Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site randvax.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!lacasse
From: lacasse@randvax.UUCP (Mark LaCasse)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.video
Subject: Sams Photofact (Re: Consumer Electronics Repair)
Message-ID: <2709@randvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 15:52:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: randvax.2709
Posted: Mon Sep 23 15:52:26 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 05:19:43 EDT
References: <1220@ihuxe.UUCP> <2843@pesnta.UUCP>
Reply-To: lacasse@rand-unix.UUCP (Mark LaCasse)
Distribution: net
Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica
Lines: 29
Xref: watmath net.consumers:3050 net.video:1549

Sams Photofact is still actively published, although I think the cost
per booklet is more like $10 now.  Booklets cover about 3 items,
which are completely unrelated (RCA TV, Mitsubishi VCR, GE Toaster Oven).
Smaller brands of imports are not always covered, although I think I have
seen Gold Star and other recent Taiwanese and Korean trade names.  Most
Japanese brands are covered.

If they don't have your model, often the same unit may be known by another
name.  For example, a given Japanese made VCR is often sold, in slightly
different color schemes, by say Panasonic, Magnovox, Fisher, and a few
other labels.  I don't know a good way to find out equivalencies.  If
it is a current model, you might look in dealer showrooms.  Models that
have identical controls in identical locations, and identical features,
are generally identical on the inside too.

Sams is sold in major electronic parts stores that cater to repair
shops.  If you are at a loss to find one, here is one local to me that
has about 15 5-drawer file cabiniets full of Sams:

	Electronic Trading Post
	4357 Sepulveda Bl
	Culver City, CA
		213/391-6763

   Mark LaCasse                  qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!lacasse
   c/o The Rand Corporation       cbosgd!ihnp4!sdcrdcf!randvax!lacasse
   1700 Main Street              lacasse@Rand-Unix
   Santa Monica, CA 90406
     213/393-0411  ext. 7420


Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com