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I've got a 54622a, got it for $95 excellent scope, came with manuals and a pair of original probes, best purchase ever...

I own a 54622D and a 54642D and absolutely love both.

I just bought the analog version 54624A. $200 US on Ebay. My first scope.

There might have been some technical advances since 2000 (the replacement of monochrome CRTs with LCDs would be the most visible). But I guess the impression that this scope seems old by now has to do with some design changes that are pure "marketing descisions" and do not really represent technical advances. Oscilloscopes had the same uniform grey look for many decades and it is a recent trend that even scientific gear is "stylish" and reminds you of the looks of consumer products. I guess as an engineer one should not let himself be blinded by the "looks" of the gear. I for my part regard some things as "modern" but not necessarily "advanced": For example I don't see the advantage of flashing soft buttons over the (in my opinion) more rugged plastic buttons they used 30 years ago.

We had one just like this one in our school lab. It worked so well and it was very intuitive. It was a hand-me-down from a local electronics shop that moved out of the building right next to the school.

It makes me kinda sad to talk about the year 2000 like it's been a long time ago...Feels like yesterday. I refuse to call this one a "vintage" ;P

Hi Dave, i could not resist in buying one of these scops after seeing this demostration ! Like your videos and your expressions haha, THANKS FROM MALTA !!!

Nice short video to work up the appetite before dinner. Great stuff Dave.

I was just given one of these and I don't know how to use it yet. I'm glad this video exists.

Love the retro gear. Awesome.

Mixed transistor sizes - lovely!

6 years later, but just what I needed. Was considering picking one of these up on eBay.

As always; very nice review Dave!

Awesome video as always, Dave! I find it amazing that there are circumstances where slightly older tech outshines newer counterparts. I still write with fountain pens, which I think is a great example of that.

I loved using this scope while on placement, was such a fast and easy scope to use. Had many competitions between other students to gain the highest score on Asteroids ;)

It's a really nice instrument. Thanks for sharing.

Another new owner of this classic. However its the 54621D / 60Mhz MSO. Love it. Discovered these scopes late. Was chasing the TEK TDS400/500 series. Was tough to let go of the dream, but the HP has more bang IMHO. Thank you for the video. I love you man 😎

Best scope ever those days!.... I love it too! I got 2 x 54622A and 1 x 54622D Now I have upgraded to MSO7104B, but still use 54622D for my daily usage.....

Bought a 54621a after watching this, didnt need digital, just use it for 27mhz cb, what a great piece of kit, so intuitive to use.

I use a similar model at my uni, the Agilent 54621A. Nice old gear, but the other Agilent 2000/3000 X series scopes at my uni are really nice.

Rockon! I worked with one of those two years ago and nobody told me about Asteroids on it. Only used one or two channel analog scope features but it worked great!

i was able to rescue a 54622a from my university. they where going to throw it away because the buttons underneath the screen didnt work. i got it for free and i have fixed the buttons and now it works perfectly

I love old tech, seems strange for me calling 2000 era tech old as I remember it so well.

Ive had this scope for years and just learned about that astroid game today...

The Mega Zoom ASICs look like some gate arrays from Fujitsu, they start with "MB". The processor starts with "UPD" so it is most likely a NEC chip :)

Rock on dood !

I own(ed) one of these. Got it 2nd hand from EBay about 8 years ago. BEST investment I ever made. The only downside was the floppy drive which made it very difficult to get screenshots from it. I recently sold it for AUD$1500 and bought myself an MSO6034 (300MHz, 4/16ch) for not a lot more. :)

Some time I have no idea what your talking about but I enjoy your videos still. I don't known????

It's surprising how much better knobs of this oscilloscope feel than new agilents'.

Awesome scope despite i never used it I am a new to ee and i ve recognized this scope because it used in NI multisim

15:05 -- I thought the "mv" in the upper right corner of the screen was a heart for a moment. :P

Double thumbs up for the Easter egg. Let's see if we will have affordable scopes with full intensity 4K touch displays by year 2020. And Oh yes, it should be a MDO with embedded AWG (i.e. Great expectations).

Always wanted one…got one today for 50€! 😊

Hi, a little bit late, but Dave mentioned that the fan could be replaced with a quieter one. The fan is a Panasonic FBA08A12U with a massive 47 CFM airflow and 38dbA. Up to now I couldn't find a much quieter one with nearly this airflow. Any ideas?

Thanks Dave, I need a scope for working on old Sony es audio gear. I'm wondering if this will be a wise choice ?? Great info!

