15 Jun
2015
15 Jun
'15
7:56 a.m.
On Jun 14, 2015, at 18:38, Sean Caron <scaron at
umich.edu> wrote:
You can get a whole HP 4957 these days for only $25 or so... it takes up a
bit more space than a plain BoB but you get a lot more functionality :O
I recently bought an HP 4952A protocol analyzer for $70. There were ones listed at least
as low as $37, but I picked one that had all of the accessories, cables and disks that I
would have pieced together otherwise. It has been handy for debugging communications
between my VAX-11/730 and tu58em. All I had to do was to build a Y cable for the RJ45
modular cabling that I'm gradually converting all of my RS232 cabling over to, and
some test pins to plug into the recessed breakout connections so I could hook an
oscilloscope up easily.
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/