The Manx Catalog archives computer manuals, and there are a great many to be found there: "22165 manuals, 10104 of which are online, at 61 websites." It's an archive of archives!
Manx covers the following companies: 3Com Corporation, Abekas Video Systems, Inc., ABLE Communications, Acorn Computers Limited, Adaptec, Inc., Adax, Inc., Addmaster Corporation, Advanced Digital Corporation, Advanced Electronics Design, Inc., Advanced Micro Devices, Advanced Scientific Instruments, Inc., Aesthedes N.V., Alpha Microsystems, Altos Computer Systems, Ampex Corporation, Ampro Computers, Inc., Analogic Corporation, Anderson Jacobson, Inc., Ann Arbor Terminals, Inc., American National Standards Institute, Apollo Computer, Inc., Apple Computer, Applied Computer Techniques Ltd., Applied Digital Data Systems, Applied Microsystems Corporation, Archive Corporation, Artec Electronics, Inc., AT&T Information Systems, Ball Brothers Research Corporation, Basic Four Corporation, Beehive International, Bell Laboratories, Bondwell Holding Ltd., Brooktree Corporation, BTI Computer Systems, Burroughs Corporation, C. Itoh Electronics, CADO System Corporation, California Computer Products, Inc. (CalComp), California Computer Systems, Callan Data Systems, Central Data Corporation, Centronics, Centronics Data Computer Corp., Century Data Systens, Citizen, CompuPro, Computer Control Company, Compu/Time, Control Data Corporation, Corvus Systems, Inc., Courier Terminal Systems, Inc., Cromemco, Inc., Data Dynamics Ltd., Data Electronics, Inc., Data General Corporation, Data I/O Corporation, Data Systems Design, Inc., Data Terminals and Communications, Datamedia Corporation, Datapoint Corporation, Datapro Research Corporation, Dataproducts Corporation, Decision Data, Delta Data Systems, Diablo Systems, Inc., Digital Engineering Incorporated, Digital Equipment Corporation, Digital Research, Inc., Digitronics Corporation, Display Industry Association, Distributed Logic Corporation (Dilog), Documation, Inc., Dual Systems Corporation, DY 4 Systems Inc., EG&G, Emulex Corporation, Epson, Evans and Sutherland, Facit, Fairchild Semiconductor, Inc., Falco Data Products, Ferranti Ltd., John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Friden, Inc., General Electric, GraphOn Corporation, GRI Computer Corporation, Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc., Hazeltine Corporation, Heath/Zenith, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Human Designed Systems, Inc., Imlac Corporation, Incoterm, Informer Inc., Infoton Incorporated, INMOS Limited, Intecolor Corporation, Intel Corporation, Interdata/Perkin-Elmer, Intergraph Corporation, International Business Machines, International Computers and Tabulators Limited, IRIS Graphcis, Inc., ITT, Jupiter Systems, Inc., Kimtron Corporation, A/S Kongsberg VÃ¥penfabrikk, Lear Siegler, Inc., Liberty Electronics, Lundy Electronics & Systems, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Matrix Instruments Inc., Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd., Megatek Corporation, Memorex Corporation, Metheus Corporation, Micro-Term Incorporated, Microdata Corporation, MIPS Computer Systems Incorporated, MITS, Inc., Moore Corporation, Morrow Designs, Motorola, National Semiconductor Corporation, NEC Electronics Inc., Network Computing Devices, Nixdorf Computer Corporation, Nuclear Data Inc., Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd., Omron Corporation, Osborne Computer Corporation, PERQ Systems Corporation, Pixar, Prime Computer, Inc., Qume Corporation, Ramtek, Random Corporation, Research, Inc., Research Machines, S&H Computer Systems, Inc., S3 Incorporated, Sanders Associates, Inc., Seattle Computer Products, Inc., Shugart Associates, Silicon Graphics Inc., Singer Business Machines, Sony Microsystems Corporation, Soroc Technology, Inc., Sperry Corporation, Stardent Computer, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., Tandy Corporation, TEC Incorporated, Tektronix, Teletype Corporation, TeleVideo, Telex Terminal Communications, Terak Corporation, Texas Instruments, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, Vector Graphics, Inc., Vectrix Corporation, Versatec, Visual Technology Inc., VLSI Technology, Inc., Vermont Microsystems, Inc., Volker-Craig Ltd., Weitek Corporation, Western Digital Corporation, Western Electric, WICAT Systems, Wyse Technology, Xebec Systems, Inc., Xerox Corporation, Zilog, Inc.
Some interesting gaps. I would hazard that the manuals that came with the 8-bit Commodores and ZX Spectrum were especially important historically in terms of turning humans into computer users. But I suppose they're also not remotely endangered or obscure!
Previously:
• Complete instructions for making a replica of the Minivac 601 educational computer kit
• The Retro Web archives old hardware and the drivers you need to make it happy again
