[TMC] TMC Manuals On-line. Finally!

[Dave McDonald]

John,

Thank you for all of your efforts to get everything scanned and posted.

TMC is a company that needs to be preserved and you have helped do that.

73,

Dave
K4EWC

> On 11/22/2010 3:58 PM, John Poulton wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> Some of you may recall that a huge stash of TMC manuals was "discovered"
>> a couple of years ago, with the promise that they would all eventually
>> be available on-line.
>>
>> I'm happy to announce: that day has arrived!  It took nearly 2 years
>> to get to this point.  I've scanned some 700 documents, which took
>> most of that time (even with a blitzing fast automated scanner!), but
>> it's taken months more just to get this pile organized, though crudely
>> so far.
>>
>> Please point your browser to
>>
>> http://www.jptronics.org/radios/TMC/
>>
>> and proceed to "Link to TMC Manual Page".  Please also read the caveats
>> on that page.  This is still a bit of a work in progress.
>>
>> You'll find some really interesting reading material on these pages.
>> There are manuals there that I believe are not held in any private
>> collections.
>>
>> I've attempted to make these "archival" scans.  They were performed at
>> 400 dpi for this reason, and the print and drawings should produce very
>> fine printed copy from the downloads.  The pictures are not all that 
>> great,
>> however.  As time permits, I'll improve them.
>>
>> Most of the manuals are in huge, flat files.  Figured internet speeds
>> are getting faster, and discs are cheap, so.. why not?  By big, I mean
>> BIG:  the GPT-200K TM's total over 1.3GB, for example.  All are multi-
>> page PDF's containing JPG's.
>>
>> As usual, if you find broken links, missing pages, or any other problems,
>> please let me know.
>>
>> While this stash is huge, it is still not complete.  If you have manuals
>> in your collection that are not represented on my list, please consider
>> loaning me the manual for scanning--I'll treat it carefully, return it
>> promptly, and pay for shipping both ways!
>>
>> Coming soon:  mechanical drawings, and lots more.. :)
>>
>> Enjoy!!
>>
>> 73, John K4OZY
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> TMC mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/tmc
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TMC at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
>
> -----
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3271 - Release Date: 11/21/10
>