Guys,
What is a Proboscope and what purpose does it serve? I have a proboscope on the shelf here and it hasn't seen any service since I have been employed here. I don't know if this is a piece of test equipment that is designed to test a certain piece of electronics or is it something that can be used for every day troubleshooting.
Thank You!
The Proboscope is an electronic test unit with a built-in dual trace oscilloscope and meter specifically designed so that certain test points in the P&W Tape-O-Matic control unit could be examined.
This is definitely a dedicated piece of test equipment for a very old piece of technology. The control units on these old NC machines includes in its design a plug-in card receptacle for the Proboscope connector.
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