Oscilloscope question

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com> writes:

 Tom> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
 >> The Tek 7000 series scopes are really, really, undervalued these
 >> days for what they represent.

 Tom> The problem with all of these older Tek devices, as pretty much
 Tom> everyone who uses them for some time discovers, is that they
 Tom> soon enough die of electromechanical issues -- the switches get
 Tom> touchy, intermittent, then die -- and are essentially
 Tom> unrepairable.

That hasn't been my experience with any of them, and given the superb
quality of those devices I would find it surprising if that were
common.  My 535 and my 7603 both worked very well.  The only 535
problem was a tube problem (HT rectifier -- obtainable though
expensive and not well known).

	  paul