Free book on Tektronix oscilloscopes - Page 1
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author: Gianni
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2022, 12:35:57 pm
content: I wrote this book about Tektronix oscilloscopes. It has 268 pages and covers the 7000-Series and the 465.It is a non-commercial initiative, the book is completely free (no registration, no tricks...), I wrote it just for my amusement.You can download it from here:http://www.k100.biz/parade.htmI will be grate for suggestions or even corrections.

author: ADT123
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2022, 05:39:22 am
content: Thank you - wonderful photographs and descriptions

author: Grandchuck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2022, 01:23:17 pm
content: Bravo Gianni!

author: Resonant
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2022, 09:29:52 am
content: Thankyou what a superb work.

author: simba15
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2022, 07:33:41 pm
content: Wow this is quite the book!Are you going to print them? I think it would sell well around the Holiday season. ( I think it may be $$$ to print due to the graphics)What about the HP variant?Thanks for your efforts on this!

author: Gianni
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2022, 12:17:30 pm
content: Thanks to you all.I am not going to print it but I am looking for someone who would.

author: Black Phoenix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2022, 12:38:23 pm
content: Quote from: Gianni on October 18, 2022, 12:17:30 pmYour best bet would be China, where most of the books are now printed.Let me talk with my wife, she is a technical support employee of Heidelberg China -https://www.heidelberg.com/global/en/index.jspFor sure a customer of her owns a printing company who works with books and magazines.

author: luma
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2022, 02:09:17 pm
content: Outstanding! What a beautiful creation, made all the more so by setting it free. If you do sort out a printer, I'd love to have a dead tree version of this!

author: jord4231
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2022, 09:16:03 pm
content: Fantastic! no other wordsThank you !

author: Gianni
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 19, 2022, 03:52:41 am
content: Quote from: Black Phoenix on October 18, 2022, 12:38:23 pmIt would be great! Thanks!

author: Black Phoenix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 19, 2022, 11:15:52 am
content: Quote from: Gianni on October 19, 2022, 03:52:41 amOK I will sent you a PM later today because there are some stuff I need to know before hand, as number of units, special features as hard cover, folding pages etc.Basically the most important is quality of printing.There are 4 standards:- Newspapers/Panflets/Business cards, etc;- Magazines;- School/education/technical/illustrations books;- Photo Books.Yours from what I got goes into the latter, so the ones where quality is the most critical and also the more expensive of them all. Of course number of prints also change the price - a price of 1 book in a 100 print is different in a 1000.But not to enter in Off-Topic I will sent you the PM later.

author: Weston
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 19, 2022, 09:12:09 pm
content: Amazing book! The photography is great. I really want a hard copy.It reminds me of the recently published Open Circuits bookhttps://nostarch.com/open-circuitsIf you don't want to commit to a full publishing run you should look into on demand printing service. It's more expensive than normal publishing but easily allows you to scale volume with minimal upfront cost.If you don't want to deal with shipping and sales yourself I think some of the on demand printing services may also manage that. Otherwise I would recommend reaching out with Crowd Supply, they are crowd funding for hardware / engineering stuff and they would be interested. They handle fulfillment and some of the marketing and only take a ~15% cut for the initial crowd funded order. I worked with them to sell a current probe last year and it was a good experience.https://www.crowdsupply.com/apply

author: Gianni
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2022, 09:01:32 pm
content: A NEW EDITION 3 with more than 100 extra pages, included the 7854.Same address for free downloadhttp://www.k100.biz/parade.htmEnjoy!

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2022, 09:08:24 pm
content: Quote from: Gianni on November 06, 2022, 09:01:32 pmI think you ever so slightly, mistyped the link. By accidentally adding a '.' to it. Here is the apparently working, corrected version:http://www.k100.biz/parade.htm

author: Gianni
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2022, 09:12:34 pm
content: Corrected, thanks

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2022, 09:26:11 pm
content: Wow! Great workThank you for your effort.

author: newbrain
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2022, 09:53:29 pm
content: Quote from: Gianni on November 06, 2022, 09:01:32 pmWow! I somehow missed the first announcement!Complimenti, un lavoro stupendo, che dimostra una grande passione.

author: Paceguy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2022, 12:49:47 pm
content: What a fantastic book ! I wish that someone will one day put out a book on the 4XX series Tek scopes. Thanks for sharing your book with us, much appreciated.

author: wim.de.jong.59
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 19, 2022, 03:59:41 pm
content: What a beautiful book. Great photo's. Thanks a lot!

author: GLouie
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2022, 05:08:18 pm
content: Beautiful, and it says all photos taken with an iPhone 13 Pro!

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2023, 03:40:02 am
content: ###@@@%%^****!!!!!Microsoft Edge won't let me access this, because it thinks it is "insecure"!"Never mind", said I---"I'll just try Google Chrome!"Same story!

author: 807
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2023, 03:36:53 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on September 17, 2023, 03:40:02 amI get the same "not secure" message when using Edge, but it still downloads the file. It's a very slow download. Takes approx. 2 - 4 minutes.Same with Chrome. It still downloads the file, even with the "not secure" message,Firefox doesn't show that message.

author: Gianni
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2023, 04:04:05 pm
content: You can also go on Internet Archives and search Becattini Tektronix

author: porter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2023, 10:44:57 am
content: Very nice photography!

author: AudioFile
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2023, 04:13:03 pm
content: Incredible pieces of work! Puts me in mind of the early Dorling Kindersley illustrated books. Technical content, design, photography, all top quality, even in the 'low res' versions!Well done sir!

author: Gianni
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2023, 04:51:27 pm
content: Thanks to you!For your information, a new edition of volume 2 will be available in printed form from an editor of electronics publications.I will keep you informed.

author: mwb1100
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2023, 07:31:35 pm
content: Quote from: 807 on September 17, 2023, 03:36:53 pmChrome may do that for sites and downloads that don't use SSL (http vs. https). Gianni's website doesn't have https enabled/configured. When I've had that happen, I have to go to the "download box" in the bottom left corner of the browser and use its drop down menu to tell Chrome the file is OK.I'm not having any problems with the site or the download in Chrome - I'm honestly not sure why. Chrome does say the site is "Not secure" in the address bar. Maybe one time I got annoyed enough with the security feature that I went through the trouble of figuring out how to disable it. (If so, I don't remember what the steps were)

author: Dentelf
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 12, 2024, 04:31:37 pm
content: Thank you for this link. It is very cool that there is such a book about Tektronix oscilloscopes. It's really useful, especially for those who want to understand their work and capabilities better. Tektronix is a brand I trust, and having access to resources like this is a great advantage. I've already downloaded it and started reading it, it's exciting. I was so engrossed that I forgot to write my college scholarship application. It's good that I learned aboutPersonal statement helperbecause I've used their services before. If anyone else has any other similar books or guides, they could share them.