> A guy clearing out his deceased father-in-law's basement let me have an HP
> 1722A oscilloscope. It powers up, and responds to signals. I haven't
> tested all the functions, but the basic stuff works. I'm thinking of
> selling it. How much is a working 1722A worth?
$75.
Reply by Phil Hobbs●July 12, 20132013-07-12
On 07/11/2013 03:28 PM, Don Lancaster wrote:
> On 7/8/2013 11:41 AM, miso wrote:
>> On 7/8/2013 7:10 AM, rickman wrote:
>>> On 7/8/2013 1:43 AM, miso wrote:
>>>> but I never found it to be as horrible as some stated.
>>>
>>> High praise indeed!
>>>
>> Well, the Tek scopes of that era were a bit better on the trigger. But
>> the talk around the water cooler was the HP scopes didn't work at all,
>> and that wasn't the case.
>>
>> The Tek 465 was basically the workhorse at the time. Or at least the 400
>> series. I may not have the exact timeline, but the 465 was a late 70's
>> scope.
>
> The last decent HP scope was the 130C.
>
> To HP, "trigger" was a horse.
>
> It has been downhill forever after.
>
Until about 10 years ago, when Agilent figured out how to make scopes
and Tek figured out how to make spectrum analyzers at roughly the same
time. Check out the Infiniium series--they're very swoopy.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
160 North State Road #203
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
hobbs at electrooptical dot net
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Reply by tm●July 11, 20132013-07-11
"Don Lancaster" <don@tinaja.com> wrote in message
news:b48fb3Fer87U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> To HP, "trigger" was a horse.
>
> It has been downhill forever after.
>
Now that is funny. I must agree.
tm
Reply by Cydrome Leader●July 11, 20132013-07-11
Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.please> wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 17:48:17 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 17:10:14 -0400, the renowned "Michael Robinson"
>> <kellrobinson@yahoo.com.no_spam> wrote:
>>
>>>A guy clearing out his deceased father-in-law's basement let me have an
>>>HP 1722A oscilloscope. It powers up, and responds to signals. I
>>>haven't tested all the functions, but the basic stuff works. I'm
>>>thinking of selling it. How much is a working 1722A worth?
>>>
>>>
>> Below is a link to a 1974 HP Journal that will give you the skinny on
>> the 1722A's far out capabilities. Catch you on the flip side.
>>
>> http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1974-12.pdf
>>
> I remember shirts like that.
that documents goes on about BASIC timesharing computer systems.
the competition between HP and GE must have been quite fierce.
Reply by Don Lancaster●July 11, 20132013-07-11
On 7/8/2013 11:41 AM, miso wrote:
> On 7/8/2013 7:10 AM, rickman wrote:
>> On 7/8/2013 1:43 AM, miso wrote:
>>> but I never found it to be as horrible as some stated.
>>
>> High praise indeed!
>>
> Well, the Tek scopes of that era were a bit better on the trigger. But
> the talk around the water cooler was the HP scopes didn't work at all,
> and that wasn't the case.
>
> The Tek 465 was basically the workhorse at the time. Or at least the 400
> series. I may not have the exact timeline, but the 465 was a late 70's
> scope.
The last decent HP scope was the 130C.
To HP, "trigger" was a horse.
It has been downhill forever after.
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Reply by Tim Williams●July 10, 20132013-07-10
Early 70s I think -- of course, they would've had more market share and
better prices by the latter end. My 475 for instance is dated 1973 or so
(465 of course predates it by a couple).
Tim
--
Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk.
Website: http://seventransistorlabs.com
"miso" <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message
news:krf17e$fl6$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> On 7/8/2013 7:10 AM, rickman wrote:
>> On 7/8/2013 1:43 AM, miso wrote:
>>> but I never found it to be as horrible as some stated.
>>
>> High praise indeed!
>>
> Well, the Tek scopes of that era were a bit better on the trigger. But
> the talk around the water cooler was the HP scopes didn't work at all,
> and that wasn't the case.
>
> The Tek 465 was basically the workhorse at the time. Or at least the 400
> series. I may not have the exact timeline, but the 465 was a late 70's
> scope.
Reply by Nico Coesel●July 9, 20132013-07-09
Richard Henry <pomerado@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Sunday, July 7, 2013 9:29:49 PM UTC-7, Tim Wescott wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 17:48:17 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 17:10:14 -0400, the renowned "Michael Robinson"
>>
>> > <kellrobinson@yahoo.com.no_spam> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >>A guy clearing out his deceased father-in-law's basement let me have an
>>
>> >>HP 1722A oscilloscope. It powers up, and responds to signals. I
>>
>> >>haven't tested all the functions, but the basic stuff works. I'm
>>
>> >>thinking of selling it. How much is a working 1722A worth?
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >>
>>
>> > Below is a link to a 1974 HP Journal that will give you the skinny on
>>
>> > the 1722A's far out capabilities. Catch you on the flip side.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1974-12.pdf
>>
>> >
>>
>> I remember shirts like that.
>
>1974 dress code. I also had white bellbottoms, wide belt with hippie engraving, and platform shoes.
I had a white jumpsuit with space for a diaper and every women smiled
to me instantly :-)
--
Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
indicates you are not using the right tools...
nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Reply by Richard Henry●July 9, 20132013-07-09
On Sunday, July 7, 2013 9:29:49 PM UTC-7, Tim Wescott wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 17:48:17 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 17:10:14 -0400, the renowned "Michael Robinson"
>
> > <kellrobinson@yahoo.com.no_spam> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >>A guy clearing out his deceased father-in-law's basement let me have an
>
> >>HP 1722A oscilloscope. It powers up, and responds to signals. I
>
> >>haven't tested all the functions, but the basic stuff works. I'm
>
> >>thinking of selling it. How much is a working 1722A worth?
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> > Below is a link to a 1974 HP Journal that will give you the skinny on
>
> > the 1722A's far out capabilities. Catch you on the flip side.
>
> >
>
> > http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1974-12.pdf
>
> >
>
> I remember shirts like that.
1974 dress code. I also had white bellbottoms, wide belt with hippie engraving, and platform shoes.
Reply by josephkk●July 9, 20132013-07-09
On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 17:48:17 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 17:10:14 -0400, the renowned "Michael Robinson"
> <kellrobinson@yahoo.com.no_spam> wrote:
>
>>A guy clearing out his deceased father-in-law's basement let me have an
>>HP 1722A oscilloscope. It powers up, and responds to signals. I
>>haven't tested all the functions, but the basic stuff works. I'm
>>thinking of selling it. How much is a working 1722A worth?
>>
>>
> Below is a link to a 1974 HP Journal that will give you the skinny on
> the 1722A's far out capabilities. Catch you on the flip side.
>
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1974-12.pdf
>
>
> Best regards,
> Spehro Pefhany
275 MHz scope with interesting delayed sweep trigger is interesting.
?-)
Reply by miso●July 8, 20132013-07-08
On 7/8/2013 7:10 AM, rickman wrote:
> On 7/8/2013 1:43 AM, miso wrote:
>> but I never found it to be as horrible as some stated.
>
> High praise indeed!
>
Well, the Tek scopes of that era were a bit better on the trigger. But
the talk around the water cooler was the HP scopes didn't work at all,
and that wasn't the case.
The Tek 465 was basically the workhorse at the time. Or at least the 400
series. I may not have the exact timeline, but the 465 was a late 70's
scope.