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Hi, my name is Peter (who would have guessed?). I was born and live in Austria. Originally an EE, my current day job is in IT, in an international environment. | Hi, my name is Peter (who would have guessed?). I was born and live in Austria. Originally an EE, my current day job is in IT, in an international environment. | ||
The first Tek instrument I worked with – around 1982 IIRC – was a [[T912]] "vacuum cleaner" which I must say left me slightly underimpressed compared with my favourites at the time, the HP 1740 series. | The first Tek instrument I worked with – around 1982 IIRC – was a [[T912]] "vacuum cleaner" which I must say left me "slightly underimpressed" compared with my favourites at the time, the HP 1740 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, circa 1986, was a rather pedestrian Kenwood 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 ''good'' 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 ''good'' scope was, when I compared them side by side in overdrive ... | ||