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General Chat => 'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade => Topic started by: Arcadia on February 08, 2010, 12:49:09 AM

Title: FS: THE BOOK by Atari, a guide to electronic game operation and servicing
Post by: Arcadia on February 08, 2010, 12:49:09 AM
I came across these copies of the well known "THE book" by atari. It is a guide for servicing game pcb's and monitors for those who do not know it. A must have for every arcade collector.

They are like brand new and available for 20 euro a piece. I have only 8 left. Sold out means sold out.

(http://gameroom.be/forum/download/file.php?id=1005&t=1)

(http://gameroom.be/forum/download/file.php?id=1006&t=1)

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Title: Re: FS: THE BOOK by Atari, a guide to electronic game operation and servicing
Post by: baritonomarchetto on February 09, 2010, 11:44:23 AM
Sorry, could you scannerize the guide for those not interested in "the real thing" ?

thanx
Title: Re: FS: THE BOOK by Atari, a guide to electronic game operation and servicing
Post by: Superully on February 09, 2010, 11:58:47 AM
it's already available, for example here: http://pdf.textfiles.com/technical/atari_thebook.pdf (http://pdf.textfiles.com/technical/atari_thebook.pdf)
Title: Re: FS: THE BOOK by Atari, a guide to electronic game operation and servicing
Post by: baritonomarchetto on February 09, 2010, 12:31:58 PM
Oh, thanks Ully: googling i didn't found that link!
Title: Re: FS: THE BOOK by Atari, a guide to electronic game operation and servicing
Post by: Laschek on February 10, 2010, 08:08:10 PM
Are these originals (NOS) or reprints?
Title: Re: FS: THE BOOK by Atari, a guide to electronic game operation and servicing
Post by: level42 on February 10, 2010, 08:13:16 PM
They are re-prints. The cover is different. Still nice to have a printed version.
Title: Re: FS: THE BOOK by Atari, a guide to electronic game operation and servicing
Post by: Laschek on February 10, 2010, 10:32:37 PM
Quote from: Level42 on February 10, 2010, 08:13:16 PM
They are re-prints. The cover is different.

Yeah, and the originals were not bound like a book and instead came as loose leafs in a binder...

Quote from: Level42 on February 10, 2010, 08:13:16 PM
Still nice to have a printed version.

Makes no sense to me to pay that much for an inofficial reprint that I could print out by myself from the pdf.
And to me it looks like those books were also printed from that pdf...?