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 The Tektronix Type T is a timebase plug-in primarily intended for use in the [[536]] X-Y scope.  It
-contains trigger and sweep circuitry.  If you put it in a vertical slot you can make a
+contains trigger and sweep circuitry.  The typical use of a Type T plug-in is as the X-axis plug-in
-raster, and using the scope's Z-axis input allows a crude video display.
+in a 536.  This configuration makes the 536 behave like a normal oscilloscope instead of an X-Y scope.
-It was [[introduced in 1957]] and dropped after 1971 or 1972,
-the same as its primary host.
+If you put a Type T in a vertical slot of a normal [[500-series scopes|500-series scope]],
+you can make a raster,
+and using the scope's Z-axis input this allows a crude video display.
+The Type T was [[introduced in 1957]] and dropped after 1971 or 1972,
+the same as its primary host, the 536.
 * [http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/tek/t/ Tektronix Type T Manual (BAMA)]