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jonpaul:
A walk down memory lane....
In 1968....Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Oddssey" used a TEK P6006 x10 probe for checking the AE-35 unit per computer HAL-9000 fault detection.
When the testing did not confirm HAL-9000 prediction of failure, Frank Poole went EVA to exchange AE-35 (comms dish feed LNA) and the rest is for you to recall.
So the scene is central to the story line by Arthur C Clarke and Stanley Kubrick.
Now, In my boxes of 100s of old probes, I just discovered two, P6006 (10X, 25 MHz!) with tips and clips!
Your memories of old probes and 2001 A Space Odyssey are appreciated! Enjoy!
Jon
Infraviolet:
A good film, but you don't get the proper experience unless you watch 2010 The Year We Make Contact straight afterwards.
coppercone2:
Yes thats the screw probe I have. When I got it in a ebay grab bag I thought it might be a special probe for threading into threaded connections. And it can be, if you make brass adapters for it. An end to screw terminal block bull shit?
xrunner:
--- Quote from: jonpaul on December 20, 2022, 03:25:01 pm ---Your memories of old probes and 2001 A Space Odyssey are appreciated! Enjoy!
Jon
--- End quote ---
"Well HAL ... I'll be damned if I can find anything wrong with it."
jonpaul:
These 1960s probe P6006-9 are useful on big équipements with moving parts, high voltage, etc where our modern tiny probes are easily damaged
The large screw on tips are fine for industrial applications and the 600 V ration better than the 400 modern probes.
Jon
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