Hi Dave,

I bought my first 'scope when 13 years old, a Hameg 307, 10 MHz, one
channel, cost me more than half a year of my pocket money, and still my
father added abt 75% of the cost. Last April it celebrated its 20 th
anniversary, and I still use it some, it is still as good as it was 20
years ago.
Of course, I have progressed along the line, and my most recent buy was
a TEK 485 (350 MHz) for 700 Deutschmarks (abt. 300 $US), and I consider
this  one among the best 'scopes for any hobbyist - IF we are talking
analog 'scopes, that is.
I have worked several years as developer at a well-known 'scope
manufacturer in Frankfurt, Germany, they are called HAMEG, in the US
IIRC they are called B+C, this gave me a lot of insights also for
preferring analog 'scopes to digital ones for ALMOST any work.
I have used the TEK TDS220 and the big 300 series, and "I was not
amused"!
Cumbersome menus, knobs responding a lot after "realtime", and - hear,
hear - some nasty software errors, if you knew where to look for them...

My "I wish I had it" instrument is the TEK 2467, a 400 MHz unit with a
super optical amplification unit in front of the CRT. Price for this one
- albeit used - is absolutely prohibitive! But for the lucky guys who
have used it sometime, it is abolutely the best.

Greets
Jochen Feldhaar DH6FAZ
(BTW: I always use my analog 'scopes for looking at serial signals, to
check for baud rates and voltage levels. I even use the 'scope instead
of a multimeter in most instances where I am looking for a fault in some
circuitry)

Dave Dribin schrieb:
>
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 01:37:59PM -0700, Dwayne Reid wrote:
> > I consider a scope to be *essential* if you are going to be doing any
> > serious electronics work.  I use a dual trace analog scope (Tek 465) as my
> > main tool - I use more it than I use any other instrument.  Even more than
> > a multi-meter or DMM.  I reach for the scope probe whenever I need to
> > measure a voltage or see just the circuit is doing.
>
> Would an analog scope, like the Tek 465, be useful for a serial
> digital signal, like the PS/2 port on a PC?  I guess I'm asking, would
> a used Tek 465 or a used TDS 210 be a better buy for a
> beginner/hobbyist doing some PC integration projects?  From the looks
> of it, a used TDS 210 goes for about 3 times a used Tek 465, but if
> it's 3 times as useful, I may consider it.
>
> -Dave
>
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