Need advice on Oscilloscope probes
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Hi,
This oscilloscope has come up for sale in my area. Apparently working:
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/telequip_o ... 67d_6.html
Telequipment D67. A British subsidiary of Tektronix. Made between 1971-75. 25Mhz two channel.
A little old. But if I can get it for $50 or less, worth the risk perhaps? Or a waste of money?
If it were guaranteed working it would probably be perfect for my basic needs...but I'm a little wary of its age (40 years).
This oscilloscope has come up for sale in my area. Apparently working:
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/telequip_o ... 67d_6.html
Telequipment D67. A British subsidiary of Tektronix. Made between 1971-75. 25Mhz two channel.
A little old. But if I can get it for $50 or less, worth the risk perhaps? Or a waste of money?
If it were guaranteed working it would probably be perfect for my basic needs...but I'm a little wary of its age (40 years).
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I think you should be.ral-clan wrote:If it were guaranteed working it would probably be perfect for my basic needs...but I'm a little wary of its age (40 years).
I remember mrr19121970 posted this link in another thread: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121985263172
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for 50 bucks i'd do it.... also if you didnt use a scope before, those old things are much easier to handle than the modern ones
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groepaz wrote:... those old things are much easier to handle than the modern ones
Having a DSO, I find very much the opposite to be true.
The "AUTO SET" button comes to mind but it's not the only functionality which may make it much easier to use, far from it.
As I said earlier, I strongly feel older scopes are more difficult to use but you do get to learn more by using them.
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I protest! You don't need a DSO to get autoset! Tektronix had this in 1965:
http://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/3A5
OK, so they called it "seek", but whatever.
http://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/3A5
OK, so they called it "seek", but whatever.
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pfff autoset. what kind of wussies need that? =) (and yes, my 30yr old philips can do it too)
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Especially with single short pulses, where one has essentially only one try to test the correct function of a system:groepaz wrote:pfff autoset. what kind of wussies need that? =) (and yes, my 30yr old philips can do it too)
Those are two short (~4 µs) high voltage pulses of -5 kV resp. -9 kV peak, on the return of a crowbar for two systems. The trigger had to be set on a negative edge, and a good guess on the negative trigger voltage had to be made. And, of course, also another good guess for the time base. As I said, one try for each system.
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I suppose your Philips can also capture a single pulse and show you what occurred BEFORE the trigger too ?groepaz wrote:pfff autoset. what kind of wussies need that? =) (and yes, my 30yr old philips can do it too)
Your Philips has a "PRINT SCREEN" button too ?
Perhaps you haven't noticed but the TDS 210 is a DSO too, you know.Mike wrote:Especially with single short pulses, where one has essentially only one try to test the correct function of a system:
That's why you can capture your single negative pulse to screen...
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it can do "negative trigger delay", yes. it can't do "print screen" as such - but you can connect another device via rs232 (or ieee488) and dump the recorded data to it. it also has a bunch more fun things like tv-syncing, or FFT (if you have the required expansion, which i dont). that said, i never used any of that for my 8bit repairingI suppose your Philips can also capture a single pulse and show you what occurred BEFORE the trigger too ? Your Philips has a "PRINT SCREEN" button too ?
i wasnt referring to DSOs before though, but bog standard simple scopes that have timebase/vertical divisor knobs, 2 or 3 trigger modes and not much else. those are not only good enough for pretty much everything you want to do when playing around with this old 8bit stuff - they are also very easy to use even without looking into any manuals. cant say the same for that philips scope
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I was quite happy my TDS-1002 has a video scanline trigger when capturing the signal coming from the 6560. Old "bog standard simple scopes" don't have such a feature.groepaz wrote:i wasnt referring to DSOs before though, but bog standard simple scopes that have timebase/vertical divisor knobs, 2 or 3 trigger modes and not much else. those are not only good enough for pretty much everything you want to do when playing around with this old 8bit stuff - they are also very easy to use even without looking into any manuals. cant say the same for that philips scope
There's a couple of other advanced function for the trigger that were incredibly useful on the TDS-1002 when developing PLAnkton. These function made it very simple and easy to get the exact information I needed and they just don't exist on an old scope.
IMHO, a modern device, whether it's a complete scope or just like the Hantek, a USB box, is a LOT more useful to a beginner than a piece of antiquated equipment more fit for a museum.
Even the TDS-1002, I am seriously considering replacing with a more modern 4 channel device with improved performances.
Newer equipment offers so much more for your money.
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We have a couple of these at work. They're (relatively) inexpensive and pretty handy. In addition, since the display is on a PC already, it's easy to do captures of the waveforms or logs etc.
https://www.linkinstruments.com/mso28.html
https://www.linkinstruments.com/mso28.html
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i'm not sure i agree with that - all the advanced stuff doesn't mean anything to a beginner in the first place, and he wont use it anytime soon either. it's a bit like saying a guitar novice should get a les paul, because it sounds so much better than some cheap taiwanese clone - while being generally correct, it doesn't make a difference for the beginner for a long time.IMHO, a modern device, whether it's a complete scope or just like the Hantek, a USB box, is a LOT more useful to a beginner than a piece of antiquated equipment more fit for a museum.
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That's what the delay line is for. Hey, you didn't say how much before the trigger you wanted to see!eslapion wrote:I suppose your Philips can also capture a single pulse and show you what occurred BEFORE the trigger too ?groepaz wrote:pfff autoset. what kind of wussies need that? =) (and yes, my 30yr old philips can do it too)
Bah, print screen is for the weak.eslapion wrote: Your Philips has a "PRINT SCREEN" button too ?
Now, "develop screen", THAT's fun!
That's what a LM1881 is for!eslapion wrote: I was quite happy my TDS-1002 has a video scanline trigger when capturing the signal coming from the 6560. Old "bog standard simple scopes" don't have such a feature.
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I truly disagree with your analogy.groepaz wrote:i'm not sure i agree with that - all the advanced stuff doesn't mean anything to a beginner in the first place, and he wont use it anytime soon either. it's a bit like saying a guitar novice should get a les paul, because it sounds so much better than some cheap taiwanese clone - while being generally correct, it doesn't make a difference for the beginner for a long time.
A digital HD television is far more sophisticated than an old 1980s era analog CRT TV. The HD set is far easier to use, costs less and provides much better image quality by simply plugging in a few cables.
Newer PCs which use windows XP-7-10 are much more versatile, cheaper and easier to use than DOS era machines and are also much more powerful.
Don't get me wrong, it's fine to be nostalgic every once in awhile but when you're familiar with newer, inexpensive digital scopes and use them frequently, you tend to find old analog scopes just cumbersome.
Groepaz seems interested, you should offer him.Gyro Gearloose wrote:That's what a LM1881 is for!
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sure you do - because you are doing non beginner stuff with it.Don't get me wrong, it's fine to be nostalgic every once in awhile but when you're familiar with newer, inexpensive digital scopes and use them frequently, you tend to find old analog scopes just cumbersome.
you should have read what i wrote before - i never used any of those fancy things for my 8bit shit. if i didnt get this philips scope for free, i'd be perfectly happy with a good old hameg 20mhz 2chan - it can do everything i'd need, and its by far more intuitive to use. (and it can do X/Y - which the philips can not, unfortunately)Groepaz seems interested, you should offer him.
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