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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
Specmaster:
With all the chatter regarding floppy discs, reminded me of my first "proper" computer which was the Amstrad PC1512. Yes I had others before that one, but they were not proper in my mind. Before that, I had a pocket Sharp PC-1211 (which I still have somewhere and still works) and then I progressed onto a Sinclair ZX Spectrum and upgraded it with a Rotronics Wafadrive and later on Miles Gordon Technologies of Cambridge introduced an interface to accept a 3.5" floppy drive, which I then adopted. When I had the PC1512, I then later upgraded it to have a 20Mb hard card (20Mb hard drive and interface all in one to fit into one of the internal expansion slots), my fate was sealed there and then, I have been a great PC fan ever since.
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/1288/Amstrad-PC1512-DD/
GreyWoolfe:
--- Quote from: mnementh on June 29, 2022, 08:52:56 pm ---
Not women... I prefer one woman. Who puts this thing to shame; she can suck a golf-ball through 10 feet of garden hose. >:D
mnem
But this was mostly just me being a tool-dwagon; letting my friends over here in the States know so they can try and get one themselves before they're all gone.
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AMEN brother on the first statement, epic fail on the second. No availability at any store near me. I would have liked one even though I have a big Rigid shop vac.
TERRA Operative:
Awwww geez. I just bought another scope. A TDS644A for equal to about US$25 shipped. :-DD (My rule now I have the good versions of these 700 series scopes is to not pay over 10,000yen (US$75) for one in working condition. Less if it needs repairs).
It has a problem (or missing?...) CRT board, the translation wasn't clear, but the rest of the unit is complete, so I'll have to scavenge around my parts boxes to see if I have a spare black and white CRT board. I'm sure I did have one somewhere...
@Vince, I'm sure I can hold onto a spare TDS754D, upgraded to a TDS784D and stick that HDD option in. I got enough crap to sell before its turn on the auction table, so I'll put it at the back of the queue to give you a decade or two to get around to buying it. :D haha.
Vince:
Thank you so very much Terra, I truly really very much immensely enormously gigantically appreciate you help ! :-+
I can't believe how cheap you can find these scopes in Japan, I really makes no sense, it's cheaper than a glowing Tek boat anchor, it's ridiculous ! :scared:
Last I looked here, TDS784D prices depending on condition, options, and how fishy the ad looked, would go anywhere from 1,500 Euros bare minimum, to 2500 or even 4000 Euros.
I guess that's about a trillion worth, in Japanese money.
No, I can't put that much in it obviously... however now knowing how cheap you get them, I think it should not be too difficult to find a middle ground that satisfies the both of us and makes for a win-win deal ! >:D
TERRA Operative:
All I want is.....
ONE MILLION DOLLARS! :-DD
But yeah, I've seen what people ask for these things in Europe! Thousands is toooo much! I got a TDS794D for $350, just needed some new RAM chips, and a TDS784C with pouch and 4 P6425 1.5GHZ probes for about the same price, fully working. Those accessories are now on my TDS784D, that I got for a few hundred bucks too.
Once shipping ain't so ridiculous, I'd send one to you for an order of magnitude less than Euro prices.... Hurry up and find that highly paid but cushy work-from-home job so you can buy all my stuff! :-DD
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