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The first Tek I worked with – around 1982 IIRC – was a [[T912]] "vacuum cleaner" which I must say left me slightly underimpressed at the time, compared with my favourites at the time, the HP 1700 series. | The first Tek I worked with – around 1982 IIRC – was a [[T912]] "vacuum cleaner" which I must say left me slightly underimpressed at the time, compared with my favourites at the time, the HP 1700 series. | ||
For budget reasons, the first scope I bought for myself was a rather pedestrian | For budget reasons, the first scope I bought for myself was a rather pedestrian circa-1986 Hitachi 100 MHz 2-ch portable (a la [[465]]). | ||
It did pay for itself through a consulting assignment (2nd generation products of this effort are still in service), | It did pay for itself through a consulting assignment (2nd generation products of this effort are still in service), | ||
but I learned only some time later what the difference between a ''passable'' scope like that and a ''decent'' scope was, when I compared them side by side in overdrive ... | but I learned only some time later what the difference between a ''passable'' scope like that and a ''decent'' scope was, when I compared them side by side in overdrive ... | ||