Re: Test equipment

<grin> Any vectorlist person is welcome to come over to my place, and drink
all of my beer (homebrew is another one of my hobbies...) BUT I just might
put you to work repairing my Star Wars monitor!

Thaks for the feedback on the 'scope John & Al, I've asked the seller a few
more q's via email (are the probes, manual etc included) I'll pick it up as
soon as I get the answers to them.

Al - you referenced "modular ...depending on the verticle and horizontal
plugins" this worries me a bit - what should I look for to insure at least a
minimum of usesfullness from this unit?

Thanks for all of the help!
-Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Robertson" <jrr@flippers.com>
To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>; <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Test equipment

> We will all come over and drink all your booze, and empty your fridge if
> you do not buy that 'scope!
>
> As for testing it, there is normally a test point on the front of better
> scopes that you can hook the probes up to, this is for calibration and
will
> probably have a nice square wave of about 1V. Each channel should show
this
> on several ranges, and you can turn the horizontal to see if it compresses
> normally. As for any delays, etc, these are difficult to check without
> other equipment, but not that useful anyways for most service. You can
also
> use your finger as a test point! You should see all sorts of 60 cycle
noise
> if you touch the probe tip and you are not touching the ground of the
scope
> in any way. This will check the higher voltage settings safely. No current
> or course (unless you are holding the hot end of a power cord ;-)
>
> John :-#)#
>
> At 08:42 AM 5/1/2000 , Dan wrote:
> >Hey guys,
> >
> >I'm slowly learning the art of repair on these vector games. I've come
> >across a Tektronix model 7603 analog oscilloscope, 4 channel, 100mhz in
the
> >local paper for $150. I've been watching for something like this to come
up
> >for a while... The price certainly seems right, but are its capabilities
> >sufficient to help troubleshoot vector games?
> >
> >What should I check out on the unit prior to purchase? The same seller
also
> >have a HV probe that I am planning on picking up re: discharging monitors
:)
> >
> >Thanks,
> >-Dan "Wish I had more free time to spend on this hobby"
> >
> >
> >
>
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