On 2009-12-10, Andrew VK3BFA wrote:

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Bloody Hell Bruce - I have trouble remembering what I did 6 months ago

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BUT - the REALLY NICE old gear had beautiful manuals , old HP , Tek
test gear, even till the 70's radio gear - again, its the Old Fart
syndrome, we remember (I think) when such things as manuals and spare
parts were routine.

Not only that -- but Tektronix, at least, had a sense of humour.
Look in the schematics for something from the period of the 454 and you
will find, somewhere in there, a joke. In one of them, there was a
railroad train running along the ground rail on one page, complete with
puffs of smoke and steam. :-)

I forget what the other devices had, but there was one schematic
for each device which had an "Easter egg" like that.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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