I just found the following links (by accident):
http://www.greendyk.nl/hp41c-manual/index.html
http://www.greendyk.nl/hp41c-card-reader/index.html
Wow! Really impressive work ...
HP-41C Handbook
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08-14-2007, 08:38 AM
I just found the following links (by accident):
http://www.greendyk.nl/hp41c-manual/index.html Wow! Really impressive work ...
08-14-2007, 08:54 AM
Quote: I'll say! Those aren't scanned pages, but styled HTML that looks very, very close to the original. I wonder they would mind me (or the museum) mirroring those pages?
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08-14-2007, 10:30 AM
That must have been done with an automated system, quite impressive. I'd love to know what software was used. Extensive use of HTML frames but there is a fair amount of CSS used as well - all in all, a very curious mix.
Edit add PS: Even the HP red grid logo is done with a table instead of an image. It was out of proportion so I started looking. Perhaps is was a manual effort after all. The date shown in the page headers is 2004/2005. Edited: 14 Aug 2007, 10:34 a.m.
08-14-2007, 11:42 AM
If you back up to the top of the site, you'll find a change log for the manuals. It all sounds like a by-hand coding effort, and quite painstaking too. What people won't do for the love of these old machines!
Regards,
08-14-2007, 12:12 PM
It's a great page!!!
08-14-2007, 02:26 PM
Impressive, indeed. I was tempted at one point to give the HP-42S manual the same treatment, but as long as HP don't release those manuals into the public domain, there's the risk that such a project would never reach its intended audience. I notice that the word "permission" is conspicuously absent from Mr. Groenendijk's site. - Thomas
08-14-2007, 02:52 PM
I actually found this site a year ago - I exchanged an e-mail or two with the person that created the documents - a very friendly guy. He was of the opinion that the fair use laws of the country that he resided in allowed the creation of these documents - but he would not release the documents in a way that could be easily downloaded for fear of violating the copyright laws of other countries. I offer no opinion on any of the above as IANAL. ;-) They are beautiful manuals though aren't they. Any if you want to read them "offline" there are these things called "spiders" ;-)
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