8 Apr
2005
8 Apr
'05
2:31 p.m.
>>>> "Dwight" == Dwight K Elvey
<dwight.elvey at amd.com> writes:
> From: "Eric Smith" <eric at
brouhaha.com>
>
> Ashley wrote:
>> What kind of scope would I need and how much does one cost?
> Assuming that you want something good but cheap, your best bet is
> probably to try to find an old Tek 465. It's a good, solid
> two-channel 100 MHz scope. ISTR that they show up on eBay
> frequently, but as with anything on eBay, there's no telling what
> condition it would really be in.
>
Dwight> ---snip---
Dwight> Hi The only issue I've seen with the 465's is that if the
Dwight> sweep frequency switch is broken ( a common failure on these
Dwight> ), this switch is unobtainium. It is good to have more than
Dwight> two chanels of input.
True. One reason I like the 7000 series bench scopes is that they
give you that capability, with the right plugins. If you need
portability, that won't do, but I think for a lot of us a bench scope
is suitable too and gives you more choices. Multichannel plugins,
differential plugins, even spectrum analyzers (hah, I can dream,
right?).
paul