On Thu February 22 2007, Gene Heskett wrote: > Chuckle, I've seen the hubs eat out so bad they wouldn't drive the reels > anymore, spin like crazy on the startup. Then the motor gets throttled > and it catches up. > I could use one of you guys for a day! I've got an archive of old 1" tapes I've been wanting to transfer to a modern format. I've got a Sony BVH*** (don't have it handy) deck that fires up, but won't lock up and only puts out B&W. We've got the TBC, but I'm not sure how to get it all working... > >For my efforts I got some cash, a meal, and went home with a bit of > >history: A Tektronics type RM 529 waveform monitor, mod 158E. A > >scrubbing brush and soap later, it doesn't look like the plumber kept it > >in his truck for ten years. It needs a bit of work to sort out a dodgy > >mode switch or two, and I've got to work out what voltage bulbs are used > >to light the graticule (the darn things are labelled with a part number, > >not a voltage, and my multimeter probe's point just broke off, so I > >can't measure it without delicately poking wires in). It's mostly valve > >based, with a few transistors, and looks at least thirty years old. I > >presume it's out of a 2" quad, it looks it. Although it's 19" rack > >mount, it has a couple of quarter-turn latches, not the usual screw > >holes. Just the thing to go along with a couple of Philips LDH1s I've > >got here. > > If that thing isn't too badly fried, I sure could use it here. I have > docs & all that as we have one of those still sorta working. But if the > hi voltage coil is gone, tek hasn't had any of those in 20 years. > > Give me an off list address & maybe we can dicker a little. RM 529 - got one in my rack. It's got a fading tube or something, and sometimes displays the signal all squished on the "A" side, but the "B" channel still works. I've got to pull it and send it in one of these days. There are several shops in the U.S. that specialize in keeping those old scopes going. -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
