Vintage electronics
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This page is dedicated to the enthusiasts of vintage and classic electronic equipment.
From here, you can download my free books,
together with other free technical notes
and documents.
Giovanni Gianni Becattini
This book is dedicated to the great 7000-Series Tektronix oscilloscopes,
the dream of an entire generation of technicians and engineers,
thanks to which most of the '70, '80 and '90 electronics has been designed.
EDITION January 4, 2024 (CRT storage section fully revised - includes 7834 and 7D20)
Download Tektronix 7000 Series (144DPI)
This book covers the 1986 11000-Series, the 2000-Series and some HP oscilloscopes
EDITION 2 March 1.st, 2023
Volume 2 low resolution (100MB)
Volume 2 high resolution (1.5GB)
Repair stories and tips for Tektronix oscilloscope restorers
First release Dicember 28 2023
Tektronix Restorer's Notebook
This book covers several instruments, calculators and the HP-85 computer
DRAFT October 7.th, 2023
Medium resolution (1.7 GB)
This book is dedicated to all the radio-surplus enthusiasts in the world and describes,
together with many photos,
some of the most known old equipment, like receivers, transmitters and related instruments.
Enjoy yourself: it's absolutely free. Link, copy, distribute, or even sell it, if you can, but please don't modify it.
It contains photos and info about the following equipment: Wireless Set N.19, AN/ART-13 transmitter, BC-348 receiver, R-44/ARR-5 receiver,
R-45/ARR-7, R-107 receiver, R-91/ARC-2, Collins 51J receivers, R-390A/URR, R-648 / ARR-41, R-725/URR, AN/GRC-7, RT-70, RT-66, RT-67, RT-68,
AN/GRC-19, R-392/URR receiver, T-195 transmitter, Allocchio Bacchini AC-18 receiver, Racal RA17, Siemens E309, Siemens E311, G133F receiver,
Geloso G4/216, TV-7/U tube tester, LAEL 755, ZM-3/U, ZM-11/U, TS-505/U, Pantec Major, Chinaglia VTVM 1001. Hewlett Packard HP400H,
URM-191, TS-585/U, BC-221, TS-375/U, TS-497/URR
Low resolution (60M)
High resolution (600M)