RE: What ever happened to Heathkit? As I Recall: They were bought by Zenith who was acquired by Honeywell-Bull (France). They were an insignificant business to the conglomerate and were liquidated. They are back in a small way in education & security products. Nearly all of there old products trade on EBAY and there are lots of people who service the products. It is scary sometimes. Unbuilt kit on EBAY get a big price. Some pretty neat stuff goes for cheap. Another area I should clean out of my shop! BTW, I think I built my first Heath in 1955.... John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 johnferrell@earthlink.net Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pearson" To: Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [EE:] choosing a scope > What ever happened to Heathkit? > > I built my first Heathkit scope 20 years ago. It cost $200 and was a single > trace, 5mHz. Big too. > > Then I built the PC storage scope about 10 years ago (4802). It cost $200 > also, dual trace and I believe 20mHz. Maybe 10. > > Both still work great. > > I don't think Heathkits are made anymore, are they? > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hulatt, Jon" > > To: > > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:17 AM > > Subject: [EE:] choosing a scope > > > > > > > > I've only recently got started with PIC. I'm a computer programmer by > trade, > > and a consultancy/contract job i had recently caused me to dip my hands > into > > pic development for a simple project- basically sampling A/D at precisely > > 25Hz and chucking the data out to a PC on the USART. I've got an A-Level > in > > electronics, but my experience ends there. Safe to say i'm not a complete > > monkey, more of an educated baboon. > > > > Anyway, despite that project having finished, i'm still playing with pics > > but now on a hobbyist level. It's good fun and i'm enjoying it. There are > > lots of things in the pipeline for me, mainly projects for my car. > > > > But i'm coming to the realisation that I could really do with an > > oscilloscope. But, on my hobby budget, I can't afford to spend very much. > I > > could possibly stretch as far as #200, but i'd prefer not to go past #150. > > The problem is, beyond the usage of scopes at college, I don't really know > > enough about what i'm going to use it for to be able to spec out what I > > realistically need. > > > > I've seen that I can get a new Kenwood CS1010 for #160, but it's bandwidth > > is 10MHz and it's single trace. Am I going to want more bandwidth than > that > > for PIC related work? > > > > Then there is the option of the elektor gameboy scope, or the PICO > pc-based > > scopes. These appeal less- i'd rather have a standalone unit. But are they > > going to be suitable for my usage? > > > > Are there any other options i've not considered? > > > > It's kind of a funny question really. I'm asking for some of you guys to > > tell me what I want, if you know what i mean!!! > > > > Thanks in advance for your comments and info. > > > > Jon > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.