LeCroy scope recap.
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From: John Larkin on 8 Nov 2009 18:03 On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:25:43 -0500, Jamie <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: > >> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:36:19 -0500, Jamie >> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote: >> >> >>> I guess since no one answered my question about strange >>> flickering phenomena in the new Wave Surfer scope's LCD >>> screen we just got, I conclude that no one here uses one. >>> >>> So i'll make a call tomorrow to inquire about this so >>>they'll have it on record or maybe suggest that something is >>>actually wrong with it. >>> >>> Thanks Any way.. >>> >>> >> >> >> LeCroy scopes are weird, and Walter did me dirty once. >> >> John >> >Oh, I don't know who Walter is ? sorry :) > Walter LeCroy. He used to make CAMAC instruments for the national labs, before he went into the scope business. Los Alamos asked us to design an equivalent to his expensive and unreliable 4208 TDC module, so we did. http://www.highlandtechnology.com/DSS/M680DS.html When LeCroy found out about it, on the next bid they cut their price *in half* to kill us off. Our pal at Los Alamos disqualified them on technical grounds, and I still have a job. Some time later, LeCroy offered to license a couple of their designs to us. They wanted us to assume some huge technical and customer headaches they wanted to be rid of, and proposed that we lose money as a side benefit. We declined. John
From: Jim Thompson on 8 Nov 2009 18:20 On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:03:56 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:25:43 -0500, Jamie ><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote: > >>John Larkin wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:36:19 -0500, Jamie >>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I guess since no one answered my question about strange >>>> flickering phenomena in the new Wave Surfer scope's LCD >>>> screen we just got, I conclude that no one here uses one. >>>> >>>> So i'll make a call tomorrow to inquire about this so >>>>they'll have it on record or maybe suggest that something is >>>>actually wrong with it. >>>> >>>> Thanks Any way.. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> LeCroy scopes are weird, and Walter did me dirty once. >>> >>> John >>> >>Oh, I don't know who Walter is ? sorry :) >> > >Walter LeCroy. He used to make CAMAC instruments for the national >labs, before he went into the scope business. Los Alamos asked us to >design an equivalent to his expensive and unreliable 4208 TDC module, >so we did. > >http://www.highlandtechnology.com/DSS/M680DS.html > >When LeCroy found out about it, on the next bid they cut their price >*in half* to kill us off. Our pal at Los Alamos disqualified them on >technical grounds, and I still have a job. > >Some time later, LeCroy offered to license a couple of their designs >to us. They wanted us to assume some huge technical and customer >headaches they wanted to be rid of, and proposed that we lose money as >a side benefit. We declined. > >John Sounds like my first dance with ON Semi. ICE, probably with some inside info, underbid my design quote by a factor of TWO. Fortunately ON Semi figured it as "smelly" and awarded me the job anyway. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Obama says, "I AM NOT a cry baby, Fox REALLY IS out to get me!"
From: Jamie on 8 Nov 2009 19:04 John Larkin wrote: > On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:25:43 -0500, Jamie > <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote: > > >>John Larkin wrote: >> >> >>>On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:36:19 -0500, Jamie >>><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I guess since no one answered my question about strange >>>>flickering phenomena in the new Wave Surfer scope's LCD >>>>screen we just got, I conclude that no one here uses one. >>>> >>>> So i'll make a call tomorrow to inquire about this so >>>>they'll have it on record or maybe suggest that something is >>>>actually wrong with it. >>>> >>>> Thanks Any way.. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>LeCroy scopes are weird, and Walter did me dirty once. >>> >>>John >>> >> >>Oh, I don't know who Walter is ? sorry :) >> > > > Walter LeCroy. He used to make CAMAC instruments for the national > labs, before he went into the scope business. Los Alamos asked us to > design an equivalent to his expensive and unreliable 4208 TDC module, > so we did. > > http://www.highlandtechnology.com/DSS/M680DS.html > > When LeCroy found out about it, on the next bid they cut their price > *in half* to kill us off. Our pal at Los Alamos disqualified them on > technical grounds, and I still have a job. > > Some time later, LeCroy offered to license a couple of their designs > to us. They wanted us to assume some huge technical and customer > headaches they wanted to be rid of, and proposed that we lose money as > a side benefit. We declined. > > John > Walter sounds like the average greedy business man! :) Well, I hope what you just told me isn't a sign for things to come in our near future! ;)
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