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"legg" <legg@nospam.magma.ca> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:30:11 -0700, "Joel Koltner"
> <zapwireDASHgroups@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>"Tom Bruhns" <k7itm@msn.com> wrote in message
>>news:fb1638c1-9e26-45fb-8a31-d1779f26c9e6@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
>>> _HP's_ design??!!  Puleeeezzz!
>>
>>I know they didn't design the hardware itself, but don't you think they 
>>still
>>"designed" the interface (both GUI and mechanical)?  Or did Rigol or 
>>whoever
>>it was already have that design out before HP came along?
>>
> I think his point was that Tek lead with cheap DPO's.(and usable
> triggering)

In the late 1980's I was in the market for a DSO, and I worked for a 
company that was a stocking distributor and service center for Tektronics. 
However, the programming interface was klunky, and the controls were not 
laid out very well. They even had a test board to check performance. I 
wound up purchasing a Hitachi storage scope, which I still use today. It's 
only 60 MHz but I don't do RF, and it's fine for switching power supplies, 
audio, and line frequency work that is my usual fare.

I had always liked HP scopes over Tek, and I still have an HP130A. I liked 
their panel layouts, and the large knobs with a subdued color scheme and a 
very positive feel. There is a picture of this model (along with racks of 
old HP equipment) in this website I found:

http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/hp_tour.htm

I also had one of the HP200B oscillators with rounded corners that was 
vintage 1941, but I gave it away with a lot of other old equipment for 
which I did not have room (or use). It's nice to know someone cares enough 
to preserve this legacy.

Paul