Description Draft

Vintage Tandem Computers NonStop CLX Local Operations Manual – c. 1986
Original three-ring binder with complete tabbed sections and technical diagrams. Issued by Tandem Computers, Cupertino, California, this manual was used for the NonStop CLX fault-tolerant computer systems, precursors to HP NonStop enterprise servers.

📖 Details:

• Title: NonStop CLX Local Operations Manual

• Publisher: Tandem Computers, Inc.

• Year: c. 1986 (missing copyright page ii)

• Format: 3-ring binder, tabbed sections

• Outer Binder Dimensions: 9 ½" x 9 ½" x 2 ¾"

• Includes sections on system installation, operations, maintenance, remote console use, and system configurations

• Illustrated with block diagrams, cabinet layouts, logic boards, and flowcharts

• Includes Customer Installation Report form (unused) and Business Reply Mail insert

• Pages:361pages + appendices

📝 Condition:

• Binder shows light shelf wear on the front

• Missing pages i/ii (Title page and copyright page)

• Interior pages are clean, no writing (except for the one small circle pen mark seen in photo on pg vii and "From CLX Coral Operations Manual" handwritten in pen at the top of the Glossary-1 page) or highlighting

• Tabs intact, rings close tightly

• A well-preserved technical reference, rare to find complete

🟣 Super Rare Manual
None online — this Tandem NonStop CLX Local Operations Manual is not only scarce, it’s practically unseen in the market.

🔍 Why Collect?

• Rare Tandem Computers documentation — Tandem was a pioneer in fault-tolerant computing for banking, telecommunications, and enterprise data systems.

• Collectible for computer history enthusiasts, ex-Tandem/HP NonStop engineers, or archival reference.