Actually the bid does not stay the same and is upped by the bid incremend. That's why you don't want to change your max unless you have been outbid. Not logical, but that's the way the system works. -Shawn Mike Harrison wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:36:29 +0100, you wrote: > > >>Hi, >> Does anyone here use a HP 1650B or 1651B logic analyser? I'm thinking about >>buying one and I've got a few questions that I need answering. >> - Besides HP themselves, were there any second-sources of the little grey >> "grabber" tips that connected up to the connector pods? The analysers >> seem to be quite regularly listed on ebay, but the pods and grabbers seem >> to be about as easy to find as a lump of 99.9% pure unobtainium. > > > I wouldn't recommend getting one without pods - they use wacky cable, and the probe leads have > resistors in them. The grabbers are probbaly less of a deal - I think these should be fairly easily > gettable. > > >> - Does anyone know if the disk drive fitted to the 1650B is capable of >> writing to 1.44MB disks or is it strictly 720K only? > > > My 1650A is certainly 720K only, and I think the format is a bit odd, i.e. not PC readable directly. > I think HP have a utility to write sofware upgrades to a disk on a PC > > >> - Does anyone know of a source for manuals for the 1650B, either in >> electronic format (i.e. Djvu or PDF) or on paper? Has anyone written and >> published a quick-reference card of some form? > > > I would be surprised if these weren't available somewhere - these analysers were very popular in > their day (and are still useful), but the manuals were written before the days of PDFs etc, and so > unless someone has scanned one (about 2" thick from memory) you may need to buy a paper one. there > are a number of companyies specialising in test equipment manuals. > > >>Also, do any of the Ebay nuts here know what happens if, for example, I did >>this: >> 1) I place a bid of $50 >> 2) Someone bids up to $20 >> 3) I place a bid of $95 >> >>Assuming the bid increment is $1, would the bid at (3) cancel out the bid at >>(1) (meaning the price stands at $51) or would it increase my maximum bid and >>leave the current bid at $21? This kind of situation doesn't seem to be >>covered by Ebay's online help. > > > I'm pretty sure it would stay at $20, as you are the high bidder and are just revising your bid. If > someone else had beat your original $50, it would go up by the next increment. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics