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