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jeff@hpuplca.nsr.hp.com (     Jeff Gruszynski) writes:

>Only HP's high end scope are "DC-to-Daylight" (i.e. 54120 or 547xx) and
>priced appropiately.  The 54600A and 54601A are $2395 and $2895,
>respectively.  Both are 100MHz, Analog-style control, Digital sample and
>trigger.  '00 is 2 channel; '01 is 4 channel.  I'm planning on getting
>one myself, but I'm still torn on the number of channels I want.

Back to the original topic, my advice to the original questioner is
carefully evaluate your need for 100 mhz.  If your needs are more 
modest, particularly if your needs tend more toward the audio end of 
the spectrum, you should seriously consider the Fluke 97 Scope-O-Meter.
It is a 50 mhz dual trace handheld digital storage scope that also
doubles as a very nice large digit DVM.  One of the more useful
aspects for me is it can drive an HP thinkjet or Epson printer directly
so that screen images can be saved for later reference.  At $1795 list,
street price a couple of hundred less, it is a tremendous bang for the 
buck.  Another useful feature is the ability to dump its memory out
the interface which means things like FFT analysis can be run against
the data on a PC>

My original plan was to keep an old Tek 465 for high speed work and 
use the fluke for the rest.  I recently sold the Tek because of non-use.
The Fluke is the single most useful piece of test equipment I've ever bought.

John

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