7 Jul
2016
7 Jul
'16
9:15 p.m.
So a friend tells me there's a maybe-abandoned HP 8510 Network Analyzer in the hallway
of the engineering building of the univ. he works at.
I presume it's a unit like this, as he says it's over a metre tall:
http://www.ece.lsu.edu/emdl/facilities/network%20analyser.html
I figure its a little too far large and too far away from my needs to take it on, but out
of curiousity does anyone know offhand what processor they used in these?
(I haven't looked in depth online).
Cursory guess is its mid-90s technology.
8 Jul
8 Jul
12:39 a.m.
The 8510 has some versions but I know the B version uses the 69020 and also has a tape
unit which is controlled by the TACO processor also used in the 9845/35 series computer.
They?re nice instruments but a bit bulky. It contains a display unit and at least the
analyser unit to be usefull.
-Rik
Van: Brent Hilpert
1 a.m.
I have a fond memory of these. I am interested. Would they allow me to send a shipper to
pick it up for crating and shipping?
Marc
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On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Brent Hilpert <hilpert
at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
So a friend tells me there's a maybe-abandoned HP 8510 Network Analyzer in the
hallway of the engineering building of the univ. he works at.
I presume it's a unit like this, as he says it's over a metre tall:
http://www.ece.lsu.edu/emdl/facilities/network%20analyser.html
I figure its a little too far large and too far away from my needs to take it on, but out
of curiousity does anyone know offhand what processor they used in these?
(I haven't looked in depth online).
Cursory guess is its mid-90s technology.
2:05 p.m.
I'm 3 or more parties away from whoever would make the decision, but I've
forwarded your expression of interest along through my friend.
Location is Vancouver BC region if you were unaware.
On 2016-Jul-08, at 1:00 AM, Curious Marc wrote:
I have a fond memory of these. I am interested. Would
they allow me to send a shipper to pick it up for crating and shipping?
Marc
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
> So a friend tells me there's a maybe-abandoned HP 8510 Network Analyzer in the
hallway of the engineering building of the univ. he works at.
> I presume it's a unit like this, as he says it's over a metre tall:
> http://www.ece.lsu.edu/emdl/facilities/network%20analyser.html
>
> I figure its a little too far large and too far away from my needs to take it on, but
out of curiousity does anyone know offhand what processor they used in these?
> (I haven't looked in depth online).
> Cursory guess is its mid-90s technology.
>
9 Jul
9 Jul
5:28 a.m.
Ok, thanks.
Marc
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On Jul 9, 2016, at 6:05 AM, Brent Hilpert <hilpert
at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
I'm 3 or more parties away from whoever would make the decision, but I've
forwarded your expression of interest along through my friend.
Location is Vancouver BC region if you were unaware.
8 Jul
8 Jul
7:27 a.m.
On Jul 8, 2016, at 12:15 AM, Brent Hilpert <hilpert
at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
So a friend tells me there's a maybe-abandoned HP 8510 Network Analyzer in the
hallway of the engineering building of the univ. he works at.
I presume it's a unit like this, as he says it's over a metre tall:
http://www.ece.lsu.edu/emdl/facilities/network%20analyser.html
I figure its a little too far large and too far away from my needs to take it on, but out
of curiousity does anyone know offhand what processor they used in these?
(I haven't looked in depth online).
Cursory guess is its mid-90s technology.
That sounds right. I have an HP catalog from 1993, which lists very similar bits, an 8510
display unit and the 8515 and 8517 S-parameter test sets. So I'd guess this is a
slightly later followup model. List price of that day, FYA, $36500 for the 8510C, and
$41400 for the 8515A (slightly more for the 8517 due to the higher top frequency).
Something that's going to be obvious to some but possibly not to all: "network
analyzer" is short for "vector network analyzer", an electronic component
measuring device. It has nothing to do with computer data networks.
paul
9 Jul
9 Jul
5:27 a.m.
Regarding price: there was a sign on the one I used at the University, directed to
students obviously: "the HP 8510 is worth more than your life".
Besides HP computers, I collect HP instrumentation. Actually the latter hobby created the
need for the former, since I got into vintage HP computing to control said instrumentation
collection.
Marc
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On Jul 8, 2016, at 11:27 PM, Paul Koning
<paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
On Jul 8, 2016, at 12:15 AM, Brent Hilpert
<hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
So a friend tells me there's a maybe-abandoned HP 8510 Network Analyzer in the
hallway of the engineering building of the univ. he works at.
I presume it's a unit like this, as he says it's over a metre tall:
http://www.ece.lsu.edu/emdl/facilities/network%20analyser.html
I figure its a little too far large and too far away from my needs to take it on, but out
of curiousity does anyone know offhand what processor they used in these?
(I haven't looked in depth online).
Cursory guess is its mid-90s technology.
That sounds right. I have an HP catalog from 1993, which lists very similar bits, an
8510 display unit and the 8515 and 8517 S-parameter test sets. So I'd guess this is a
slightly later followup model. List price of that day, FYA, $36500 for the 8510C, and
$41400 for the 8515A (slightly more for the 8517 due to the higher top frequency).
Something that's going to be obvious to some but possibly not to all: "network
analyzer" is short for "vector network analyzer", an electronic component
measuring device. It has nothing to do with computer data networks.
paul
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