Various Scans of HP Manuals, etc.
updated May 21, 2008

HP Journal links

http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/journal.html   This is a link to the complete set of HP Journals in .pdf format from 1949 to 1998. These are must reading.
Here are links to several sites of interest for free manuals and other information:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hp_agilent_equipment/  Join this group to get in contact with a large number of Agilent and HP employees, working or retired, and others who have knowledge about maintaining a wide variety of HP/Agilent equipment.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hparchive/  Join this group to stay in touch with people of similar HP interests

http://www.hparchive.com  Here is a huge collection of HP Journal, HP Bench Briefs, manuals, and more

http://www.g8wrb.org/data/HP/  A couple of manuals and application notes

http://nm2.org/files/  A large list of manuals

ftp://ftp.agilent.com/pub/manuals/  These pdf files are on the Agilent web site and are for many popular HP equipment from the 1980s and 1990s.  The list keeps growing so check back if you do not find what you need.

http://www.qsl.net/kb7rgg/ginfo.html   Basic information about restoring old electronics

http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/tshoot.htm  General information about repair of old equipment

http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/hp/  Many free manuals of HP and other equipment -- also militarized equipment

https://www.logsa.army.mil/etms/online.cfm  This is the government site for military versions of HP equipment.  It is not easy to navigate.  The artekmedia site below has special information on this that may help.

http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/Man.shtml#TM  More info about manuals for military HP equipment and others

The following sites sell scans or photocopies of manuals and originals in some cases:

http://www.artekmedia.com  This company sells high quality scans of manuals on CDROM

Consolidated Surplus, The Library of Manuals http://www.usimperio.com  I have purchased manuals from them via their ebay auctions and have been very pleased.

Manuals Plus http://www.manualsplus.com I have been amazed that they actually had some manuals for some very ancient test equipment. The best way to use them is to go to their web site and submit a list of equipment you want manuals for. Be sure to provide the serial number of the equipment since they may have the exact manual for a particular serial number series. They will respond by the next day with what they have and the price. I have bought a number of manuals from them and I have not had a case where they did not have the manual. Their prices are on the high side but their service is great. I highly recommend them.

W7FG Vintage Manuals http://www.w7fg.com This company located in Oklahoma is an excellent source for high quality photocopies of manuals for test equipment and consumer electronics. I have purchased a number of manuals from them and the quality is indistinguishable from an original. If the manuals did not come with comb binding and with their logo cover you would think the manual was an original. You can see a list of their manuals on their web site. They keep the site up to date but call if you do not see what you want as they are always obtaining new manuals. Since they only sell copies, they are never out of stock. If you see it on the web site, they have it.

Ridge Equipment Company http://www.ridgeequipment.com  This company sells both equipment and manuals.  I have bought much from them and have been very pleased.

Fair Radio Sales http://www.fairradio.com/   This is an excellent company and sells a lot of vintage hardware but also has an extensive collection of manuals for militarized equipment.  These are sold as photocopies at a reasonable price.


These files are on my site but everything of interest is also on hparchive.com.

A number of people ask me for scans of various HP manuals, etc. so I put them here because most are too big to email.  The scans are generally a subset of the entire document and contain the key information people need such as schematics, maintenance, etc. in order to repair an instrument.  In a few cases the scans are of the entire manual.

It is possible that the scans I post will not be exact for the particular serial number of your instrument.  Even so, the scans should be very helpful -- at least better than nothing.  I have repaired a number of HP instruments with the aid of an inexact manual.

The file names of the scans are sequential and are generally something like: scan0047.jpg, scan0048.jpg, etc. and will rarely start with scan0001.jpg.   Newer postings are in 1-bit tif format which significantly reduces the file size.  In most cases I do not have time to rename the files to something more convenient.  Please note that all of the information is copyright by HP and are posted here under the "fair use" doctrine for individuals and should not be commercially distributed.

hplogos.jpg -- An article and pictures of HP logos and dates from 1941 (from final issue of Measure)
hp200c_sch.pdf -- schematic
hp201c.pdf -- complete manual except for BOM and non-relevant information
HP-204B-Manual.pdf -- complete manual except for a few uneeded pages.  pdf produced by Glenn Robb.
hp209a.zip -- selected service notes
hp211b.zip -- selected service notes
hp241a_sch.pdf  -- schematic diagram
hp340b_partial.zip -- theory of operation and schematic diagram
hp425a.zip -- selected pages including schematic
hp400f_fl.zip -- selected service notes
hp403a_sch1.gif -- schematic, part 1
hp403a_sch2.gif -- schematic, part 2
hp405c.zip --selected service notes
hp410b.pdf  -- complete manual
hp456a.zip -- complete manual
hp721a_sch.gif -- schematic
hp6226b.pdf -- complete manual.  Includes info on HP6220B and HP6224B
hp6286a.pdf -- schematic
HPJ_Nov1950.zip -- HP Journal, Nov. 1950 -- featuring HP410B
hp1950catalog.zip -- selected index pages
hp1952catalog.zip -- selected index pages
hp1959catalog.zip -- selected index pages