FYI The seller quoted me $200 for shipping (freight) to Florida. I'm already working on a project 576 so I passed but I was sorely tempted. I was also concerned that "Freight" shipping would mean that

I got three of the Tek 2710s with some surplus years ago. They power up and react to the buttons but I couldn't get a display on any of them. I sold one but the other two are gathering dust around her

6:34 PM. The listing has already been taken down. No record of it so that means E-bay took it down for fraud or something similar.

I checked my 1980 and 1985 IC Masters and my 1969 Motorola Data Book and that part isn't listed in any of them. Do you know what year it was made?

When were you at the Melbourne Hamfest? I was there Friday and bought some things. I sent back Saturday and it was DEAD.

"They used the case for quite a few instruments." I have an 8080 CPU tester built by Tektronix that uses the same case. IIRC the 834 can be used by itself as an RS-232 terminal but if you want to use

I fried my refrigerator and the digital display board in my freezer when I connected them to a generator during a hurricane. They worked for a while but soon developed problems. Since then I've picked

I really should pick up something like this since I have computer systems (intel MDS-800, SWTPC, etc) that use an RS-232 terminal but all of the 834s that I find locally are missing that T-cable. Than

I don't know what's in them but the 834s that I saw years ago all had pods on them. Does anyone have a manual for an 834 and does it show a schematic of the pod or cable?

Regarding any electronic equipment that hasn't been used in a while, I bring it up slowly using a variac and I've noticed that the odds of it working has improved from about 50% to about 90%. But also

"It is optimistic to assume that an SMPS can operate correctly over an arbitrary range of input voltages." No intelligent person should expect a SMPS to operate at 1 VAC, or 10 VAC or anything close t

I was in Kansas City about 25 years ago and found a rare Apple II prototype. I made the mistake of trying to hand carry it back on an airline the next day. I literally spent about 4 hours in the head

"At the present time, I can get to my equipment - so, I was wondering did HP put this type of capacitor on their equipment? If so, should each and everyone be replaced? In general, should these be rep

The HP (Vector) Network Analyzers such as the HP 8754 use cables that are matched in both electrical phase and amplitude, perhaps you can find a set or even just a pair of these cables and use them. I

I used to have an IBM 5100, what would you like to know about it? Flip the front switch to select APL or BASIC, turn it on and start typing. That was it. BTW you should know that the 5100 and similar

My rule of thumb when looking at electronic equipment on E-bay or anywhere else is to look *closely* for signs that anyone has been into it. If it isn't *sealed* and it's not guaranteed to work then e

"If not for FleaBay, then where else can one obtain these old scope modules?" They show up pretty regularly at the surplus stores around here. I just bought two TM500 (DM502 and FG502) plugins for $5

Actually $1200 is completely reasonable IMO. I sold mine for almost that much 15 years ago and i've seen at least one that sold for almost double that. Like the prices or not but the really unique and

Bob, Where are you located? there is a small handheld Tektronix scope in a surpus store near me and that I can probably get cheaply. As best as I can remember it is a 2xx model but I don't remember th

I've seen ones in worse condition but I don't have pictures. Stuff coming back to the US from some of the NASA tracking and communications stations on the Caribbean islands looks much worse. That one