[time-nuts] HP5328A & HP5328B option 040

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 4/23/2015 7:17 AM, Alberto di Bene wrote:
> On 4/23/2015 9:20 AM, VK2DAP wrote:
>
>> /1) Generally speaking, would it be correct to say that when a product
>> model number changes from A to B,//
>> //that represents an improvement or major update to a product?/
>
> I remember having read (don't recall where...) that the HP5328B was a
> cost-reduction step wrt the A model...

Oh, yes, now I remember.  The 5328B, 5334B, and one other counter
(maybe the 5335) were part of a cost reduction program that was
internally called the "killer B's".  I was the project manager
for the 5334B (see my previous posting).

Rick Karlquist N6RK