And yet you've been battling away with an ancient TDS210.....a horrible POS in my opinion that was made to a low price point.
The TDS210 worked well enough and has been absolutely reliable for 30 years. I have no complaints. If memory serves me, I paid about $1,200 for it back in the day. And yes, TDS210 and TDS212 were the most basic entry level digital scopes from any manufacturer in their day in the mid 90's. Again, if I remember correctly, all other options were over $10K.
It has been good enough for 95% of what I do at home, though the number has been getting smaller over time and much smaller recently. For the rest, I drag home what I need from the office. It is a pain, figuratively and literally, but is a workable solution.
The most basic option is to just buy a 2 channel 70MHz scope and continue what I am doing. After that, as I increase capabilities, I can increase the percentage I can do at home without needing to lug anything home to 99% or 99.9% or higher. But I will not spend enough cash to get to 100% (replicate everything at the office). The question for me is where I want to draw the line.
Decisions, decisions, decisions....
One interesting thing is that no one has even recommended anything Rigold. Have all the Rigold partisans been banished or do they not work weekends?
