I bought a brand new 5245 for my lab at work in about 1967. It was really the cat's meow! I also had the parallel printer.
-John ============ > I have two fully operational HP5245L. There is something satisfying > about the glow of Nixie Tubes. And the kids like to see it counting if > you take it out of the storage mode. I also have a complete set of > spare boards - and they are not available. One of the units I have is > H48 spec. Extra shielding for EMI/RFI testing. > > I have the standard 5253B 50-500 Mhz plug in, the 5262A Time Interval > plug in, a 5257A Transfer Oscillator plug in, a 5265A Digital Voltmeter > plug in, and a 5254A 300 Mhz to 3 Ghz plug in. And I look at every > hamfest for more... > > I also put a 5245L manual up at Ken's site : > http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/ - - > http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/scans/ > > paul swed wrote: >> Hello to the group. >> For whatever reason I have resurrected a 1967 HP 5245L counter. Indeed I >> have many newer units. >> But there is something about that nixie tube glow. >> >> Anyhow as good as HP is, I found interesting failures. Infact simply the >> gold leads on the transistor rusted/rotted off. >> That was most of the issues. Aside from the fact someone really hacked >> this >> beast to death. >> >> Its looking pretty good at this point, though I do have several nixies >> that >> are troubled. >> Regards >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.