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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 I worked with – around 1982 IIRC – was a [[T912]] "vacuum cleaner" which I must say left me slightly underimpressed at the time. | The first Tek I worked with – around 1982 IIRC – was a [[T912]] "vacuum cleaner" which I must say left me slightly underimpressed at the time, compared with my favourites at the time, the HP 1700 series. | ||
For budget reasons, the first scope I bought for myself was a rather pedestrian ~1986 Hitachi 100 MHz 2-ch portable (a la [[465]]). | For budget reasons, the first scope I bought for myself was a rather pedestrian ~1986 Hitachi 100 MHz 2-ch portable (a la [[465]]). | ||
It did | 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 ''decent'' scope was, when I compared them side by side in overdrive ... | |||
I bought my first Tek scope, the [[7613]] pictured below, in early 2014, and found TekWiki looking for manuals (its power supply needed some TLC). The resurrected 7613 did not remain alone for long, see below for the current tenants of ''Tek Sanctuary EMEA''. | I bought my first Tek scope, the [[7613]] pictured below, in early 2014, and found TekWiki looking for manuals (its power supply needed some TLC). The resurrected 7613 did not remain alone for long, see below for the current tenants of ''Tek Sanctuary EMEA''. | ||