1 Feb
2012
1 Feb
'12
1:34 p.m.
On 2012 Jan 31, at 7:14 PM, Ian King wrote:
The 560 seires takes totally different plug-ins from the other 500s...
Basically, tjhe 530//540/550 series take 'letter series' (like 'type M')
and '1 series' (like '1A1') plug-ins
The 560 series take 3-series and 2-series (the latter being the timebases
IIRC) plugins. These 'scope mainframes contain almost no electronics
apart from the PSU, I think the plug-ins drive the CRT plates directly.
The 580 series take 80 series plug-ins, or letter series/1 series with
the Tpye 81 adapter.
A 4 trace plug-in fro a 530/540/550 could be a Type M or a 1A4.
-tony
I have a 561A that makes me happy. :-) I do need to clean its
switches,
though. FWIW, I'd love to find a 3A74 plug-in for it. There's enough
stuff that I do with vintage machines, requiring not screaming hot
bandwidth but multiple inputs, that the 3A74 would just be far too
cool
for words. Just sayin'
There is a 4-channel plug-in (presumably a 3A74) in one of the 500
series Tek scopes at the radio museum here. Not sure which 5xx base
it is in. I'd love to be working on it.