Phillip,

I forgot to ever post a follow-up to the list, but I actually did manage to
find a .pdf of the Tek manual. I googled around for a couple of hours and
ran across a couple of good sites, one of which had a manual available for
download:

http://bama.sbc.edu/tektroni.htm
http://www.diyguitarist.com/TestEquipment/Tektronix453.htm
http://www.reprise.com/host/scopes/default.asp
http://www.reprise.com/host/tektronix/home/default.asp

Lots of good stuff, including repair advice.

TTYL!

- Robert



>-----Original Message-----
>From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]
>On Behalf Of Philip Stortz
>Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 2:31 AM
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [PICLIST] [OT]: Tek 453 O-scope manual
>
>i doubt very much that you'll find an electronic version, since it was
>pre-pdf and i doubt tech converted it since it was "obsolete".  you can
>probably buy a manual from a used equipment or manual company, but it
>may not be cheap.  are you talking about the operations manual or the
>repair manual?  for operation just knowing/learning how to use a scope
>and playing with it should do, for repair you'd need to buy one.  i have
>a repair manual for a 475a i got free, but i had to wait nearly a year
>before a manual company found the repair manual and it cost nearly $100
>(but it is a nice scope, the one with the meter).
>
>speaking of which, the manual i have is only for the scope, does any one
>know how to remove/open the meter part and then open the scope?  i
>haven't been able to figure that out and i need to fix it soon (minor
>problems from bad storage, probably just needs a good cleaning inside).
>
>also, there are companies that carry parts for the old scopes, even the
>hard to find ones like knobs, custom parts and whole circuit boards.
>write me off list if you need to and i'll look up the one that i'm
>familiar with (he'll also trade stuff for old scopes, i had a stack of
>tek scope mainframes etc. that i traded to him for some other
>electronics gear in working order and freshly calibrated).

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