On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:42:38 +0100, Dave wrote:

I don't have any HP user or service manuals, but I suspect they are
copyrighted. Has anyone ever asked Agilent for permission to copy an HP
manual and put it on the web.

The manual in question (HP 5370B time interval counter) is dated 1995,
part number 05370-90031. The equipment is no longer supported. I'm
hoping to obtain a copy and was wondering where I wold stand in making
it publicly available.

Has anyone ever asked Agilent for permission to do this on equipment
manuals? I know there are a lot of dealers that do it, but whether or
not they pay for the privilidge I don't know.






Lots of people sell cd's of old HP and Tek manuals on ebay. And you
can buy an original 5370B manual lots of places.

That's a great counter, incidentally. I have 3 or 4 of them, a lot
older than '95 I think. It has 25 ps single-shot resolution, and the
jitter typically runs around 30 rms, a lot less than the new SRS
clone. The CPU is a an ancient nmos depletion-load 6800, and it'll
process about 2000 shots per second; the firmware must be heavy-duty
clever.

John