Re: Oscilloscope dealers in the US

Jonathan Kirwan wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:10:33 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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What strikes me all the time: Why on earth can't they use some standard batteries such as AA rechargeables? Especially on scopes that are most likely being used in remote places. What do you do when battery and spare have croaked and you are on the outskirts of Tambouktou, and there is no electricity up on the tower?


One of my favorite (for convenience, I mean) 'laptops' was an HP 300.
It was a Windows 3.1/DOS system with a tiny, 1" hard drive and a built
in mouse that 'popped out' and worked on a table top. Gray scale LCD
display. The thing weighed almost nothing. But.. it didn't use any
fancy, specialized, expensive to buy battery systems. It used AA
batteries, either alkaline or NiCad, which you can get most places in
the world. Simple.

Still have one and use it, sometimes.


Sometimes I ask myself, why were the engineers that designed computer stuff of yesteryear so much smarter? Why did they reach retirement age? Couldn't they have hung on a bit longer?

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Regards, Joerg

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