Date   : Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:21:49 -0600
From   : julesrichardsonuk@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: ACW Service manual

chris whytehead wrote:
> Hi Jules,
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> Do you have the schematics in A1 or A0 format? I've got my own
>> copy of the ACW
>> service manual, but sadly it only has A4-sized schematics [1].
>>
> Schematics are in A3 size, concertina folded for an A4 manual. Quality is
> just readable, and I think the same applies to the pdf.

Aha, ta. Better than mine anyway! :)

> There is a good local copyshop that can do larger scans 

Hmm, you're not in Cambridge are you? May well be the same place if so :)

> and I will try and get the diagrams in single A3 scans in 2007

I'll have to see what the deal is with this A3 scanner at the museum - if it 
works and there's some way to get you / source material there we could always 
make use of it if that's better than spending money on getting them done (same 
goes to anyone else)

> (Also the A680 schematics which are also A3 folded, but much better 
 > quality in fact the look like original prints).

I've got access to the A680 TRM as it happens, with A1 schematics in the back 
(actually, they may well have been A0) - needless to say they're going off to 
be scanned as soon as I've organised a batch of large stuff to take in (local 
place charges a one-off setup fee, but then individual scans are very cheap)

Hmmm, I wonder if Acorn ever had a Phoebe TRM? Probably not, but there must 
have at least been schematics floating around at one time... scary when you 
think what must have existed at one time and has probably now been lost forever!

cheers

Jules