hahahah @ 2nd hand book stores dark and scary.
actually come to think of it, they r Dark, scary and smelly! well the ones i hav been to anyways.
thanks for the advice juzzo , i will risk my health and try some of the 2nd hand book stores.
Dam scannin will take a long time(unless u hav a kick ass scanner and u scan 2 pages at a time.) and yeah Acrobat will be good method of scanning and puttin them online. BUT how many pages is one of the manuals u hav?? if u need i can try to hook u up with a copy of acrobat.