12 Apr
2005
12 Apr
'05
7:30 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Jay West wrote:
Sellam wrote....
Mine was different. It was actually made by the company that wrote the
C serial library I used in my telecom system. It was called something
generic like "Serial Data Analyzer". I'm not sure if I ended up with the
cable.
At any rate, I ended up with a very nice datacomm analyzer made by
GenRad(?) I think. I'll check when I get home. I had it out for sale at
a local ham fest last month but then realized how cool it was and jacked
up the price to some ridiculous level so that I'd either get an unnatural
buttload of cash for it or would get to take it home. I'm glad I got to
take it home :)
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I used a PC-based software scope that worked
fairly well. And yes, it was
a definite must-have for any serious serial-based development work.
Yup, and I still have it too. It was called "BreakOut II", and did come with
a Y cable. You can't just solder up a Y cable, as I recall some diodes were
required. I'm sure I still have the cable here somewhere too.
However, the PC software just isn't as cool as a real datascope :) Not to
mention, even though BreakOut II was the big commercial product at the time
I bought it, it surely doesn't come close to the nicety of the real
datascope either.