[sdiy] Simple Scope Question

[anthony]

From: "Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>

>
>> > [Would] a 15 mHz scope... be suitable for a while?
>>
> This is a thousand or so times better than no scope at all.
> Really. I wouldn't have a problem.
> The troubles people have with scopes is very rarely lack of bandwidth,
> rather it is lack of knowing what to look for, or how to interpret what 
> they
> see.
> I include myself there, of course!
>
> paul perry Melbourne Australia
>
>

I think what stinks more than having no scope is having 3 scopes that used 
to work and now don't. I'd be happy if even my Heathkit scope would work. 
But they all got flood damage. Except the Beckman, the last to go. I think 
the pots wore out because when I do get a trace at all, it's noisy when I 
move the pots around. It even thinks it's getting triggers.

I'm debating whether or not to try and fix it, knowing that there is not way 
in the near future that I could get even a cheap one or scrapping it. It has 
a really neat 10-turn pot on it. I do use my computer as a scope but really 
it just isn't the same, no matter how much I want it to be. I just 
discovered some VST plug-ins that I've had sitting around that actually give 
a scope a run for its money. It's just annoying using a VST host just for 
testing things (maybe it's just me being a baby...).