Paul Courry writes:

>My contribution to the contest is an original
>
>HP3000   System Manager/System Supervisor Reference Manual
>
>printed 4/78
>
>Too bad I don't have the original 3 ring binder to go with it! <g>

I'm not sure what contest this is, but if it's an "old manual" contest, I
still have most of my original HP3000 manual set, purchased in December
of 1977 and picked up from 5303 Stevens Creek on January 12, 1978. I have
all the binders, but a few of the manuals have been replaced with newer
versions. The System Reference Manual, COBOL manual, SORT/MERGE manual
and most others are original. Most of these are dated 1976, with a few
1977. (Some of the edition dates are 1975, but with later updates
incorporated.) The binders have the original hand-typed-at-the-factory
spine fillers.

I would have entered my MTS (Multipoint Terminal System) manual into the
"most useless manual still on hand" contest, but it suddenly became
useful last year when I was trying to help out a client who had a
70's-vintage computer system that they needed to have accessed across the
Internet.

-- Bruce


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