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

[Dave Brown]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Manes" <mrmanes at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Electronic Test Equipment" 
<test-equipment at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Re: [TekScopes2] Landmark Instruments ?


> 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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