I read in sci.electronics.design that Robert Baer
wrote (in
.net) about
'Copyright on HP service manuals', on Sat, 23 Apr 2005:
On one HP gear that i had bought, i had to settle for the manual
(from HP) in the form of microfiche; the equipment was long
discontinued, and that was all they had.
The quality of the copy was excellent.

But they vary a lot. When British Standards were available in public
libraries on microfiche, some were OK and others almost unreadable. One
man's fiche is another man's poisson.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
There are two sides to every question, except
'What is a Moebius strip?'
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