I would suggest just about any used Tektronix TDS 200mhz or higher 4 channel scope with a good display- from the mid 90s or newer.
Make sure to look up the model year to ensure it has reliable caps. I have not been a fan of the new designed-in-china test equipment like the 'rigol' On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:59 Jon Elson via cctech <cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 04/29/2017 12:28 PM, Michael Thompson via cctech wrote: > > The RICM just received $1,000 to buy a new oscilloscope. I would like a > > four channel. and color would also be nice. The bandwidth doesn't need to > > be high because we usually work on ancient equipment. > > > > What would you suggest? > > > Really NEW, or just new for your museum? I got a Tek 2465 > on eBay that I am quite happy with, for quite a bit less > money. There are some decent import digital scopes (such as > Rigol) that many people seem to find good. > If you are not familiar with digital scopes, there are some > gotchas there. You can't tell the trigger rate from looking > at the screen, but then they can see what happened BEFORE > the trigger event, and can freeze a single-shot event for > you to look at. The good Tek DPO scopes have not come down > enough to meet your price range (yet). > > Jon > -- Ian Finder (206) 395-MIPS ian.fin...@gmail.com