VCF% Scope put it to rest...

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Wed Oct 30 11:14:00 2002

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Tom Uban wrote:
>
> > > Nobody got it! O well....
> >
> > I noticed the scope in your rack, but I quite reading the scope thread
> > long ago...
>
> Yeah, me too. What WAS the significance of the scope?
>
> (I guess I should have asked John to elucidate when he told me what it was
> there for.)



<elucidation>

   There was a long-running, marginally off-topic thread here about a
month ago, on the subject of Tektronix scopes, and especially the
rack-mount versions. It persisted for quite some time and all of
us old-gear-sluts(tm) weighed in on the subject.

  Having gotten a Tek RM503 recently, it was suggested by a Listmember
(who, since the Joke flopped, will not be name) that it MIGHT BE FUNNY if
we mounted it in the rack with the 11/44.

   I repeat: MIGHT BE FUNNY

  Apparently, it was not - even Tony D sniffed at the concept. Oh Well...
That's all that was involved: I (we) thought that it might be a subtle
in-joke to make an obvious physical reference to a ListThread.

  But it was not to be....

  Bottom_Line: It was a JOKE. The JOKE flopped. I'm SORRY.

       ;}


</elucidation>


  Now - if someone wants to donate an AA11 DAC cardset (or whatever the
model is) I'd be happy to make a nice vector display out of the 503...
hint hint hint

  Cheers

John
Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 11:14:00 GMT