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TAS485 quirks and known issues

 

I have recently?acquired?a TAS485 and I was wondering if anyone knows what are the usual quirks or known issues with this series of scopes.

Is there a blue shield for this series of scopes, because I like blue.

Thanks.
 

So I guess this thing is bullet proof, since no one knows about any quirks or issues.

Well the scope is working fine, aside from needing calibration. It is amazing to see the technological progress in this scope, I also own a Tek 465 and a Tek 475.?

From: Gala Dragos
To: TekScopes
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:32 PM
Subject: [TekScopes] TAS485 quirks and known issues

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I have recently?acquired?a TAS485 and I was wondering if anyone knows what are the usual quirks or known issues with this series of scopes.

Is there a blue shield for this series of scopes, because I like blue.

Thanks.
 

Good Day, Gala,

I am glad to hear that you are enjoying your TAS485.

You might want to read over these messages, too: #3163 and #2894.

I once had the "pleasure" to have a TAS250 on my bench many moons ago and that unit was simply just not up to the Tektronix standard. It even looked very cheaply made. It had partially unreliable pots and front button switches. Above message 2894 explained to me, why.

I have never ever seen any TAS455/465/475 or TAS485 over here in Europe to be honest...

Cheers,

Magnus
 

Thanks for the info.

From message ?#2894, which is a little history of Tektronix scopes, I found out that the TAS4xx series were made in Beaverton. Already figured out that they were the last tektronix analogue scopes from the mfg date stamped around various places: march 1993.

Here is a link to the tektronix web site??. This link convinced me to get the scope.

All in all is a nice little scope. The only thing that might be deemed as cheap is the fact that the case was the same used in the TDS scopes of the time, therefore is not balanced well (CRT on the side) and has a lot of free space (you could fit another scope in there).

If you would like to see a TAS485 in Europe, just drop me an email, I live in Europe too.

From: magnustoelle
To: TekScopes@...
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:07 PM
Subject: [TekScopes] Re: TAS485 quirks and known issues

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Good Day, Gala,

I am glad to hear that you are enjoying your TAS485.

You might want to read over these messages, too: #3163 and #2894.

I once had the "pleasure" to have a TAS250 on my bench many moons ago and that unit was simply just not up to the Tektronix standard. It even looked very cheaply made. It had partially unreliable pots and front button switches. Above message 2894 explained to me, why.

I have never ever seen any TAS455/465/475 or TAS485 over here in Europe to be honest...

Cheers,

Magnus

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