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12/14/06 13:37
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 		 #129447 - Those were the days
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Today you can carry a high performance scopw with your little finger through the handle. I truly believe that much of the physical fitness I have left comes from dragging a 465 on and off airplanes and throgh airports (not to mention rowing). For some years in my younger days I did world service support (fixing what the local guy could not resolve) for a large company.

I can only visualize very few things I could not diagnose (maybe a little slower) as well with a 465 as with the truly modern scope now on my bench.

You will get much better results with a used QUALITY scope than with an el chepo new one. Just imagine looking for a 10ns pulse on a 20MHz scope (no need, you will not see it).

The one thing that set a quality scope apart from "just a scope" is the trigger. I, personally, (subjective opinion) would never buy anything but Tektronix for that reason.

Now, when you save money by buying used DO NOT BE STUPID, buy the best you can afford, do not try to "save even more". Do not get anything less than 100MHz and, if you (plan on) do analog get a very sensitive one also. If (you guess that) you will be chasing noise, get one with differential (A + (B inverted)) inputs.

Erik

PS not a suggestion to the OP does anyone have any experience with a 100MHz+ version of these PC scopes that seems to abound these days?

List of 30 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Old Oscilloscopes from ebay            01/01/70 00:00      
   Yes, you can benefit from eBay            01/01/70 00:00      
      Thanks for the reply            01/01/70 00:00      
      the true "bitch" and a request            01/01/70 00:00      
         Yes, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
            case in point            01/01/70 00:00      
               Field repair            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Not a matter of luck            01/01/70 00:00      
                     No car cigar jack in your bus?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Kai, you've got to be kidding            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Of course!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Probe Accessories            01/01/70 00:00      
            Good link!            01/01/70 00:00      
            absolutotally wonderful (I hope)            01/01/70 00:00      
               ... We'll see ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  i would never dream of taking advantage of            01/01/70 00:00      
   Worked for me            01/01/70 00:00      
   Those were the days            01/01/70 00:00      
      PC-scopes            01/01/70 00:00      
         For digital work that is not a scope, but a toy            01/01/70 00:00      
            I never said that I use it for digital work            01/01/70 00:00      
               did not say you did            01/01/70 00:00      
               Which One is better            01/01/70 00:00      
                  tough choice            01/01/70 00:00      
                     468            01/01/70 00:00      
                  re the 466            01/01/70 00:00      
                     There\'s a general principle involved            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Richard - I'm stunned - we agree            01/01/70 00:00      
                           menu-driven test instruments STINK!            01/01/70 00:00      
   .            01/01/70 00:00      

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