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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_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.



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