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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
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Yes those older scopes can be a bargain for what you get these days, but be sure to consider all of your needs. Do you have a place to easily store it? Will you want to take it with you? How reliable will it be. Some older scopes can become cantankerous after many years of use and they are not for everyone. There are several inexpensive scopes out there that will do any work needed for FIRST robotics, and come in a small easily portable and easy to use package. They are well worth considering.
I had an older analog scope at home and it was more trouble than it was worth. All those analog switches and knobs were well past their useful life, and they also did not like sitting around in an unheated sometimes damp basement. I would need to twist all the knobs a bunch every time I used it and then it might still flake out a few times while I was using it. I rarely would completely trust the result. It got to the point where I was spending more time tinkering with the scope to get it working correctly than on what I was supposed to be fixing. I find the new crop of small modestly priced digital scopes to be ideal for home electronics use. just my opinion.