Introduction to the 7000-Series Oscilloscopes: Difference between revisions

In August of 1969 Tektronix issued a [[Media:Aug 1969 Catalog Supplement.pdf|supplement catalog]] featuring a new series of instruments: The 7000-Series. [[Howard Vollum]] himself wrote the introduction message on page 1 of this supplement, where he presented the 7000 series as a replacement to the [[500-series_scopes|500 scope series]] , emphasizing the necessity to switch to a new platform for modular high-end scopes due to the limitations of the original [[500-series_scopes|500 series platform]] designed in 1953. According to [[Howard Vollum|Vollum]] $28 million were spent in two years to develop the initial components and products of the 7000 series. While the original mainframes [[7504]] and [[7704]] [[Introduced in 1969|introduced in 1969]] were short-lived, some of the original plug-ins as the [[7A22]] or the [[7S11]] were produced until the early 1990s.