Agree entirely. My (now backup) scope is a Telequipment D83. It was manufactured in 1976 in London in the UK. It is fully discrete (no integrated circuits), ha

Agree entirely. My (now backup) scope is a Telequipment D83. It was manufactured in 1976 in London in the UK. It is fully discrete (no integrated circuits), has a full service manual that comes with it, has not had a single part replaced in its lifetime and has never missed a calibration. After 38 years the tube is less bright but that's about it. One of these: http://2dehandsgoederen.nl/images/telequipment_scope/IMG_2107.jpg http://2dehandsgoederen.nl/images/telequipment_scope/IMG_210... That engineering discipline and intended life could go a long way to solving a lot of the world's problems. Things need to slow down.