Ken wrote:
>.......... I'm doing a little hunting for 2 technical manuals. I
>don't know the status of their release approval, as they are on the LOGSA
>website but they're the only 2 TMs related to the M35A2 requiring a password
>to download them. Does anyone have a NON-COPYRIGHTED(!) copy (scanned .PDF
>preferrably) of TM9-2320-209-20-1 (Scheduled Maintenance Organizational
>Level) or TM9-2320-361-10 (Operator's Manual)? I have a LEGAL copyrighted
>copy of the Operators Manual (which I purchased from Military Media)
Well......First things first. The -209-20-1 et al. should be
available from Portrayal Press. This series of manuals was superceded by
the -361 series. A good thing too as the -209 series manuals really, for
want of a better word, suck. These were "dumbed down" comic book style
manuals and a entire set stacks about three foot high. Just the operator's
manual (209-10-1/2/3/4) was in four parts! The -361 series are THE
manuals to have for the M-35-A2. They come in a -361-10, -20, -20P, -34
and -34P. The -34 is over 800 pages.
As for the -361-10 (and the rest of the series) , just call Dennis
at Portrayal Press. He has original copies for sale. The paper -10 manual
is vastly superior to the CD-ROM. Just try fitting your laptop into the
glove box of a duce some time! Plus it doesn't need batteries....
Now, about that LEGAL copyrighted manual you have........It's NOT
copyrighted!! There are no copyrighted Government manuals. The Government
and everything it owns belongs to the people of the United States.
Therefore, we the people, own the copyrights. The Government can restrict
the ownership and use of certain manuals but they cannot copyright
them. Some companies who make manuals on CD's put a copyright label on
them but this is just a scam . They are counting on you not knowing that
there is no copyright on the books contained in the CD. Ever hear of
"public domain". This is what these manuals fall under. Same thing for
photos taken by the military such as the Signal Corp. collection in the
National Archives They are public domain and are not copyrighted so the
use of them is unrestricted.
> ............but I'm trying to organize/create a CD-ROM of my own that
> contains all relavent
>info on my new Deuce, M105A2 trailer (THANKS A MILLION, ANDY!), M103A3 (and
>similar) Generator Sets, and other related items and information. I don't
>want to [read: WON'T] infringe on Military Media's copyright on the
>Operator's Manual................
Again, they do NOT have a copyright on the manual or any information
contained within it.
Jim
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
James T. Gilmore
2565 Wiethoff, Inkster Michigan 48141
313-5618826 (Voice)
313-730-1652 (Fax)
jgilmore@oeonline.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sun Dec 03 2000 - 20:29:59 PST