Re: Salvage yard rescue: Tektronix TU-50. Some questions from a non-tech
ricky covell
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:29:54 PDT
(The leveler)
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Ferrous Steinka
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#208763
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Tek 492 Y axis failure?
Hi.
I have this 492 which was working.
Last week a friend donated a largely stripped 492 whose remaining parts I thought could be tested in the working unit.
First thing to test was the
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James55
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#208762
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Re: Identify TDS640A 'hackable' options via serial number?
HI Bill,
You said " but it quickly turned back to monochrome within a few seconds."
Was that with the LCD screen fed from the VGA signals from the rear panel as I assumed (foolishly) that an external
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Dave B
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#208761
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Re: 2784
Hii all,
the PSU is now ok. After adjusting the DIP Switches the SA is starting and I can see the 100 MHz signal I injected.
But I think the Signal is not locked. Down to 100 kHz ResBW the signal is
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Jürgen W
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#208760
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Re: Tek 2235 Q944 Equivalent-squished horizontal
In the 22xx scope's power supply the 8.6V rail acts as a reference for all other voltages, so if 8.6V is low, all other rails will also be dragged down.
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Alex
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#208759
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Re: Identify TDS640A 'hackable' options via serial number?
The possible options are only the ones which are listed in the datasheet! For example the number of sampling points can not be increased in a TDS6xx because of the other sampling technology of the
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C.W.
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#208758
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Re: Identify TDS640A 'hackable' options via serial number?
Yes, color Proc boards are different from monochrome. Thay have additional
color video schematics.
Regarding 1M and 2M,
If we look inside the oscilloscope, we can see which type of memory is
being
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walkerru3
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#208757
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Re: Salvage yard rescue: Tektronix TU-50. Some questions from a non-tech
Yeah, shame about the probe for sure. I had the same schematic up and it seems quite do-able, just a handful of resistors, a cap, and a 6110. I'm not familiar with the plug type so maybe that's
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ricky covell
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#208756
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Re: Identify TDS640A 'hackable' options via serial number?
As far as I know, the VGA output provides exactly the same image as on the CRT. So a monochrome scope will output a monochrome image via VGA.
As for enabling options, the link provided above by
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Jared Cabot
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#208755
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Re: 5B44 Dual Timebase parts - knobs wanted!
Speedy reply from VintageTek Museum, unfortunately it's:
"We no longer have the volunteers who had the time to look for parts and ship worldwide. Sorry we can’t assist in these kinds of parts
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Daniel Wainwright
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#208754
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RM15 MOD 801C
Hey all, I picked up a RM15 (rackmount 515) a few weeks ago and aside from missing most of its tubes it is in impeccable condition. What's peculiar is next to the s/n is a plate that says MOD 801C.
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rivet_head
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#208753
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Re: Identify TDS640A 'hackable' options via serial number?
I replaced the crt on my 640 w/ an LCD. I smiled for a brief second when
i saw colored text on boot, but it quickly turned back to monochrome within
a few seconds.
I'm guessing this is exactly what
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Bill Berzinskas
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#208752
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Re: Identify TDS640A 'hackable' options via serial number?
Dave,
Yes, for 2F no any hw changes needed, only unlock by EEPROM modifying
(don't forget to unlock EEPROM when modifying EEPROM ;).
The color TDS with NuColor using non-VGA signals on the connector
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walkerru3
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#208751
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Re: Salvage yard rescue: Tektronix TU-50. Some questions from a non-tech
You are missing the attenuator probe... so you can't generate the various calibration voltages. (So, how will you use it?)
I've never seen one of those probes for sale.
The plug is a Cannon plug, I
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Roy Thistle
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#208750
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Re: Tek Manuals
hi brian
i am interested in model 2465b with serial b0655....
regards
saroj
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Saroj Pradhan
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#208748
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Re: Tek 2235 Q944 Equivalent-squished horizontal
Thanks.
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Eng Heads
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#208747
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Re: Salvage yard rescue: Tektronix TU-50. Some questions from a non-tech
If you decide to sell it, I’m highly interested in it. I’ve been working on collecting Tektronix in house test equipment. It will have a good home.
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Eric Boyle
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#208746
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Re: Identify TDS640A 'hackable' options via serial number?
HI,
Thanks for your swift reply.
So what you are saying is that :-
1). The FFT math function will already be installed and just needs 'unlocking' via one of the two methods you describe (2F Advanced
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Dave B
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#208745
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Added photo album TU-50
#photo-notice
ricky covell <hypomnnqn@...> added the photo album TU-50 ( /g/TekScopes/album?id=301235 )
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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#208744
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Re: Identify TDS640A 'hackable' options via serial number?
Hi Dave,
You can unlock the options via GPIB. They are locked in EEPROM. See
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/enabling-options-in-tektronix-tds500-tds600-and-tds700-series-scopes/
for example.
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walkerru3
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#208743
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