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I think that’s survivor bias. A big chunk of stuff barely worked and didn’t last as long. I had a couple of old and tektronix scopes which are amazingly reliab

by hughrr 5y ago

I think that’s survivor bias. A big chunk of stuff barely worked and didn’t last as long. I had a couple of old and tektronix scopes which are amazingly reliable after 50 years according to the collectors. Nope! Yours are the exceptional ones on the failure bell curve. There are a hundred that were scrapped before you got yours. Mine were asshats.

GeorgeTirebiter 5y ago
Could be. I'll ask around. My Tek scopes (analog vintage anyway) had visited the Tek Shop at least twice. I recently 'restored' two EC-1 Analog Computers. Both were extremely well-built; and in one of them, the caps were even still good (!). My experience is 60s through mid 70s Heathkits. I don't have much experience with 'newer' models. Or older, for that matter. (My first kit was a transistor checker; then a DX-60A. Last kit was probably the mid-range AM/FM receiver/amp. I still have that, and it works great.)