5 Feb
2010
5 Feb
'10
4:12 a.m.
Steven Hirsch wrote:
On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, dwight elvey wrote:
'Panalysers'? One of those came through the radio museum a few years ago. Giant
(~2 ft of rack) tube-based spectrum analyser, low-GHz range IIRC, would have
been fun to work on, .. but too many such fun things to do.
Altair shut them down before any of these were
ever shipped. At least,
that is what I've heard from several sources. When that advertisement was
released, they hadn't even created a single production unit. All were still
prototype levels. They were waiting to see what volume they needed before
ordering boards.
A time-honored tradition in the electronic instrumentation field. My
father was lead engineer for Panoramic Corp. (swept spectrum analyzers)
in the early 60s. He had many stories about mockup units with knobs glued
to the front panel that were built solely to guage interest at trade
shows. This probably dates back to the horse and buggy, when you get
right down to it.