TCMTech's post where he wanted a schematic.

https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/...da-35-tube-amplifier-with-odd-problem.137084/

Reminded me of those packages you could buy that had a schematic and pretty much everything you needed to repair a TV or stereo. You were able to pick them up at you local electronic supply store.

I have a small stack still. The company was PhotoFacts. But I thought there was another company that was popular too. Those would come in a manila folder as I recall.

Edit: Ah it is Sam's Photofacts. Was there another company too? Or maybe I am just missing the folder?

 

Beitman's?
Rider's?

 

Beitman's?
Rider's?

Those don't sound familiar. I will bet it is Sam's I picked up all of the time. I sure miss those days.

 

Those don't sound familiar. I will bet it is Sam's I picked up all of the time. I sure miss those days.

The pre-internet days, or the days when you had a chance at repairing things yourself? Unfortunately they overlap. Today it's easy to find information but not so easy to do anything.

 

Yes it was Sam's.........repair shops/electronic warehouses(remember electronic warehouses?) used to have libraries of them.

 

A Google search shows that those two companies were purveyors if schematic packaged in the 1960s.

 

they started out as separate sheets in a large envelope.........called a photo fac/pac. Later they went to large paperback format.

 

Howard W. Sams and Sam's PhotoFact. That is what I have fond memories of.

Ron