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Originally Posted by Kingfisher
Exactly! Why did Zenith give up on PCBs but not everyone else?
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Another example, a fairly conservative instrument manufacturer, Tektronix, ventured into PC boards for the tube operated type 310 oscilloscope in 1955. For the later 310A, the company resumed use of the traditional hand wiring on Tek-made ceramic terminal strips:
http://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/310
Perhaps less conservative manufactures were less sensitive to field reliability issues that were related to early PC boards.
jr