TDS-1002b Any good? Comments?

[john jardine]

"krw" <krw@att.bizzzz> wrote in message
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In article <45e76a75$0$16317$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>,
john@jjdesigns.fsnet.co.uk says...

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[...]

I pretty much read the whole user manual. It certainly has features
that
I've wanted in the past. Just being able to see what happened before
the
trigger will be a boon. I doubt I really "need" this scope, but I
sure do
want it.

Now all I need is about $1600 to pay for it all. Paypal
donations
accepted
[...]

As a general comment, I'm genuinely puzzled at the large number of
people
who need and seemingly make regular of, the pre trigger and pre storage
facilities of digital scopes.
Can't remember the last time I needed the facility.
Am I missing out here, or doing something wrong, or thick or summat, or
what?.

Seems to me you're missing something. Moons ago scope manufacturers
spent a *lot* of money on delay lines and dual-timebase modes to do
what is trivial with digital storage and $.29 worth of code today.

Do you never trigger logic analyzers on anything but the start?

--
Keith

Yes indeed, for logic it's essential!.
Maybe that's the difference I'm puzzling over, in that my scope gets used
about 95% for analogue.
For logic and micro stuff I've a HP1630D. Must admit though I'd rather run a
mile, before being arsed to pulling it's bulk off the shelf, clip on the
mess of pods and probes, battle with the lunatic menus and listen to the
horrendous fan noise.
john



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