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TDS3000 and 3000B operate the floppy and parallel port through a "super IO" chip as used on computer motherboards of the era. At TDS3000C they removed the super IO and put in a USB controller. | TDS3000 and 3000B operate the floppy and parallel port through a "super IO" chip as used on computer motherboards of the era. At TDS3000C they removed the super IO and put in a USB controller. | ||
'''the floppy drive and printer are driven through a Super I/O chip dedicated to those functions. To add USB support in the C revision, the entire IO section of the TDS3000/B scopes were removed and redesigned with completely different component.''' -- "Chris B", Tektronix Applications, on the Tek Forum. | |||
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TDS3000 and 3000B operate the floppy and parallel port through a "super IO" chip as used on computer motherboards of the era. At TDS3000C they removed the super IO and put in a USB controller.
the floppy drive and printer are driven through a Super I/O chip dedicated to those functions. To add USB support in the C revision, the entire IO section of the TDS3000/B scopes were removed and redesigned with completely different component. -- "Chris B", Tektronix Applications, on the Tek Forum.