The MT8500 Multi-Task Recorder is a high-speed oscillographic recording system. It offers channel expansion capability, produces X-Y and X-T plots, captures high frequency transient waveforms, provides graphics and alphanumeric line printing, and creates its own chart. It also prints time, date and chart speed plus one channel of "on" and "off" event data. The recorder can record dc to 500Hz full scale. The unit has 8 waveform channels, 1 event marker channel and 1 system status channel.