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I got lucky - the "broken, unknown state" oscilloscope I got off eBay that cost US $80,000 new only needed a $16 part replaced.

Feast your eyes on some pretty awesome screenshots. :blobpats: to the first person who knows and can explain the physics behind the first 2 pictures.

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@wohali wow this looks much nicer than the (apparently better and newer) xp based lecroy we have at work

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@MightyPork thanks! this was the ~last generation of VxWorks based scopes. ~96MHz PowerPC 603e. It's a joy to use so far.

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@wohali ohhh they used VxWorks?? This is such a step backwards 🤦‍♂️

@MightyPork wait! i was wrong. mine is actually a proprietary OS. the next 2 revisions ran on VxWorks, then they switched to the Windows XP/7 embedded PCs they use now.

@wohali how responsive is it? The xp one likes to randomly pause and think things over and crap like that, as you'd expect on old widows

@MightyPork Haha, after changing specific settings it'll click a couple of relays and pause for ~1-1.5s or so. The user group jokingly calls this the "Walter LeCroy Memorial Second" :D

It's pretty good as long as you aren't crossing one of those boundaries.

FYI the story of them moving from the original custom OS to VxWorks (before moving to Windows): researchgate.net/publication/2