Jim Adney wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:47:04 +0000 (UTC) Damian Menscher
wrote:
Jim Adney wrote:
How about 547? Does that sound any more familiar? ;-)
No, it's definitely a 647. Got it right here in front of me. Looks
to be one of the earlier ones, judging by the serial number.
It has a strange malfunction which I've been trying (unsuccessfully)
to correct for the past 10 years or so. I'll start a new thread about
that, though, since it has little to do with this thread.
Is this a solid state scope?
Yup, but it still uses tubes as rectifiers in the CRT supply. It's
kind of a weird hybrid, since everything else is solid state. I'm
guessing they either didn't have solid state diodes that could handle
the HV, or they thought the tubes would give a smoother output.
I should take some pictures of it... I get the feeling this was a rare
one. Even Google the Omniscient doesn't have pics of it.
Damian Menscher
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