alt Hacker NewsGive it a month and the acquisition ASICs will blow up and the caps will eat through the board traces. Can’t stand these scopes.
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stmw • yesterday at 10:57 PM
For a brief second, I thought this was about an original 7104.
Are there specific TDS models that you have found to be better, btw, reliability-wise?
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Nice, so I'll get even more entertainment out of it!
The equipment that's bought and sold at the electronics flea market typically isn't used as a means to an end, it is the end. There's disappointment when you buy something there and it just works. There's no fun in that.
I don't really have a use for a R&S AMIQ, but replacing all the PC motherboard caps taught me a lot about good desoldering practices. https://tomverbeure.github.io/2026/06/28/Rohde-Schwarz-AMIQ-...