Tek O-scope's Available in Oregon

From: Carlos Murillo <carlos_murillo_at_epm.net.co>
Date: Mon Sep 30 07:39:00 2002

At 11:00 PM 9/29/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hmmm... I had a 547 (I think that was the number). I *liked* it.
>Big. Heavy. Beautifully built. Silver solder, porcelain standoffs,
>gold-plated switches. Reliable.
>Carlos.

I know, bad form (replying to my own msg)... but I remembered
about this book that I have, "Typical Oscilloscope Circuitry",
revised edition, 1964, Tektronix Inc. From the introduction:

    Manipulation of the front-panel controls of an oscilloscope can be
  learned by rote. To use the instrument to its fullest capabilities
  a knowledge of oscilloscope circuitry is essential.

What a different point of view with respect to the customers!
Back then, they would publish this beautifully edited [1] book,
printed in high quality paper, hard bound, containing actual
schematics, and telling you that you should learn about the
insides of your instrument to make beter use of it. Now,
you get just basic docs and the proverbial troubleshooting
guide, the first entry being "problem: doesn't turn on,
check: Is the power cord plugged in?"

[1] for a technical book; about the only aspect that makes it clear
that engineers published this book are the use of underlining for
subsection titles and within the text for emphasis.

Carlos.

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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Mon Sep 30 2002 - 07:39:00 BST