23 Nov
1999
23 Nov
'99
9:04 a.m.
My sentiments exactly.
I should *never* have sold my 465B. It was in pristine condition,
and I sorely miss it today. I would seriously look for a *nice*
465. They're old, but there were alot of them made, and they're
pretty reliable (well, I never had any trouble with mine, anyway).
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:45:59 -0800 Al Kossow <aek(a)spies.com> writes:
"Is Fry's a good place to get scopes?"
Fry's isn't a good place to buy anything. They would be the LAST
place I'd buy any test gear from.
I personally think you'll be better off with a late model used
TEK scope (my fav is the 2465A right now) than anything you'd
be able to buy new in your price range.
You should be able to find a 2465 in decent shape for $1000-$1500
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23 Nov
23 Nov
9:19 a.m.
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
My sentiments exactly.
I should *never* have sold my 465B. It was in pristine condition,
and I sorely miss it today. I would seriously look for a *nice*
465. They're old, but there were alot of them made, and they're
pretty reliable (well, I never had any trouble with mine, anyway).
I agree...I've got a gorgeous HP 54111D color digitizing scope which is
basically God in a box...but I most frequenly turn to my 475 to get stuff done.
-Dave McGuire
9:23 a.m.
I still have my 465, and quite a few are still in use; I'm not sure it's
worth trying to find a 465A or 465B, but they are all nice.
The 465s do have a nasty failure mode: the large time base knob sometimes
slips, and then you're stuck at, say, 1 ms per div. On mine, I disassembled
the assembly and drilled 4 holes (two strokes of the drillpress in a "+"
pattern) and then tapped those holes, put in some machine bolts and now
the knob works better than new.
I must say, however, with my digital TDS 210 now, I rarely use the 465
unless I need more than 2 traces, and I don't need the digital capture
and measurement facilities of the '210 that makes working on the bench
-much- more productive.
-Mike Cheponis
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
My sentiments exactly.
I should *never* have sold my 465B. It was in pristine condition,
and I sorely miss it today. I would seriously look for a *nice*
465. They're old, but there were alot of them made, and they're
pretty reliable (well, I never had any trouble with mine, anyway).
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:45:59 -0800 Al Kossow <aek(a)spies.com> writes:
"Is Fry's a good place to get
scopes?"
Fry's isn't a good place to buy anything. They would be the LAST
place I'd buy any test gear from.
I personally think you'll be better off with a late model used
TEK scope (my fav is the 2465A right now) than anything you'd
be able to buy new in your price range.
You should be able to find a 2465 in decent shape for $1000-$1500
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9:52 a.m.
Mike Cheponis wrote:
I must say, however, with my digital TDS 210 now, I
rarely use the 465
unless I need more than 2 traces, and I don't need the digital capture
and measurement facilities of the '210 that makes working on the bench
-much- more productive.
Well, you seem to like the TDS 210, so I'm curious, which would you
recommend fixing up the 465B (as seems to be the general advice) or get a
210? Is there any classic computer gear I'd need a better scope for?
> On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:45:59 -0800 Al Kossow
<aek(a)spies.com> writes:
> > Fry's isn't a good place to buy anything. They would be the LAST
> > place I'd buy any test gear from.
OK, it's no where near the same class, but they are who I bought my Fluke
from, they appear to have a good selection of what I hope is new test
equipment. I do have one rule about buying stuff at Fry's, I don't buy
anything there if I think I might want to take it back. So far I've not had
any real problems, however, the longer they've had their store up here in
Oregon, the worse their prices seem to be. It's no longer worth it to make
a trip down there based on prices. But for some things they seem to be the
best place to go if you want a good selection, and test equipment looks to
be one of those things.
Zane
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