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==History of low-cost instruments at Tektronix== | ==History of low-cost instruments at Tektronix== | ||
[[File:Tek 912 1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The predecessor: T912, an early low-cost model]] | [[File:Tek 912 1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The predecessor: T912, an early low-cost model]] | ||
Until their acquisition of [[Telequipment]] (TQ as Tek abbreviated it), [[Tektronix]] was a company that strictly developed and sold high-end laboratory oscilloscopes and equipment. The TQ instruments immediately gave Tek a line of low-cost oscilloscopes that were primarily targeted at the television service industry, as one of the standard features of TQ was television line and frame triggering. But this was a temporary fix to fill in the low end of the product line. The [[ | Until their acquisition of [[Telequipment]] (TQ as Tek abbreviated it), [[Tektronix]] was a company that strictly developed and sold high-end laboratory oscilloscopes and equipment. The TQ instruments immediately gave Tek a line of low-cost oscilloscopes that were primarily targeted at the television service industry, as one of the standard features of TQ was television line and frame triggering. But this was a temporary fix to fill in the low end of the product line. The [[T900-series scopes|T900-series]] was developed and marketed in the early 1970s. This was the first time that Tektronix advertising appeared in electronics hobbyists magazines such as ''Popular Electronics'' and ''Radio-Electronics'' rather than just the professional engineering magazines. | ||
With their entry into the low-end market, the Japanese manufacturers began to take notice and increased their penetration into the same market with models that offered fair performance and a decent price. And the imports were beginning to take a large market share away from Tektronix and from Hewlett-Packard who had also developed a lower-cost line of oscilloscopes. | With their entry into the low-end market, the Japanese manufacturers began to take notice and increased their penetration into the same market with models that offered fair performance and a decent price. And the imports were beginning to take a large market share away from Tektronix and from Hewlett-Packard who had also developed a lower-cost line of oscilloscopes. | ||