12 Nov
2009
12 Nov
'09
11:46 p.m.
On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:13 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
You, sir, are blessed with being in the right part of the country
to get interesting gear cheap. The best I can hope for around here
is old VCRs and last year's Pentiums. And yes, I DO know how to find
stuff...there's just not any here.
Umm the world
is round. I suspect all the big cleaning of old stuff
was done about 10 to 15 years ago, with the advent of digital scopes.
In the past six months, I have come across (in mostly different
locations!) EIGHT different tube type Tek scopes. I will likely only
keep the 565 machine, as all good 70s mainframe shops had a Tek on a
cart tucked away somewhere. Just a few days ago I came into a 535A and a 567. The
567 is a little
bit of an oddball, as it has the built in Nixie tube frequency
counter. I may end up parting these out, unless someone wants to give
me scrap/parts/shipping value (from 10512). It is a bit rough, so it
is a bit of a project.
567, I don't think I've even heard of that model. Built-in
frequency counter, neat! I might be interested in picking that up
from you if you don't get any other takers.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL