I think I have an offer for a button - thanks guys.
Continuing the e-waste saga ....
About two weeks ago, my current company was getting ready to move to new, larger quarters, and management decided to get rid of anything relatively old.
This happened to include a mint condition Tektronix 7104 with 2x 7A29, 7B15, 7B10 plugins.? I saw it sitting forlornly next to the large dumpster and after double-checking on its fate, I decided to relieve the trash haulers the effort of hoisting it up and into oblivion.? I later found the FET probes in their cases at the bottom of another pile.
Took it home and dusted it off, cleaned it up to like-new condition, and fired it up.? Works perfectly with a bright trace and no burn in.
I've since found out that this model was the fastest analog scope that Tektronix ever made, if my history is correct.
Displays very cleanly and solidly triggers past 1.3 GHz.
Go figure.
The moral - keep your eyes open when you hear of a company move or its cal lab closing down and everything there pre-1991 is suddenly "worthless".
Cheers,
Bruce A., Santa Barbara
