Re: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

On 2/24/2016 10:59 AM, Eric Smith wrote: On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 8:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote: For serial I use a Saleae 8 bit analyzer. [...] You do have to use a level shifter with the thing because it is designed for 3.3v logic and needs to be adjusted accordingly. The

Re: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 8:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote: > For serial I use a Saleae 8 bit analyzer. [...] > You do have to use a level shifter with the thing because it is designed for > 3.3v logic and needs to be adjusted accordingly. The Saleae Logic Pro 16 (and probably the Logic

Re: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

On 2/23/2016 7:11 PM, Curious Marc wrote: I was wondering if I should add a 4952 to my HP collection. It's tempting, these are cute machines. But except if I am using synchronous RS232, I was not sure what I would getting that a laptop with a good terminal emulator and a serial port would

RE: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

Marc wrote I was not sure what I would getting that a laptop with a good terminal emulator and a serial port would give me. Can you convince me otherwise? What do you guys use it for? - Perhaps there are terminal emulators out there that can do the following, but I'm not

Re: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

I was wondering if I should add a 4952 to my HP collection. It's tempting, these are cute machines. But except if I am using synchronous RS232, I was not sure what I would getting that a laptop with a good terminal emulator and a serial port would give me. Can you convince me otherwise? What do

RE: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

I had written... > Just my 2 millidollars worth... To which Tony replied -- Don't you mean 20 millidollars? -- I'd have intended to say 2 centidollars... but if I say I meant 20 millidollars then I can claim it was merely a typo and I dropped the 0 *cough* J

RE: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

> > I've always eyed the 4952... being as my penchant is HP and much of my test > equipment is same-vintage HP gear (I'll give a vote for the 1631D logic > analyzer, combo LA and digital scope - the scope is sorta poor, but handy - > the LA is great for what I work on). I would love to find the

RE: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

I've always eyed the 4952... being as my penchant is HP and much of my test equipment is same-vintage HP gear (I'll give a vote for the 1631D logic analyzer, combo LA and digital scope - the scope is sorta poor, but handy - the LA is great for what I work on). However, I spent a significant

Re: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote: > The bigger picture: > > https://twitter.com/nf6x/status/701796809413304320 Nice! We had a couple 4951s set up at all times, mostly for sync debugging of our own products, but occasionally, we stuck them between two machines

Re: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

The bigger picture: https://twitter.com/nf6x/status/701796809413304320 -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

> On Feb 22, 2016, at 07:35, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote: >> When I was debugging the connection between my VAX and tu58em on my Mac, I >> ended up buying an old serial protocol analyzer. Notably, I

Serial analyzers (was Re: VAX 11/730 quickie)

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote: > When I was debugging the connection between my VAX and tu58em on my Mac, I > ended up buying an old serial protocol analyzer. Notably, I specifically > avoided one with the same type of tape drive; I got one with a nice,