On 08/22/2020 03:02 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote:
I'm trying to reduce the amount of "stuff" I have and I've been carrying around
a significant number
of old data books. My plan has always been to have all of the resources I need
in my retirement
(assuming I get there) to work on and repair the various vintage computing
hardware I've also
collected over time and have been storing.
My question is if I this information is all now available online or if I need
to keep these data
books. My guess is that it is some of both.
No, they are NOT all available online. A lot of old stuff
is, and that's great, but some really ODD circuits that were
used in a limited number of products might not be found
online. Which oddball chips are not represented is really
hard to say. But, in repairing some old gear at work, I
have run across some chips that were ONLY found in my stock
of old databooks. That might be less of an issue today than
20 years ago, though.
Jon
