[Boatanchors] Handbook sought

[Dave Brown]

Agreed, Tony- I was using 'they' in the broad sense, I guess.
I just did not expect to get the initial response I did from Agilent. Must
be getting old but it never entered my head there would be a 'blank stare'
or email equivalent in the first instance!
The respondents were obvious 'newbies' so without asking advice from someone
who was there in the old days I guess what they said/did was to be expected.
After I explained the details they did find someone who knew about the
Journal but they could offer no further info except to suggest an enquiry to
HP!

Pardon the OT, but what I was after, was any info re what I believe would be
a really useful reference source-an overall index for the Journal from start
to finish.  I only have a small collection of some of the (annual-ish) index
pages for the mid-sixties thru mid seventies. Someone may have generated a
complete one, but if so, I am not aware of it. Hence my request.  Being able
to quote a reference helps a lot in trying to trace a particular article.

Online, apart from the last five years, there appears to be just a few
calculator related articles available at moHPcalcs. But there's a lot of
other really useful and interesting stuff scattered thru them all prior to
1994.  I guess what would be really good would be a CD collection with them
all included. I doubt it's an economic proposition though!

73
 Dave, ZL3FJ


----- Original Message -----
From: <Barockteer@aol.com>
To: <tractorb@ihug.co.nz>; <boatanchors@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Handbook sought


> In a message dated 4/30/2003 5:13:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
tractorb@ihug.co.nz writes:
>
> > I wouldn't count on it- I tried Agilent recently on an inquiry re the
old HP
> > Journal- they denied all knowledge of it at first -- but eventually
after a
> > week or two they found someone who was prepared to admit
> > they used to
> > publish it.
>
> Actually, the HP Journal, as well as the employee magazine 'Measure', both
concluded oprations before the spinoff of the Test, Measurement, Analytical,
and Medical businesses to Agilent. So in fact Agilent never published
either, HP did.
>
> As a 20+ year veteran of HP, then Agilent, now Philips (all at the same
desk), I'm dismayed to hear of Agilent giving you such a pathetic answer to
your support request.
>
> -Tony, K1KP
>