Classic instruction manuals
Let nostalgia flourish as you browse the Matthew Honan's Photo Essay of Classic Instruction Manuals at Wired. A variety of technical fields are represented and you might be surprised at how many conventions are still embraced today.
Similarly, you can download a 30th Anniversary homage and reproduction of the Apple II technical reference manual, aka The Redbook, courtesy of Apple II History. PDF link.
And if that's not enough, see also A Look Back: SR-71 Blackbird and Old Disney Manuals.
Posted: March 7, 2009 link to this item, respond to this item