Yes, the documentation of the HP 1630 series is phenomenal. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 1:52 PM, tony duell <a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > * The HP 16500B and 16500C use a different '030 based logic board and > also > [...] > > * Generally anything the "C" can do, the "B" can do and vice versa. The > big > > difference between the two is that they switched from HP-HIL peripherals > on > > the "B" to standard PS/2 peripherals on the "C", if you want to connect > an > > external keyboard and mouse to use in lieu of or in conjunction with the > > touch screen; depending on what you have in your stash ... I happened to > > have a bunch of HIL mice and a HIL keyboard so HP-HIL on the "B" doesn't > > bug me. > > I don't know if it works on these instruments, but there was an interface > to > use a quadrature mouse on an HP-HIL system. > > > * IMO, the HP 1630 series and the Biomation K100 are pretty obsolescent > and > > ... unless you already have one, or someone local to you is giving you > > one... I don't think they're really worth the cost of shipping unless you > > have some nostalgic attachment to a particular instrument. > > As somebody who has both and uses them (and has no later analysers), I have > to disagree with you there. After all the OP was asking for the 'Tek 465 > of logic > analysers' which suggests not the latest instruments. The HP1630 and Gould > K100D > are easily fast enough for classic computer work (I've never had > problems). They > also seem to be a lot better documented than later analysers (can you get > schematics of later HPs? I seem to remember they are not in the manuals). > The > probe interface is also documented and quite simple. While I recomend only > getting a LA with the original pods, the ability to make custom pods has > helped > me on several occasions. The inputs to both those LAs are simple > differential > ECL signals, easy to hack about with. > > -tony > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
