----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Pemberton" Subject: Re: [EE: ] what is a logic analyzer? > Um.. Ebay? Excellent prices? Are you joking? > Case in point: Tek 465 oscilloscope. It really isn't hard to get decent prices on eBay, but it does take some patience. From time to time something will come up that two people want really bad, and it will sell for some obscene price. But that doesn't mean that I have to pay that price. There are so many things there, and so many sellers, that almost whatever it is, the same thing will be up there pretty soon. It seems like there are an amazing number of oscilliscopes. At any one time I bet you could find a couple dozen 465/465B/475 scopes up for auction. If you are open minded about what sort of scope you want, you are probably in trouble - there will be too many of them to sort through them in finite time. If you use their automatic bid thingie, you put in the price that you think is reasonable (preferably towards the end of the auction), and then when you don't win, you simply go on to the next one. If you are realistic about what it's worth, you will win one in two or three tries. If you're cheap (like me), maybe it will take a dozen. So what, you haven't lost anything by trying. --McD -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.