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_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:07 PM
> To: Jim Strickland
> Cc: classiccmp_at_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=1229127837.
>
>
> -Dave McGuire
Received on Mon Apr 16 2001 - 22:53:56 BST