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--- Quote from: bd139 on June 30, 2022, 10:20:46 am ---I have 0.1, 0.25 and 0.5 isographs. You don't want the 0.1. They are stupid fragile and unreliable as hell.

I actually did my A-level exams with a 0.35 rapidograph years ago. I know you're not supposed to write with them like that but it worked for me :D

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I may have had 0.2 and it already was do-not-remove-the-piston category.
Of course I was better, or not.
Vince:

--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on June 30, 2022, 09:41:30 am ---
--- Quote from: Vince on June 30, 2022, 09:32:53 am ---
--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on June 30, 2022, 09:21:04 am ---(I had a parallel Zip drive back in the day, I liked it. I should get one again as it's compatible with the D-series TDS 600 and 700 series scopes ;D )

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Uh really ?! Wow...so you mean the // port can be used not only to print a screen capture, but also to access storage media like a ZIP ?!  :o
Did I read that right ?!  :o
So if I can't find a HDD option for my future 784D, no big deal then, I can use a ZIP Drive instead ?!  :clap:

Definitely want a 'D' then, none of the 784C rubbish !  :-DD    >:D

Money for the TDS won't be before a long while though, so I better start searching for  ZIP drive ASAP, as they must be getting rare by now, and might not even be findable any more by the time I get the TDS !  :scared:

Yeah, let's find a ZIP Drive again, will bring back memories !!  :D

Thank you so much for the info Terra ! All the crap we have been writing on TEA for the past 24 hours FINALLY turned out to lead to something actually useful !  :-DD

You really made my day Terra, thanks for the info, I am very surprised but overjoyed by it !!  :-+

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Yup, I learnt it when researching what the hell the TDS714L was when I bought it, it's sales brochure made note of the Zip drive compatibility.
Turned out that the D-series scopes do too.
Check this link, page 7 under the 'Storage' section.
https://w140.com/tekwiki/images/9/90/TDS700D_Datasheet_55W_11336_4.pdf

I assume it's plug and play, maybe detects it on boot, or maybe you can select it when you access the file menu as you would a floppy disk.


I'll have to go find a Zip drive on Yahoo Auctions to add to my TDS Scope Accessory collection. :D



--- Quote from: Vince on June 30, 2022, 09:32:53 am ---A HDD would still be good though, as you said it contains not just data but also S/W that give you access to more features... and I doubt that S/W can be accessed/used by the scope if you put it on the // ZIP drive ? Probably not...

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I don't think it would work to use a Zip drive as a HDD like that, I think the Zip is only able to be used just like a floppy but larger capacity.
If you want a HDD for your unit (and some software pre-loaded), I do have a spare HDD option, complete with all parts.... ;)

I plan to sell it 'one day' so you have basically forever to get around to buying it off me because 'some day' means I'll never get around to it.... :D

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Oh yes please keep a HDD option for me, and build a nice 784D for me as well with a not yellowed front plastic ! ;D
I will try to buy it before you forget about me, will make it a priority... I can sell my TDS544A to help pay for the 784...
Once COVID and Ukraine disaster are over and the world hopefully recovers to its previous magnitude of shittiness, hopefully shipping prices will come down and there might be a way to ship this scope by slow boat for an affordable / reasonable amount of money.

Yes do get a ZIP drive and experiment with it and report here !  :D

Thanks for the 700D datasheet, now downloaded / saved.

Specmaster:

--- Quote from: Cubdriver on June 30, 2022, 10:09:24 am ---
--- Quote from: Vince on June 30, 2022, 09:46:44 am ---Cat is clearly the star of the show, for it's him being in focus, the scope's screen is completely out of focus !  :-DD

I would like a lab cat like your, he looks cool and smart, being interested in TE and electronics.
Unfortunately you can't recruit cats on their engineering skills, you just get what you get. I don't want to try then fire 25 cats until I find the right one, so I just don't have one.
But lucky you for having this one, you scored big time !  :-+

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Gilmore is quite the character.  He’s one of seven that currently reside here.

(Shame he wasn’t doing this when things were turned on…)

-Pat

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My 2 cats are similar to this, when the mood takes them that is, but these days that is less and less as they are now 12 years old, but both of them still have this strange attraction to plastic bags, love to chew and lick them  ??? and one loves to sit watch TV or the computer screen, especially loves to watch videos of aircraft with their engines running.
Specmaster:
I'm hoping for a fine sunny day on Sunday, my son is treating me to a day at Shuttleworth Fly Navy air show, the first air show we will have attended in 3 years. For those interested, here is the proposed line assuming nothing goes wrong on the day, which usually at least 1 or 2 go Tech and don't show.

https://www.shuttleworth.org/fly-navy-aircraft-line-up/
Brumby:

--- Quote from: Cubdriver on June 30, 2022, 10:09:24 am ---Gilmore is quite the character.  He’s one of seven that currently reside here.

(Shame he wasn’t doing this when things were turned on…)

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Suggestion .... Turn on the gear and take a photo from the same position as the above, then post it here and I'll try to overlay the displays from that photo onto this one with Gilmore.
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