Comparing Tektronix 2465B and 2467B oscilloscopes

Here I dispell the urban myth that electronic engineers have to sit in darkened rooms. Well they don't if they have a Micro-Channel Plate (MCP) oscilloscope anyway.

The Tektronix 2465B and 2467B are generally identical oscilloscopes, except for the screen (aka CRT, or cathode ray tube for the younger viewers).

The 2467B CRT uses MCP technology which allows the user to easily see very small repetitive but relatively infrequent pulses. The 2465B uses a conventional CRT.

The same applies when comparing the 2465A to the 2467, where the primary differentiator between the 2465A and 2467 models was the MCP CRT. (There was no 2467A).

The test shown uses a Jim Williams pulse generator which generates a 6ns pulse every 82us or so, a duty cycle of about 1:13,500.