[Test-Equipment] Re: [TekScopes2] Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] Landmark Instruments ?

[J Forster]

You're right. I'd pretty much missed that.

However, my question is really directed at those instruments that made a quantum improvement in the daily life of a working engineer.  Hence, I'd choose a 453 over a 465, because the difference in
convenience of a 453 over a 535 is much larger than the difference between a 465 and a 453.

Thanks very much,
-John

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arthurok wrote:

> remember   that  most  of   teks  and  hp  money  was  made selling
> instruments   used  for  eqipment  servicing    and  production line  activities
> "not    the  engineering  dept."
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: J Forster
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>   Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:50 AM
>   Subject: [hp_agilent_equipment] Landmark Instruments ?
>
>   I'd like people's opinions on what they think are really landmark
>   instruments in the era between about 1955 and 1995, the kind of things
>   that made a really big difference on a working engineer's test bench..
>
>   I'm thinking of things like the Tek 7000 scopes and the HP 8410 VNA.
>
>   Thanks,
>   -John