@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): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220220764_Re-engineering_at_LeCroy_Corporation_The_move_to_component-based_systems