26 Jan
2020
26 Jan
'20
2:43 a.m.
They demoed a system with an exotic sampling system similar to that in
that time frame at the university I went to.
Jon Elson may recall it.? Might have been as late as 73.
It had a dual ended CRT with what was essentially a high speed scope
shooting a silicon charged target from one side.
On the other side once a scan was made on the silicon target, which was
about the size of a scope tube display, the other side would
scan in a manner similar to how the printing process worked with the
storage tube terminals or displays, and the trace was either
printed or digitized.? The 11s were used for analysis software.
I just sold a Tektronix 11/34 last fall that was pulled from a much
later system, which was the computing element they supplied
with elaborate testing systems.
The systems for the most part are all scrap but for the cabinet with the
11/34.? A friend I know bought the 11/34 for me, an
passed on the analog crap in 4 other bays.? Most of it? is junk as they
were custom systems, with little trace of the operational
software, and it wasn't generic.
thanks
Jim
On 1/25/2020 5:46 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
I was idly browsing some old electronics magazines on
archive.org and saw this
Tektronix testing system from 1972 that clearly has an 11/20 and TU-56. Just curious
as to what the piece of gear is sandwiched between the two. It sort of looks like a
paper tape reader, but for the two white buttons or whatever they are at the lower right
and the white bit at top right.
It seems to be in a DEC bezel(?) It doesn't seem to match the bespoke Tek gear at
right
which looks quite different. I'm guessing it really is just a paper tape reader.
http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/4173/Tektronix_S-3260_automated_test_s…
Thanks in advance.
Steve
