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

[Mike Manes]

The long-defunct "HP Journal" was a terrific source of technical product
development material.  Wish I'd kept more of 'em.
73 de Mike W5VSI

wolfbob wrote:
> The HP appnotes were a major life saver for test engineers. We at 
> Sylvania Microwave Tube lab modeled our set of microwave tube app notes 
> after them. I published about 30 notes (in 1955-59) on the applications 
> of microwave tubes. Wish I had a set these also with the set of HP 
> appnotes I threw away when I got into the systems business.
> 
> WBob, WB6JPI
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
> To: "barry tuttleman" <btuttleman at worldnet.att.net>; "Discussion of 
> Electronic Test Equipment" <test-equipment at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Re: [TekScopes2] Landmark Instruments ?
> 
> 
>> I heard that a former VP at HP said "We are not interested in the 
>> past. We are
>> only interested in the future" just before ordering the destruction of 
>> a major
>> company's carefully preserved archives.
>>
>> Best,
>> -John
>>
>>
>>
>> barry tuttleman wrote:
>>
>>> regarding the "Landfill" instruments question:
>>>
>>> as far as Agilent is concerned, ANY of the test equipment not
>>> currently in their catalog are members of the Landfill team;
>>> they have been CRUSHING and DESTROYING ALL units such as the
>>> 141T SA's (that have been traded in), w/ no regard to the "little
>>> people" such as many of us - this is the Santa Rosa, CA (and possibly
>>> the Colorado facility also) facility.  employees caught TOUCHING any of
>>> the units designated for destruction were also murdered and buried w/
>>> the equipment, or at least terminated on the spot. [snip]
>>
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