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> Fixing 1960s and 1970s electronics is hard. But they're fixing IBM's good stuff, not junk. Depends. I found my various Tektronix pieces quite easily repaired
by blattimwind 8y ago
> Fixing 1960s and 1970s electronics is hard. But they're fixing IBM's good stuff, not junk.
Depends. I found my various Tektronix pieces quite easily repaired, with insights gained. But then again their documentation is quite good.
- Animats 8y agoTektronix was over the top on quality. Ceramic terminal strips, silver solder, and all the component color codes facing in the same direction. They even put a little spool of silver solder inside the scope in case you had to make repairs. [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvbNBZX6kNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvbNBZX6kNE
- Aengeuad 8y agoOn top of that, if a board has utterly gave up the ghost and let the magic smoke out there's still a large market for donor boards, probably owing to the fact that they were such well built, documented, and repairable pieces of equipment.
- bitwize 8y agoTektronix is a scientific instrument company that happened to get into computer peripherals. You could bet their gear was rock solid, and designed for engineers to poke at.
- escherplex 8y agoLike the mid 1970s Tektronix 4014 storage tube graphics display terminals. Saw one that was retired but still operational in early '00s used originally for CAD. Interesting how back then you could draw a circle in a box then morph the box (using scroll wheels) into a rectangle to form an ellipse.