Well, FWIW, Tascam Parts still sells manuals, @ (323) 727-4840...
and, [don't get me started]...
I've been a very pro-Tascam person, in general, for service, parts, manuals and everything. I can hardly believe that they allow rampant bootlegging of their manuals, but it appears that they just don't care. Some people out there have entire businesses built around bootlegging Tascam manuals, which I thought was really offensive, at first, but now it seems that Tascam doesn't care, so why should I?
Just like any bootleg item on the web, for the most part corporations are powerless to stop it,... like this whole "song-stealing" RIAA situation,... they'll never stop this type of file sharing, and they are just crybabies. Tascam, on the other hand, looks the other way about bootleg manuals, and apparently doesn't care. So, even though I wouldn't step out and endorse getting bootleg manuals, I have done it a few times. I even have a few bootleg copies of "Let It Be", but I'm not hugely into bootlegs. However, bootlegs do play into the supply/demand scheme of business and economics.
You know, when Tascam wants $36 for a manual, and you can get a good bootleg copy of it for $12.99 on the web, and yet Tascam does nothing to shut bootleggers down, then IMO they deserve their own fate.
You heard it here, first.