Scope buying advice & sugg. or (dorkness in new levels)

[David Halliday]

Also, this guy: http://www.bitscope.com/ has me intrigued...

It is a mixed signal ( 4x analog up to 100MHz, 8x digital logic level )
input with output going right to the screen of your PC.

Fully assembled is about $350 but it was designed with the intent of using
off-the-shelf components and bare boards plus two critical pre-programmed
chips are available for $70




-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Michaels [mailto:104065.2340 at compuserve.com]
Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 9:35 AM
To: Quinton Fulsom; synth
Subject: Scope buying advice & sugg. or (dorkness in new levels)


Message text written by Quinton Fulsom
>Hi all.  My dorkness is going to new levels.  I'm wanting to buy a scope. 
For
our applications, besides dual tracing, frequency counter, and at least
100mhz(?); what things should I consider and look for in my purchase?  I'm
probably going to opt for an hp or tektronix any preferences and particular
models?  I'm looking to buy one used so older model numbers suggested would
be
appreicated.  Some ones I've considered are 465/466/475A techtronix and the
2236, 2246 which are a bit more sophisticated.  Anything I should look out
for?
Thanks,
Quint
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Hi Quint:

After using HP 180 series scopes for years, I recently bought a Tek 7603
oscilloscope mainframe, and two 7A26 vertical amp plug-ins.  This
outperforms the HP scopes I was using, it has on screen readouts of input
gain and sweep rate, and only cost around $200.00 on the used market. This
is older equipment, but there is tons of it around, and for the money I
think the Tek 7000 series gives you great value.

Terry Michaels