30 Aug
2006
30 Aug
'06
6:47 p.m.
Hi Tony and Joe. Thanks for the advice! I found an expensive example ($450
and up) of the HP trainer on ebay, then found something similar made by a
company called EMAC (it even has the same 8085 processor). Not as
expensive, especially if you solder it yourself. I need the practice
anyway. Thanks again, John R.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: Need microprocessor trainer, oscilloscope advice?
I couldn't agree more with Tony's recommendations. However if you can
find one for a reasonable price the Heathkit and HP 5036 trainers are
great. I praticularly like the HP if you can get all the manuals for it
I will admit to never having used either, but I've heard plenty of
recomendations from them.
My point was that you don't _need_ such a trainer. If you've got one, by
all means use it.
since they also teach you how to use logic
probes, logic analyzers, etc.
Be
carefull buying older Tektronix scopes, the capacitors and switches go
bad
in them with age and if they're not used regularly.
It's like many older things. They will need a bit (a lot?) of TLC to get
them back to rights.
But personally, I'd rather get an old Tektronix and spend a month
restoring it, knowing I've then got an instrument I can believe, than use
certain modern-ish 'scopes that never seem to give a believable trace.
Notice I said 'certain', there are pletny of (expensive) modern 'scopes
that I would trust.
-tony