Scanning Vintage Computer Service Manuals - Tandy 1100FD Laptop Computer

[@granitepenguin]

it's always a good feeling when you find something nobody else has and can contribute. I scanned in the manual for my Radio Shack EC-4035 calculator 🙂

[@notsonominal]

That might even be good enough outside Australia! Cheers Dave!

[@MrAlan1828]

Wow, Thanks for scanning and sharing!!!

[@jamesbond_007]

Fantastic! Thanks for doing this, and thank you for sharing how you did this. I'm amazed at the searchable circuit diagrams!

[@lewisb3100]

Take it to your local quick print place(Staples or Kinko's or whatever you have there) and have them cut the binding off the manual for you. In order to remove all pages with traces of glue, they may have to cut into the 3-ring holes, depending on the skill of the cutter operator. Now you will have clean loose sheets which will pass through a document feeder. Probably cost you around $5 or so. Source: I worked in printing for several years, and we used to do this for customers often.

[@MikeB_UK]

Hat's off to you for helping the community. Bobby dazzler :)

[@Mobin92]

Make sure to upload it to the internet archive, so it doesn't get lost again due to link rot.

[@AndyMcBlane]

I saved the links in the description to the Wayback Machine

[@joeshmoe7899]

*not applicable near elections.

[@acadiel]

That addendum essentially is the Panasonic BP-150 - the version with the backlight. Awesome!

[@floodo1]

I always wanted one of these scanners. Thanks for showing it off (-8

[@zebo-the-fat]

Good work!

[@jameshackett9992]

Remember the old photocopiers at Uni that had a glass scanner to the edge so you never need to fold out the book

[@almerian]

Great! I have a similar Panasonic CF-150b somewhere, could not find any technical information for it ten years ago.

[@KeritechElectronics]

Geeeeeeeeeez, how cool is that? Nice find, contribution appreciated. I wouldn't discombobulate a rare manual like this either. CZUR will always remind me of CuriousMarc, though his scanner went to Rinoa later on if I'm correct.

[@redfields5070]

If only Tandy had not made everything proprietary, they could have been great in computers. It took a little out of the box thinking which they didn't have. I tried to buy the Microsoft DOS operating system from them and they told me it wasn't something that could be sold to me.

[@bertblankenstein3738]

Any interest in a service manual for a Trs80 color computer 2? I think I have one in the bsmt.

[@foxotcw30]

I would definitely think so. I'm amazed that there doesn't seem to be one scanned by now.

[@DirkFedermann]

I wonder if you can send it to the internet archive to have it saved for eternity

[@EEVblog2]

Just uploaded them now.

[@chrissalch693]

Ha! I actually have one of these with a dead lcd. I've been wondering about the big expansion port inside the unit for quite a while! You wouldn't happen to have the 1110HD version would you?

[@TheDefpom]

I’ve had issues doing facing pages from my unit, I’ve got the 18 version, it doesn’t seem to get the spine in the right place and puts pages wonky and stuff, don’t know why as it worked really well when I first got it to review, I wonder if I can get CZUR to send me the 24 model.

[@imogenx5668]

What scanner is this?

[@wobblysauce]

Auto weights are easyer to crop out then the random thumbs.

[@petero8875]

Dave, nice work and invitation to contibute too. Maybe you can add the exact czur model for those who are interested more in the scanning than the manual, please?

[@anthonywilliams7052]

They don't make manuals like that anymore, same for Sam's Photofacts cover way fewer TVs now.

[@welbow]

I've thought about getting one of these. I have some old books that I am afraid to read anymore for fear that the binding will give out - and they are no longer in print.

[@anthonywilliams7052]

You should make it audio triggered, say "BEEP" to trigger the switch. Or use Windows MIC some how.

[@alch3myau]

page sixty eight.. page... sixty.... NOICE

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

8088 equivalent? Nice but Motorola was ahead of Intel then. Great service.

[@EEVblog2]

The V20 was the ducks guts. I upgraded my Tandy 1000 with it.

[@johnkilner2]

You could cover the page with a piece of glass and press down so the page would be flat.

[@EEVblog2]

Might as well use a regular photocopier at that point. Takes way longer.

[@UKSCIENCEORG]

Is there a New Zealand version 🙂

[@gshingles]

Since it's OCRed you'd just need a PDF editor that could search and replace all the vowels and change them to U's. i.e. :%s/[aeiou]/u/g

[@Soren_Marodoren]

I have one of these. Not happy about it. I wanted to scan old b/w pictures and the quality sucks. (Flatbed scanner give the highest resolution.) Printed material like manuals etc works ok.

[@k.a.3276]

Scanner Plustek Opticbook 4800 are Better for Scanns.

[@alch3myau]

whoa wtf. 3 hands?

[@calholli]

Yes

[@janbrittenson210]

AI!