[sdiy] oscilloscope question

[Scott E.]

Our Electronics lab in college had a 524 and 535 (Circa 1969).

The lab was in an old quonset hut. Used to like to sit next to the 
scopes in the winter.

Scott E.
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Tom Arnold wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 01:27:09AM -0400, R. D. Davis wrote:
> 
>>[at first to too aghast for words, unable to imagine anyone not having
>>used, or at least seen, those maginficent classics of classics,
>>examples of engineering excellence, and standards by which all other
>>oscilloscopes must be judged: the mighty Tektronix 500 series
>>oscilloscopes, which also help to keep one's lab warmer in the winter]
>>
>>A couple of examples come to mind: the Tektronix 500 series scopes
>>with the screw-on connectors (the connector type escapes me at the
>>moment) and my 1950's Heathkit 'scope with banana/binding post
>>connectors.
> 
> 
> Heh.  My first personal scope was a Tek the size of a compact car which was
> made somewhere around the end of WWII on a dare by someone who drank too
> much whiskey during a conversation then ended with something like "With
> those new transports, we can move anything".  But even it had BNC
> connectors.  I mostly grew up on Knight Kit and Heathkit stuff tho for real
> work.
> 
> OOhhh I just cruised the Tek 500 museum and there's my scope!  It musta been
> a 511 but I swear it had BNC connectors...  Its probably still in the attic
> of my parents house next to the Hallicrafters SX28 and my other old tube
> gear thats waiting for me to own a home with a reinforced floor.
>