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Qfissler
Joined 28 December 2021
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Some info... I'll add a table of gear I'll be working on...
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Born in London & based near London, UK. | Born in London & based near London, UK. | ||
Been using Tek scopes for many, many years. | Been using Tek scopes for many, many years as a hobbyist. | ||
I own a couple of scopes not on this wiki | I own a couple of scopes not on this wiki. | ||
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=Things I'm working on= | |||
==Testing plugins== | |||
English has a habit of tripping us up... Especially as we use a variety of regional dialects here. I intend to create plugins for testing the mainframes, their power rails and some minimal features. Hopefully, along the way, I'll also gather ideas and notes to create test rigs for testing and calibrating plugins... | |||
Inspired by some excellent plugins from Tek, Jared@NFM and others, and the fact that probing the backplane with test gear is a Royal Pita, I've cobbled some notes and parts together and intend to build something to test Telequipment, 7000 series, 5000 series and TM500 series mainframes. | |||
==Octopus== | |||
I have a [[7CT1N]] but like the idea of making some of our old scopes more useful by adding something like the octopus idea... At its simplest, the octopus can output X-Y to a scope. With storage, we can compare traces with known-good components. With programmable hardware, we can run complicated and automated tests. | |||
==Repairs== | |||
I love repairing electronics - it's been a hobby for many years. I find it therapeutic to restore things to working order, as well as rewarding to see something recovered from a path to landfill. It's a fond memory of mine to have been greeted by nephews and nieces with excitement and pleas to get me to repair things they'd liked to play with... | |||
I've been buying Tek and Telequipment gear cheap to support sharing my enthusiasm with folk wanting to learn about electronics. Some of the items I've acquired need repair! Some might be rare enough that I need to plan the work to include pausing for photos or even good lighting and commentary for video... | |||
I'll add a table here ASAP as I think that I'll need to solicit info and encourage discussion... | |||
=Notes for other users= | =Notes for other users= | ||