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Tektronix vintage equipment in SciFi movies - even in the year 2019. A type 465M appeared in "The Emissary"

 

Good Day to the group,

I trust everybody has made it well into the New Year.

This might amuse you...

We have been chatting on the subject of Tektronix (and other) vintage T&M equipment that's showing up in SciFi movies.
Now... It seems that even in the year 2019, film makers consider CRT-oscilloscopes as a great setup for SciFi movies!

Here is a screenshot taken from the DUST SciFi movie "The Emissary", that features several Tektronix oscilloscopes (and other vintage test gear) in some scenes:
/g/TekScopes/photo/271466/3361750

I would identify the most prominent device on the right of the actor as a Tektronix type 465M CRT oscilloscope, but others might well correct me on this. This is at 13:00 min. into the movie.

Full movie here: (Side note: I think that's quite a good story and it's *not* 3+ hours long as other epic SciFi movies...)

Cheers,

Magnus
 

I was just thinking about this the other night.? I got the urge to watch "Buckaroo Banzai- Across the Eight Dimension" (don't ask me why...). and I spotted a pair of 465 or similar scopes on carts.??
-Dave

On Saturday, January 8, 2022, 07:23:41 AM PST, magnustoelle via groups.io <magnustoelle@...> wrote:

Good Day to the group,

I trust everybody has made it well into the New Year.

This might amuse you...

We have been chatting on the subject of Tektronix (and other) vintage T&M equipment that's showing up in SciFi movies.
Now... It seems that even in the year 2019, film makers consider CRT-oscilloscopes as a great setup for SciFi movies!

Here is a screenshot taken from the DUST SciFi movie "The Emissary", that features several Tektronix oscilloscopes (and other vintage test gear) in some scenes:
/g/TekScopes/photo/271466/3361750

I would identify the most prominent device on the right of the actor as a Tektronix type 465M CRT oscilloscope, but others might well correct me on this. This is at 13:00 min. into the movie.

Full movie here: (Side note: I think that's quite a good story and it's *not* 3+ hours long as other epic SciFi movies...)

Cheers,

Magnus

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