[time-nuts] Re: HP 10811A unusual appearance

[Matt Huszagh]

"Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com> writes:

> The original 10811's used so-called "sculptured" flex circuits.
> That was a disaster and then they changed to conventional ones.
> I don't know if any of the sculptured ones shipped.  If they
> did, it might explain why the boards look different.  It
> could be that no sculptured versions officially shipped, but
> you have a prototype that escaped from the mother ship
> without a serial number.

Thanks Rick. Was it a disaster in the sense of reliability?

Matt