Maybe only semi-OT. I'm working on a couple of classiccmp-ish projects (6303, 6309 and 68030) and I find the trusty old Tek 465 o-scope is no longer compensating for my lack of design skill (or I'm getting better at hiding bugs in my designs, depending how you look at it). I'm looking for a recommendation for a logic analyzer. Considering my very modest design constraints, I'm thinking:
- Suitable for 50MHz designs (really more like <16MHz, but you never know) - 32 channels would be nice, ~128 probably perfect, less...you know...do what you gotta do... - No weird technologies in the design (all TTL/CMOS logic) - I'm willing to spend a few $$ to get decent kit, but need to spend closer to 465 money than TLA7012 money - Decent analytics, hopefully more than "here's your traces...good luck" - Ease of finding complete kit; nothing worse than dropping a dime on what looks like a good deal only to find you're missing the unobtanium cable, or the software disk that the vendor will be more than happy to provide you only under a cripplingly expensive support contract. A brief cruse of ePay didn't turn up much Tek/HP/Agilent older-generation kit that looked like it fit the budget, but I'm not entirely sure I know what I'm looking at. I know there's a general allergy to anything USB around here, and worse Windows-based USB software, but there is tons of USB-based stuff that looked like a possibility for those who are willing to hold their nose. So have the USB logic analyzers achieved Willem levels of usefulness (which one?), or is there a must-have Tek 465 moral equivalent I need to be looking for? KJ
