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Gould Classic 9500 4x400MHz, 2GSa/s - Is it worth buying?

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Hydrawerk:
Does somebody here know the Gould Classic 9500 digital scope? Is it worth buying for 900 US Dollars (=17900 CZK)? Doesn't somebody have the user manual in pdf? Well, it seems that not many Gould DSOs were sold worldwide... What is the screen like? CRT? The specs are quite interesting. 4x400MHz, 2GSa/s Unfortunately, it has about 12 kilograms weight. The whole machine is quite big and heavy.  :(
http://www.elexbrno.cz/detail.php?proId=765&secId=115
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GOULD-Classic-9500-Oscilloscope-4x-400MHz-2GSa-s-DSO-/230909783441
I could only find an article written in Polish language. It seems that this scope was manufactured about year 1998. Compared to this, the HP 54600 series from early 1990s are quite compact and lightweight scopes.  ;)

Hydrawerk:
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Hydrawerk:
OK, nobody is familiar with this scope, so it must be a very rare machine, that was never sold in big numbers. It seems that it is not a good idea to buy it.  :(

mikeselectricstuff:
I think this must be one of the last scopes they made before they went titsup.
$900 is an OK-ish price for that spec, if it works and there aren't any serious bugs.

Wuerstchenhund:

--- Quote from: Hydrawerk on March 22, 2013, 10:36:27 pm ---Does somebody here know the Gould Classic 9500 digital scope? Is it worth buying for 900 US Dollars (=17900 CZK)?
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In my opinion, $900 is a lot of money for a scope from a manufacturer that doesn't exist anymore and where Service Manuals, spares or even basic help will be extremely hard to obtain. And with similar scopes (i.e. HP 54542C, 4x 500MHz 2GSa/s with LED screen) going for around the same amount or even less, I think that $900 is actually quite a lot of money for that scope.

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