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From: JW on 9 Jun 2010 09:50
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:56:27 -0700 Winston <Winston(a)bigbrother.net> wrote
in Message id: <hub0l8015eg(a)news7.newsguy.com>:

>On 6/4/2010 3:34 AM, JW wrote:
>> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:57:56 -0700 Winston<Winston(a)bigbrother.net> wrote
>> in Message id:<hu8cd401obc(a)news3.newsguy.com>:
>
>(...)
>
>>> I really like the Tek TDS series. Clearly the user interface was
>>> designed by an actual scope user rather than just a software
>>> (Cough Agilent cough) engineer.
>>
>> Which Agilent scopes are you referring to? I like the 548XX Infiniium
>> series...
>
>Can't recall the model number. It was a fancy 4 - channel color DSO.
>Looked very similar to:
>http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/redirector.jspx?action=ref&cname=AGILENT_EDITORIAL&ckey=126226&lc=eng&cc=US&nfr=-536900125.0.00&pselect=SR.General
>
>I found the user interface counter - intuitive because some of the
>controls wouldn't do their function apparent from the labeling.
>It was sort of "You can't get there from here."

Yeah, that model is similar to the one I was talking about. Mine is a
54845A - a bit less capable. I like that series, but it may be due to it's
PC interface and pull-down menus. I've gotten so used to PC interfaces I
actually use the mouse to control the scope more than the actual front
panel.

>Perhaps they have improved greatly in the intervening 16 years.
>I certainly hope so.
>
>Have you used a TDS?

The latest model I've used is the TDS7XX series. I like them as well, but
would still take the Agilent over it any day.

>Those are really nice. A very easy migration
>to digital storage technology for those of us that started with tube -
>type 'recurrent sweep' scopes. Even the 'help' system was easy to
>understand and actually had helpful information.

My first scope at work was a Tek 465, then a 2465B. Even had a 434A analog
storage type at home. But once you go digital, you never go back. At least
with me, anyway. :) Many die-hards would think of me as a blasphemer, I
suppose.
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