[sdiy] Scope recommendations (again)

[Julian]

Hi there,

I know this has been done before, but i still dont know...

Im fairly novice, and am just about getting to the point where i actually
think a scope may well be useful.  There have been a couple of times
recently where my digital multimeter hasnt given me all the info i need.

As i dont really know yet what i actually want, i dont want to spend big
money at all.  Id rather buy something cheap and 2nd hand, and then when i
work out all the features i wish it had, then spend.

But even in this, i dont really know what im doing.  I suspect ebay (uk)
will be where i end up.  I see stuff there being sold for not a lot of
cash - but then if it dosnt do anything useful, then itll be another case
where cheap dosnt actually mean good value.

The things ive come across recently that i thought a scope would be useful
for was trying to figure out the nature of the outputs of a cr-8000s
sequencer board, and then today it would have been an easy way of finding
out if the 101 pot that i repaired was giving a smooth output or not, before
soldering it back in.

So, nothing fancy, but then im guessing that ill find more uses when i know
what im doing with one a bit more.

To cut to the point -  What should i be looking out for, and what sort of
monies should i be looking at spending (2nd hand)?  Its kinda got to be
pretty cheap for me to justify the gamble that ill actually use it that
often : )

Any info much appreciated.

Cheers, Julian

(england)