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Sony/Tektronix History

Posted on August 29, 2017 by VTMarch 12, 2021

With the help of a few ex-Tek and ex-Sony/Tektronix employees who have graciously provided information, photos, and scans, we now have a fairly complete page on Sony/Tek history.  It is located under “Information and Resources”>”Locations and Subsidiaries”>”Tektronix Locations”>”Sony/Tektronix”. Under “Information … Continue reading →

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August 2017 Update

Posted on August 15, 2017 by VTMarch 12, 2021

Today is the 100th anniversary of Jack Murdock’s birthday. Melvin “Jack” Murdock was born in Portland on August 15, 1917. Jack went by his middle name as did his friend and business partner Charles “Howard” Vollum whom he met in … Continue reading →

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A Very Successful Grand Opening

Posted on July 24, 2017 by VTMarch 12, 2021

The vintageTEK museum just completed two very successful events at our new location. We participated in a Tektronix company-wide event on July 20th with a vintageTEK booth and a Grand Opening and T-Shirt give away for Tektronix employees at the … Continue reading →

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Tektronix CRT History

Posted on July 16, 2017 by VTMarch 12, 2021

The vintageTEK website is proud to host a six-part article written by former Tek engineer Peter Keller.  These articles were first published in The Tube Collector and are provided with the permission of the publisher and the author.  They describe in detail … Continue reading →

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vintageTEK Grand Opening

Posted on July 10, 2017 by VTMarch 12, 2021

The vintageTEK museum invites you to our Grand Opening at our new location on the Tektronix campus. Saturday, July 22nd 10:00 am to 6:00 pm 13489 SW Karl Braun Dr Beaverton, OR, 97077 Our location is on the southeast side … Continue reading →

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vintageTEK Moves to a New Home

Posted on January 25, 2017 by VTMarch 12, 2021

The vintageTEK Museum has a new home on the Tektronix Beaverton Campus. Thanks to the many museum volunteers who helped move the equipment to the new location. Below are videos of packing up for the move. The bottom two are … Continue reading →

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Oregonian On vintageTEK Move

Posted on January 23, 2017 by VTMarch 12, 2021
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Blog Author: Ed Sinclair

Posted on January 23, 2017 by VTMarch 12, 2021

A Tektronix Field Engineer in Los Angeles Region from 1968 to 1972, Ed was promoted to Army Account Manager in Philadelphia. After earning a Marketing Degree (cum laude) at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, he moved to Beaverton in … Continue reading →

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vintageTEK Web Store Opened June 5, 2012

Posted on June 13, 2012 by VTMarch 12, 2021

We have opened a vintageTEK web store located at www.vintageTEK.org/zenczrt In addition to the publications we have been selling at the Museum, we are adding several exciting new publications (electronic format only). These include Stan Griffiths Classic Oscilloscopes: Selecting and … Continue reading →

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Tek Electron Microscope Donated to Museum

Posted on June 13, 2012 by VTMarch 12, 2021

The family of the late Dr. Gertrude Rempfer donated the Tektronix Electron Microscope prototype that the Tek group was working on around 1968 when the project was canceled. Bruce Baur, John Addis, and Ed Sinclair, assisted by Gert’s son Willie Rempfer loaded … Continue reading →

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Website Adds Volunteers Wanted Menu

Posted on April 11, 2012 by VTMarch 12, 2021

We have added a Volunteers Wanted Menu button to our Home Page to inform vintageTEK Museum Members of our needs for Volunteers. We have a solid group of regular volunteers who repair and refurbish instruments and bench test equipment, organize our … Continue reading →

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vintageTEK Renews Lease and announces Donor Programs

Posted on March 26, 2012 by VTMarch 12, 2021

vintageTEK has recently renewed our lease with our landlord Gary Hoselton for two years, to June 2014. Gary, an ex-Tek, has been a generaous supporter of vintageTEK objectives since our inception. We are putting the finishing touches on two brochures, one developed as … Continue reading →

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vintageTEK Donor Wall nears completion

Posted on January 7, 2012 by VTMarch 12, 2021

The Museum erected our Donor Wall yesterday to Honor our many wonderful donors who have made the museum a reality. We are awaiting only the brass plaque with our color logo (1) and the brass name plates honoring our donors (2): … Continue reading →

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vintageTEK Donations can now be done via our website www.vintagetek.org

Posted on December 5, 2011 by VTMarch 12, 2021

vintageTEK is now set up to accept and process donations on our website www.vintagetek.org . You can find a DONATE NOW button in the LH Column on every page except the Blog Page: Click on the DONATE NOW button; Select … Continue reading →

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Co-author of Nanoscale Memory Device Article visits Museum

Posted on November 17, 2011 by VTMarch 12, 2021

Saturday we had a visitor accompanied by his son. The father had several Tek friends, owned several Tek scopes, and was a career geologist. His son, Will Gannett, is a Ph D candidate in Physics attending Berkeley. As any proud father might, dad had … Continue reading →

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Early Cathode Ray Tube Department Photos

Posted on November 10, 2011 by VTMarch 12, 2021

I have created an Adobe Acrobat file of 23 Early CRT Department Photos we would like identified so we can post them on our website. Since we have a very active ex-employee group from CRT that meets regularly, I have … Continue reading →

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Winning With People Author – Oregonian Article

Posted on November 9, 2011 by VTMarch 12, 2021

Marshall Lee, Pacific University History Professor, is interviewed by the Oregonian on a date unknown (approximately 1986) regarding his work with Tektronix. Marshall told me that Earl Wantland hired him to create a Tektronix corporate archive, and only later was … Continue reading →

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Planting High-Technology Seeds Tektronix’s Role in the Creation of Portland’s Silicon Forest

Posted on November 8, 2011 by VTMarch 12, 2021

I have requested permission from Heike Mayer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech, for permission to reprint her article Planting High-Technology Seeds Tektronix’s Role in the Creation of Portland’s Silicon Forest on our website. As … Continue reading →

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Breakthroughs throughout push scope to 1 GHz

Posted on October 23, 2011 by VTMarch 12, 2021

With the recent donation by Chris Curtin of the cutaway 7104 micro-channel-plate CRT, I made a call for 7104/mcp information via ex-Tek gateslist, and John Addis immediately responded with a pointer to the Electronic Design January 18, 1979 article by … Continue reading →

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