>
> You have the scope and probes, that's all you need to make measurements
> once you know how to use it.  For that, you could go back to the friend
> who gave it to you, he should be at least a little familar withhow to
> operate it.  But since he just gave you an item worth at least $1000 it
> may not be prudent to pester him with newbie questions.
>

My feelings exactly !  I didn't want to bug him because, to tell the truth,
he's no longer interested in this field.  He's in management and his free
time is spent with his new wife and boat <g>.  Besides,  he used the scope
mainly in applications related to communications troubleshooting.  I'm not
real sure how his experience would translate over this field.

> A decent introductory text is "The XYZ's of Oscilloscopes" published by
> Tektronix.  It's available at their web site.  Go to www.tektronix.com,
> select "Oscilloscopes" then "Application Notes," it should be the first
> one on the list.   It's about the only beginner's application note there,
> most of the others assume quite a bit of experience.
>

I have been combing the Net and I've found quite a bit of info.  As soon as
I can swing it ( I'm so broke, I can't pay attention <g>), I'm going to buy
a book I saw about Scopes.

Thanks for the input.

Eric