On 12/15/2011 02:08 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: > Gene, > when I was studying physics back in the 60ies and 70ies, the labs of the > Technical University of Munich were full of Tek 525's, 545's etc. > Earning some extra money during study time at Siemens labs, I found the > same models there. Even at this time, they were considered models of > yesteryear, good enough for student work. Since they were standing all > over the place, nobody felt the need of transporting them. And more: > everybody in the TU knew that Tek had equipped them with some special, > readily oxidizable alloy for the handle strips, the one and only place > of corrosion (aside from the rear blower air filter, a foam part > disintegrating into crumbs precisely after 20 years). Besides: the rusty > handles and the weight made them almost impossible to zapzarap - which > is very common with high value electronic equipment nowadays in labs, I > heared. > > Last year, I bought a used Tek 422 for my hobby use - after repairing a > simple primary manufacturing fault (unconnected extension rod coupling > at the time base switch) it was working perfectly. Easily portable, size > of a sheet of paper, dual trace, fast enough for me. The thing may never > have been used, the time base switch being defective from the beginning. > It cost me about $13. > > Modern scopes have liquid crystal displays - I still love green traces.... > Peter >
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