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Topic: I Enjoy Reading The Manuals (And I'm looking for more)...
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Andrew McCrea
Jedi Master Film Handler
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Posts: 645
From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-06-2004 10:51 AM
Hey Everyone!
I really enjoy the manual section! Its a really good resource and I love searching through all of them. I learned mostly everything I know from the manuals (and the forum of course)...
But I'm looking for a couple manuals that haven't been posted (that I can find). One is the CineQ line of products. If anyone has this can you please send a copy in to Brad? The Globe had these automations and maybe (besides reading out of self interest), I could provide a copy to them so they can do some troubleshooting.
Another one I'm looking for is the Kinotin line of platters, such as the ST-400-E (4-deck) the ST-200-E (3-deck) and the ST-270-E (35/70mm 3-deck).
Cretors' Diplomat poppers would be some good reading too.
And lastly, to complete my collection for now... Omniterm and RDS till manuals.
I'd love to call these companies, however, I don't think they'd send out a spare manual just to someone who asks and hasn't bought their product. Also, CineQ is gone, and so is its former owner Globalmic. They were eaten up by Comtek Datasystems (whose website I can't find!) and RDS was bought out by HDS or something.
If anyone can help me, please let me know or send copies into Brad.
Thank-you, I aprreciate it.
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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?"
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Posts: 4143
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 01-06-2004 11:43 PM
I tried to convince them to allow the manuals to be published, but failed. I think the main reason for this is that in Germany, technical professions are seen more like a craft, less from a "home improvement" point of view (everybody with a screwdriver is a technician). That means information is for customers and authorized (=hopefully qualified) dealers only. Once they get to know someone and consider him qualified, they are very open to questions and suggestions. Another reason is that a lot of the machines are custom-built, they will usually incorporate the detail changes the customer asks for. So it is a bit difficult to cover all detail aspects in the manuals. They are actually rather general, again probably because from their point of view a qualified technician will understand what he sees or measures anyway. Until a few years ago, they had no manuals in the classic sense (meaning with pictures and step-by-step instructions etc.) at all, they were more like a collection of technical drawings and diagrams. I can of course not speak for the company, but I guess it might also play a role that in some US installations (one of these not too far away from where I am, a location which should have been a "reference installation"), they had a lot of problems with unqualified people playing with the equipment, thinking they could "fix" and "improve" stuff, but actually breaking things and creating a lot of trouble.
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