16 Apr
2001
16 Apr
'01
11:07 p.m.
On April 16, Jim Strickland wrote:
On this note, can someone recommend me a good
'scope for a beginner?
I'm looking to get into microcontroller programming and robotics and can see
a whole bunch of places where a scope is pretty much a necessity.
inexpensive is good, and I'm not afraid to use vaccuum tube equipment so
long as it doesn't require too too much tweaking to produce useful results.
Tek 465/475 scopes are compact, reliable, predictable, and old
enough to be affordable. Those scopes are easily the most popular of
that era, sorta the Fluke 77 or Simpson 260 of oscilloscopes. Solid,
proven design, easy to use, predictable, smooth, bulletproof.
If you have a bigger budget, a Tek 2445 is a *sweet* machine, as are
its bigger brothers in the 2465 family. I paid about $1200.00 for my
2465A as a point of reference.
But if money is a concern, if you can live without fancy on-screen digital
parameter display and stuff like that, a 475 (or 475A) can be had for
less than $300.00. There's one on eBay right now, two hours left, at
$175.00. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=12291278377837.
-Dave McGuire
16 Apr
16 Apr
11:53 p.m.
She already has the 545B and wants a manual. She isn't wanting to invest in
a new one until she's sure she's going to have an interest in it.
I have a 454A and my trusty HP digital storage scaope but I use both
professionally. She is new to all of this and the 545B is just for learning.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:07 PM
To: Jim Strickland
Cc: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Looking for Tek 545B manual for someone
On April 16, Jim Strickland wrote:
On this note, can someone recommend me a good
'scope for a beginner?
I'm looking to get into microcontroller programming and
robotics and can see
a whole bunch of places where a scope is pretty
much a necessity.
inexpensive is good, and I'm not afraid to use vaccuum tube
equipment so
long as it doesn't require too too much
tweaking to produce
useful results.
Tek 465/475 scopes are compact, reliable, predictable, and old
enough to be affordable. Those scopes are easily the most popular of
that era, sorta the Fluke 77 or Simpson 260 of oscilloscopes. Solid,
proven design, easy to use, predictable, smooth, bulletproof.
If you have a bigger budget, a Tek 2445 is a *sweet* machine, as are
its bigger brothers in the 2465 family. I paid about $1200.00 for my
2465A as a point of reference.
But if money is a concern, if you can live without fancy
on-screen digital
parameter display and stuff like that, a 475 (or 475A) can be had for
less than $300.00. There's one on eBay right now, two hours left, at
$175.00.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=12291278377837.
-Dave McGuire
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