On 7/22/2020 22:46:10, Dale H. Cook wrote:
On 7/22/2020 3:30 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
There really seems to be a conspiracy to get us to discard anything that's not
"NEW".
Rant mode on ...
Heh, a lot of "new" stuff is designed to be discarded. On test equipment mailing
lists and sites I see a lot of young whippersnappers who don't understand why
they can't get service information for their late-model digital oscilloscopes,
and who don't understand that those late-model 'scopes were never intended for
field repair. If those 'scopes break you pay big bux for the factory to fix them
---IF--- the factory still supports them. If they are not supported you throw
them away and replace them. Those young whippersnappers look down their noses at
my analog Tektronix and HP 'scopes, but my analog 'scopes do what I need them to
do, they do it very well, and if they break I can fix them. I use a lot of
vintage Tek, HP, and GR instruments for work and hobbies. I'm just an old guy
who likes stuff that can be fixed. That, of course, doesn't stop me from buying
new to get capabilities that I want, thus the K-70 (and I don't drive a '60s car).
Rant mode off ...
The problem is you can't find anyone to repair the old stuff that *WAS* made to
be repaired if you don't know how to repair it yourself.
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