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PaulAm:
I'm not sure this qualifies as a score, but I just picked up a Tektronix 555 dual beam scope, complete, for free. I'm not a big fan of the 500 series and stay away from vacuum tube equipment, but this was something special.
I don't know of any other scope that had to separate the power supply from the main unit to keep the pieces to a reasonable weight. It also consumes > 1KW so I can use it to heat my shop in the winter. And it has all that lovely ceramic strip construction. Now I'll have to see if I can find one of those SA plugins for it. Clearly a project for next winter
Cubdriver:
--- Quote from: PaulAm on May 06, 2020, 07:57:56 pm ---I'm not sure this qualifies as a score, but I just picked up a Tektronix 555 dual beam scope, complete, for free. I'm not a big fan of the 500 series and stay away from vacuum tube equipment, but this was something special.
I don't know of any other scope that had to separate the power supply from the main unit to keep the pieces to a reasonable weight. It also consumes > 1KW so I can use it to heat my shop in the winter. And it has all that lovely ceramic strip construction. Now I'll have to see if I can find one of those SA plugins for it. Clearly a project for next winter
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Nice score - that's one on my list for some day. There were a few Teks of that era that had separate power supplies - the 551 is another just off the top of my head. Congrats on your new beast; take good care of it!
-Pat
cdev:
OMG, thats a hell of a good deal for that!
--- Quote from: najrao on November 26, 2019, 08:33:55 am ---I had to pay a princely 250 rupees ($3.45) for this gem. Just needed going over with isopropyl to make it gleam. Perfect!
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Please stay safe!
0culus:
--- Quote from: PaulAm on May 06, 2020, 07:57:56 pm ---I'm not sure this qualifies as a score, but I just picked up a Tektronix 555 dual beam scope, complete, for free. I'm not a big fan of the 500 series and stay away from vacuum tube equipment, but this was something special.
I don't know of any other scope that had to separate the power supply from the main unit to keep the pieces to a reasonable weight. It also consumes > 1KW so I can use it to heat my shop in the winter. And it has all that lovely ceramic strip construction. Now I'll have to see if I can find one of those SA plugins for it. Clearly a project for next winter
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PaulAm:
I am NOT hauling it out to take a pic of the insides :-DD
This thing has something like 110 vacuum tubes.
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