmer , Intergraph Corporation , International Business Machines , International Computers and Tabulators Limited , IRIS Graphcis, Inc. , ITT , Jupiter Systems, Inc. , Kimtron Corporation , A/S Kongsberg VÃ¥penfabrikk , Lear Siegler, Inc. , Liberty Electronics , Lundy Electronics & Systems, Inc. , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Matrix Instruments Inc. , Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd. , Megatek Corporation , Memorex Corporation , Metheus Corporation , Micro-Term Incorporated , Microdata Corporation , MIPS Computer Systems Incorporated , MITS, Inc. , Moore Corporation , Morrow Designs , Motorola , National Semiconductor Corporation , NEC Electronics Inc. , Network Computing Devices , Nixdorf Computer Corporation , Nuclear Data Inc. , Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd. , Omron Corporation , Osborne Computer Corporation , PERQ Systems Corporation , Pixar , Prime Computer, Inc. , Qume Corporation , Ramtek , Random Corporation , Research, Inc. , Research Machines , S&H Computer Systems, Inc. , S3 Incorporated , Sanders Associates, Inc. , Seattle Computer Products, Inc. , Shugart Associates , Silicon Graphics Inc. , Singer Business Machines , Sony Microsystems Corporation , Soroc Technology, Inc. , Sperry Corporation , Stardent Computer, Inc. , Sun Microsystems, Inc. , Tandy Corporation , TEC Incorporated , Tektronix , Teletype Corporation , TeleVideo , Telex Terminal Communications , Terak Corporation , Texas Instruments , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne , Vector Graphics, Inc. , Vectrix Corporation , Versatec , Visual Technology Inc. , VLSI Technology, Inc. , Vermont Microsystems, Inc. , Volker-Craig Ltd. , Weitek Corporation , Western Digital Corporation , Western Electric , WICAT Systems , Wyse Technology , Xebec Systems, Inc. , Xerox Corporation , Zilog, Inc.

Some interesting gaps. I would hazard that the manuals that came with the 8-bit Commodores and ZX Spectrum were especially important historically in terms of turning humans into computer users. But I suppose they're also not remotely endangered or obscure!

Previously:

• Complete instructions for making a replica of the Minivac 601 educational computer kit

• The Retro Web archives old hardware and the drivers you need to make it happy again

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