Tim P, I would like to learn the cause and resolution of that problem myself. Perhaps Mr. Wilson could expand on the actual cause of the problem and his solution? Thanks! -- Michael

from Tim P (UK) re the 5111 - what was the problem with the -30V ? I have a 5441 with a low -15V (11V) and a high +30V (+38V) The LVPS in the 5000-series seem to be very similar. I would be

Well Stated Chuck! -- Michael Lynch Dardanelle, AR

Hi All... Given the expense of the SG5030 Sig. gen. & leveling head ($2000 +). I am looking at doing a project to create a precision Peak 2 Peak Voltage display 'Head' for the output of my SG503. I

Tektronix didn't lose their way, they lost their market, and the old guard couldn't figure out how to cope. Reagan spent the Soviet Union into bankruptcy, and then shifted gears into reducing the

Continuing on this 576, I removed the four Printact relay armature assemblies, and found that the gold plated contact pads on the board were quite pitted on the two uppermost units. I did not expect

I never met Stan personally but have his book and also had email and snail mail communications with him. He was a real gentleman, a fount of knowledge and very helpful. RIP. Morris Odell VK3DOC in

Well Stated! -- Michael Lynch Dardanelle, AR

I do not but do remember this being discussed several times. My experience was from 1980-2011. It seemed that most of the instruments followed the letter manufacturing convention you show above in

Stan may have been a friend of Tektronix but he didn't trust the Tektronix Corporation. As the co-founder of the vintageTEK Museum he was adamant there be no connection to the corporation at all. Stan

Hi Richard, I never left Yahoo TekScopes but I haven't gotten any messages from Yahoo TekScopes members who don't know we moved to Groups.io. They would still be sending them to the Yahoo TekScopes.

Hi Amir, You can build them for any library with the old NI 488 API, like the NI drivers, linux-gpib, and probably several others. It is the library that must have support for the interface you are

I disagree with this as policy. My mail client will accept messages from either Yahoo or GIO, the filter will route them into the same folder. I do not post using Yahoo but want to see what messages

I believe that the "stuff" is a sealer of some sort that TEK used on many of their flush socket units. I see this on many of the newer TM5XX plug ins as well as many scopes that use those soldered

This message just prompted me to go in and leave the yahoo group. Yahoo is dead. It'll be a little while before they figure it out but I'm pulling out of all my 100 or so groups there

Very Very Sad. Sincere Condolences to all Family and Friends. wrote:

Hi Dave, I'm not alone in thinking your nom de plume is hysterical. Dennis

It is fantastic! I haven't laughed so hard in ages.

All: I found a power supply. Still looking for the FPP Board (A7) 671-3179-00 Also, now looking for a copy of the Performance Verification Software disc that was an optional item on this unit.

From the official Tek product.