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Re: Advice about buying a 7904
The fan on my 7904A is very quiet, a non issue on mine at least. I suggest that the most important thing will be finding the best instrument available around your location. Packing properly is
By Bob Koller <testtech@...> · #167592 ·
Re: Advice about buying a 7904
Thanks for all the responses. I also hate fan noise. That and more readily available parts make the 7904 preferable. However, I'll also look into the 7854. As I have a Tek 11801 and HP 16702B and
By Reginald Beardsley · #167591 ·
Mystery part Type 576 Curve tracer.
All: Now that I have got my 576 working reliably, I was going to start calibration and I found a pair of what appear to be silicone washers laying in the bottom of the unit. I have no idea where
By Michael W. Lynch · #167590 ·
Re: 475 questions
Bruce, There are 2 fundamental differences that need to be taken in to account when replacing ¡°vintage¡± caps. And I use the term vintage loosely. One is tolerance. In the worst case I can
By Eric · #167589 ·
Re: Advice about buying a 7904
I had a 7904A recently for a short time. The fan was one reason I sold it - the noise is obnoxious to me. I don't think there was anything wrong with the fan, but I'm sensitive to that white noise -
By saipan59 (Pete) · #167588 ·
Re: 475 questions
It might help if I posted the values of the capacitors that were originally in the scope. I'll do this below in the quoted text.
By ciclista41@... · #167587 ·
Re: Tek 4041 GPIB Controller
I just finished creating the binary files for each of the Option ROMs v2.1 and also a 16bit binary that could be used for disassembly and posted them in the ROMs folder on my github repository for the
By Monty McGraw · #167586 ·
Re: Advice about buying a 7904
I can speak of this from the 7904 perspective, since I have two that work, and some backup parts sources, I had 7904's available, and no 7904As. the 7A19 are the "appropriate" plugin for a 500 mhz
By Harvey White · #167585 ·
Re: 475 questions
As a precaution, some switching supplies don't work well with a voltage below the operating voltage. For a linear supply, as the voltage to the supply rises, the regulator generally (if it has a
By Harvey White · #167584 ·
Re: probe.
I stand corrected. Sometimes you can teach an old dog new tricks! ;) Thanks, Raymond! Jim
By Jim Ford · #167583 ·
Re: Advice about buying a 7904
Issues and features that I recall: 7904 has lots of tantalum caps, and a couple are bound to blow. They are easy to find and fix. 7904 has a weak power supply that can't handle many of the
By Chuck Harris <cfharris@...> · #167582 ·
Re: 475 questions
?Hi folks, Here's my proposed parts order on Digi-Key, except that I haven't decided between the first or second set of tantalums. The caps below those are to replace the large C1412, 14, 42, 52,
By ciclista41@... · #167581 ·
Re: Advice about buying a 7904
My email should have read ¡°no well-known problems¡±. I had both a 7904 and a 7904A; I gave the 7904 away to a good home when I moved across the country, reducing my collection to five 7xxx
By Dave Daniel · #167580 ·
Re: Advice about buying a 7904
Hi Reginald, Advantages of the 7904A over the 7904: - Newer, so possibly less failure-prone - Easier to service because of split construction - Front panel layout very much like the 7104 (or is that
By Raymond Domp Frank · #167579 ·
Re: Tek 4041 GPIB Controller
We can get the 4041 service manual scanned from the vintagetek.org microfiche library of all Tektronix documentation - after COVID-19 is over. Right now Oregon is still in lockdown. They only charge
By Monty McGraw · #167578 ·
Re: Advice about buying a 7904
Reg, As you may know from our prior conversations, I have both a 7104 and a 7904A. The 7904A is definitely my workhorse because, as you mention, I want to preserve and protect the mcp tube in the
By Sean Turner · #167577 ·
Re: Advice about buying a 7904
The 7904A is easier to wotk pne because it has the ¡°kickstand¡± feature where one can split the display section up off of the lower section to make repairs. I¡¯ve never compared the specs of a
By Dave Daniel · #167576 ·
Advice about buying a 7904
I have a 485 and a 7104. The fragile CRT of the latter discourages regular use unless needed. Reed refurbished my 485 and obviously it's a really fine instrument. I'm mulling over getting a 7904 for
By Reginald Beardsley · #167575 ·
Re: 475 questions
IIRC, only the 432, 434, and 485 had switchers. The 485 was much like a 7K with the Tek-made controller chip. The 43X's were discrete. -ls-
By teamlarryohio · #167574 ·
Re: 475 questions
Hey guys! Look at me with my newly acquired acronyms! ;-)
By ciclista41@... · #167573 ·