Looking for 3178 manual.

-Space-NATO- · 13 Jan 2020, 16:23

Hello guys! im restoring a 3178 Model F keyboard. there's a little socket on the back frame, I assume that it holds the 3178 display station operator reference and problem solving guide.

Spoiler:

I want to print a new one and add it as a "Finishing Touch" but i cant manage to find any scan online. Does anyone got this manual? anyone has a scan of it?

Thanks!

andrewjoy · 13 Jan 2020, 16:46

I cannot see your image . Can you please provide a link.

-Space-NATO- · 13 Jan 2020, 17:21

Look now!

PlacaFromHell · 13 Jan 2020, 19:36

I can't see the image too. Can you please post the manual if you find it? I was searching for one for my own 3178 and there was no use.

orihalcon · 13 Jan 2020, 19:45

I have a couple of those manuals, but they aren’t in very good shape. They have something like oil on the pages, but I think it’s all still readable. Maybe not the best candidate for a restoration?

-Space-NATO- · 13 Jan 2020, 20:12

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/imag ... 8fd834.jpg that's a photo of the manual.

-Space-NATO- · 13 Jan 2020, 20:14

orihalcon wrote: 13 Jan 2020, 19:45 I have a couple of those manuals, but they aren’t in very good shape. They have something like oil on the pages, but I think it’s all still readable. Maybe not the best candidate for a restoration?

Thanks! Do you have some photos of it?

adamcobabe · 13 Jan 2020, 20:33

I've got one, but haven't scanned it. Would be quite a job as it's like 80-100 pages.

SneakyRobb · 14 Jan 2020, 01:37

Hi,

Is this it..?

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ ... an1984.pdf

PlacaFromHell · 14 Jan 2020, 02:29

SneakyRobb wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 01:37 Hi,

Is this it..?

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ ... an1984.pdf

Jesus Christ, we love you.

John Doe · 14 Jan 2020, 03:32

Could we go bit further to get 3278 beamspring manual?

yuchipashe · 14 Jan 2020, 04:04

SneakyRobb wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 01:37 Hi,

Is this it..?

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ ... an1984.pdf

Dayum, I wasn't able to find that on my research. What was your process of finding that?

John Doe wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 03:32 Could we go bit further to get 3278 beamspring manual?

There's a lot of info in this guide. Also, this page:

https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_i ... /page/n325

It says there's such thing as a Katakana version, along with the standard and APL. Has anyone found a 3278 with Katakana sublegends so far?

SneakyRobb · 14 Jan 2020, 04:49

PlacaFromHell wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 02:29
Jesus Christ, we love you.

John Doe wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 03:32 Could we go bit further to get 3278 beamspring manual?

yuchipashe wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 04:04
Dayum, I wasn't able to find that on my research. What was your process of finding that?

Hi, no worries. I have seen others link this site before so I just remembered that is all. Our information is collaborative and I learn from the forum just as much as you! It is a good resource of various old manuals to check. For ibm as well as others

General IBM
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/

And there are several 3278 documents
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/3278/

yuchipashe · 14 Jan 2020, 05:15

SneakyRobb wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 04:49 Hi, no worries. I have seen others link this site before so I just remembered that is all. Our information is collaborative and I learn from the forum just as much as you! It is a good resource of various old manuals to check. For ibm as well as others

General IBM
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/

And there are several 3278 documents
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/3278/

I love you m8. There goes my free time for the few days

Also this should be archived and be put on the deskthority wiki hahahaha

andrewjoy · 14 Jan 2020, 10:24

Glad you found it .

I was tempted to send off the card on my beamspring , see what came back.

-Space-NATO- · 15 Jan 2020, 01:46

SneakyRobb wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 01:37 Hi,

Is this it..?

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ ... an1984.pdf

Yes!!! this is it! Thank you very much!

dcopellino · 18 Mar 2021, 16:05

SneakyRobb wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 04:49
PlacaFromHell wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 02:29
Jesus Christ, we love you.

John Doe wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 03:32 Could we go bit further to get 3278 beamspring manual?

yuchipashe wrote: 14 Jan 2020, 04:04
Dayum, I wasn't able to find that on my research. What was your process of finding that?

Hi, no worries. I have seen others link this site before so I just remembered that is all. Our information is collaborative and I learn from the forum just as much as you! It is a good resource of various old manuals to check. For ibm as well as others

General IBM
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/

And there are several 3278 documents
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/3278/

I was also looking for the 3278 display station determination problem guide pdf. Finally after some googling I found it here. Hope it helps someone else.

raoulduke-esq · 19 Mar 2021, 02:22

Anyone have an STL for the book holder on the bottom? Thanks to the book link, the holder is the only finishing touch I’m lacking.

Redmaus · 19 Mar 2021, 02:33

I have the 3178 manual 3278 manual, and 3278 maintenance booklet thingy. Does anyone need these scanned?