> > Tektronix.  The TDS2000 series scopes are outSTANDing, and
> > not TOO bad on the price front
>
> I have (from my school) one on my desk now and I realy like it. It ain't
> exactly cheap. But think I will buy one. What would you recommend on the
> number of channels and/or the PC interface?

For channels, I say the more the merrier- I've loved having a four channel.
Of course, money factors in, but four channels is enough to do low-end
logic analyzer work (not bus-wide stuff, but four channels will give you a
couple of ancillary data lines along with your RS232, or all the SPI lines
to a particular device, etc.).

I was disappointed with their PC connection module.  In my case, RS-232
was the only connection method I could use, as I didn't have GPIB capacity
or money to add it.  Also, they don't provide much in the way of software,
but they do give you some moderate to good tools to help develop it, or
you can fork over even more cash to buy some.  For my money, I'd skip
the PC interface- Wouter, you'd probably be comfortable to write your own
PC code for interfacing the thing.  I'm not much for PC code, myself.

Mike H.

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