sbhattac@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Shankar Bhattacharyya) (06/30/90)
I have a marginally functional EICO 260 VTVM, and would like to fix it up. If anyone out there knows where EICO is, or where I can get some information on how to go about this, eg. a manual, I would appreciate it very much. Thanks. --- Shankar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shankar Bhattacharyya, Information Systems, New York University sbhattac@rnd.gba.nyu.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------
dunphy@col.hp.com (Dan Dunphy) (07/21/90)
I haven't seen or heard anything of EICO for 25 years.
larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) (07/22/90)
In article <16120007@col.hp.com>, dunphy@col.hp.com (Dan Dunphy) writes: > I haven't seen or heard anything of EICO for 25 years. I specifically remember them selling burglar alarms (already wired) in 1975, but can't recall anything since. I remember EICO fondly. In the later 1950's my first decent VTVM, signal generator and oscilloscope (a model 425, I recall) were all EICO products. Similar companies were Jackson and Pace, which I believe survived until the early 1970's. EICO was an old line company, having been formed in the early 1920's. They were originally known as Electrical Instrument COmpany, and their advertisements can be seen in old radio magazines. Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp. "Have you hugged your cat today?" {boulder||decvax||rutgers||watmath}!acsu.buffalo.edu!kitty!larry VOICE: 716/688-1231 || FAX: 716/741-9635 {utzoo||uunet}!/ \aerion!larry
brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) (07/22/90)
My EICO rf signal generator is still working - luckily I have a few spare 6C4 tubes for the day when the existing 35-year-old ones finally stop working. Haven't heard of them since the early 70's though. I suspect they're gone now. I couldn't find them in the 1986 Gold Book, which is a far back as my home library goes. - Brian
gpz@ESD.3Com.COM (G. Paul Ziemba) (07/23/90)
I dealt with them in the late 70's (1978) when I purchased a VOM from them (a fine instrument - I still use it today); I recall that they put out a small catalog containing test equipment (kits & already-assembled) as well as single-board "educational" kits (FM wireless xmtr, etc). The company was still in business around 1980, but I never checked after that. ~!paul -- Paul Ziemba api!gpz gpz@ESD.3com.com 408.970.2077 OS/2: just say no. "How much char could a char star star if char star could star char?" (quote stolen from mspercy@clemson.clemson.edu)