Before I got a bigger scanner I went to a printing/offic/shipping place to
scan those. Like Kinkos or FedEx or Staples etc. They have bigger scanners
you can pay to use and get the scans on a thumb drive you bring, or email.

I did have to burn a few bucks trying a few different places because some
didn't produce the best output, some had controls that were too locked down
and limited, etc. But in the end I got good full scans of some LNW manuals
(expansion interface for Model I).

bkw

On Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 11:48 AM Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> wrote:

> I can do that. The only problem will be with the pages that unfold to show
> circuit diagrams but I will figure that out. Might take a couple days
> though. This weekend is rather busy for me.
>
> Kurt
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2026, at 10:23 AM, B 9 wrote:
>
> Kurt, if you could scan the original, it would be great! I've been trying
> to merge and decipher the two (and a half) versions of the tech ref I've
> found online and it is nigh impossible. The quality is just too poor.
>
> —b9
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at 6:30 AM Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> I have two version of the Tech ref. One is a photocopy and the other an
> original hard copy in the green NEC folder.
>
> I can check those for any content you might need.
>
> Kurt
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2026, at 7:24 AM, Gary Weber wrote:
>
> Hi John,
> I may have a different PDF available.  What's the missing content?  Are
> you missing whole pages or diagrams?
>
> Have a look at https://www.web8201.net/tech.asp and see if the second
> document you're referencing is present.
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Is there only one PDF version of the 8201A tech ref? It has some missing
> content.
>
> Also the document refers to another tech ref that covers the file system
> in even more detail, don't know if anyone has found that.
>
> I ripped a version of it into an .md file so my local AI rig can utilize
> it. Unfortunately converting it to .md  (marksown) leaves a lot to be
> desired... the ASCII art is mangled and the embedded OCR'd text is riddled
> with errors.
>
> If anyone has got a better copy or one with better OCR that would be
> helpful. Successfully converted to .md would be even better.'
>
> Next I'll be looking for or creating similar documents .md Inside the
> Model 100 and Hidden Secrets, the user manual and Lien's book to feed into
> the AI spaghetti flinger.
>
> -- John.
>
>

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