Regarding Tektronix oscilloscopes, I couldn't resist telling this. In the
mid 1950's, I worked as an electronics technician on B-52 bombers on the
Boeing flightline in Seattle. The scopes of choice at that time were the
Tektronix 310, a small portable model, and the Tektronix 545, a large
full-featured model. Hewlett-Packard had just started producing
oscilloscopes. We used them only if the Tektronix units were all in use. As
Alex says, Tektronix scopes are legendary.
Bob
BJ7
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From: "Alex" <alexmm@adelphia.net>
To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:12 AM
Subject: The Tektronix Healey
> As an ardent electroniker, I recently got ahold of the book "The First 40
> Years Of Tektronix," by Marshall M. Lee. Tektronix is the world's largest
> maker of oscilloscopes, and an industry leader. If you work in
> electronics, as a technician or an engineer, you know Tek scopes are
> legendary.
>
> I digress. Imagine my surprise to see a photo, on page 193, of the
> company's first two prototype instruments being delivered from the
> company's R&D facility in Guernsey (ah, the UK connection!) on the luggage
> rack of what appears to be a RHD BT7!
>
> Healeys are everywhere.
>
> == Alex in Maine
> 1960 BT7 3000 Mark 1 - "The Blue Mainie"
> Former owner of 1957 100-6, and 1967 3000 Mark III BJ8
> http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm
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