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The move to use a 3” CRT rather than a 5” was to produce a “portable” oscilloscope, which the 315-D was promoted as. With dimensions considerably smaller than the 5” models and only weighing a modest 36 pounds, it offers a lot of performance in a small package. In [[introduced_in_1956|1956]], Tek introduced a rack mount version, the 315R. One has to wonder what the benefit of a 3" screen is when it was packaged | The move to use a 3” CRT rather than a 5” was to produce a “portable” oscilloscope, which the 315-D was promoted as. With dimensions considerably smaller than the 5” models and only weighing a modest 36 pounds, it offers a lot of performance in a small package. In [[introduced_in_1956|1956]], Tek introduced a rack mount version, the 315R. One has to wonder what the benefit of a 3" screen is when it was packaged as a rack sized instrument. | ||
As with earlier 5” Tektronix scopes, the “D” suffix indicates the inclusion of | As with earlier 5” Tektronix scopes, the “D” suffix indicates the inclusion of | ||