3:20 wow you operate this machine really fast.. guess you've been using it for half a decade or even longer, and it sure is showing

Браво, но ми се вижда много стар този осцилоскоп. Хубавото е че работи.

Back for a SS@TS (second suck at the sav). Have same scope but 60Mhz version. I love that puppy. Hate my GF. Life goes on. Cheers! 🇺🇸

I am looking at a hp/agilent 54602a scope that I found. Its similar to this one. Will this still work for a hobbyist with modern day electronics?

Love the floppy drive built in, Is that floppy drive for storing data or running waveform generators?

Can I upgrade sample rate by replacing AD9054A-135 or not?

It would be nice to know if there's an easy point to pick up a 1v video out point I could connect to. Thanks Dave another great video.

Lets Take it apart !!!!

Have you ever been able to connect the oscilloscope to your computer via the serial port to the Keysight BenchVue software? I have an Agilent 54621D. Thanks

Now i know what i do for the next 30 minutes! well, this is good background sound while cleaning!

6:51 XD oh wow you've got to be kidding

I wonder what's the refresh rate on that CRT. Most LCD run only at 60 Hz. Maybe, there's some way to infer it from the camera capture artifacts at high shutter speed.

Dave, you've got to admit the old green screen look was a lovely feature of the day. Did they ever do a colour CRT or did it go straight to colour LCD?

Hi Dave I got a HP54540C TFT - colour LCD oscilloscope just recently it started going to full brightness contrast setting. When I move it sometimes it goes back to full contrast - what are your thought on that? I am about to tear it down and replug everything together and see if I can spot any "Dave"solutions?

where is the display driving part?

When i switch my 54622D i receive following messages: Battery is low, System clock is defaulted, Ram disk is defaulted, The default setup was loaded, etc... What to do, to just change a battery?

I have one.... leftmost button under the screen needs a good push to make it work now though :-( Might need to strip it down to see what I can do...

Hi My 54622D's firmware is last released firmware(version A.02.31) and Language pack（system version 2.4/11 language).I can select SPI(2 & 3 Wire Serial) and for instance set ~CS and Clock,at the same time we can see DATA.even though 2 channel OSC.Old firmware didn't select SPI,so we had to upgrade the firmware.Support was feasible up to last year.LOL I think it is not so retro.LOL.And if you use PC-Based software like LAP-C at the same time,we can decode I2C module.(54622D only decode I2C hardware,so select START and use LAP-C)So totaliy,54622D is now still very usuful.

HAHA! Well...there goes my chance of picking up a cheap 54622D on Ebay Dave :D

I just bought a Agilent hp 54645D but got no logic leads can you do a teardown so I can see if i am able make some as I can't seem to get any

Can someone help me with finding a power supply circuit that osilloscoupe?

Look at the ADC's : They are spec'd AD9054A-135 which is the 135 MSa/s version. I can't figure out from the manual if 200MSa/s is for both channels at the same time. If it is, then they have been cought with their pants down, like Rigol. Using 135MSa/s spec'd ADCs at 200MSa/s.

Good day sir! I have a question about that game. Haha! Was it stored in the floppy disk or already stored in the scope? Thank you in advance for the response.

Only thing about this scope, the softkeys under the screen are junk.

Hi I have it.And You upgrade the fiirmware,then you can decode SPI.

28:15 100mhz analog stuff is kiddy stuff?!

What are these things used for?

i would get that just for the game :DDD

good to hear I'm not the only one that thinks "Keysight Technolgy" is a stupid name.

Would HP Agilent 54601B be a good pick up under 100?

What do You think its value is?

This was what software guys used where I worked I had a nice LeCroy with color LCD not CRT :) I did not liked this Agilent scopes even if it was just 800x600 pixels.

I would be lucky if I had at least that, but I'm living in Estonia.

cool

1000 pixels horizontal on such a small screen because it's CRT, or because the pixels are smaller since they're just green? Never really thought about how dot pitch could be effected by monochromy.

it is 400MS/s on digital when you use only 8 channels, otherwise it is 200MS/s, unless it is updated from the HP 54645D Curious how you have all of those FFT's, integrals and other stuff without the need of external module and 54645D needs measurement/storage separate module for this

When I saw the game, I was just: Wait, what?

Bom dia ,sou do Brazil é sou super fã do seu canal ,gostaria de tirar uma dúvida .pra você que e muito mais experiente do que eu lógico rsrsts seria vantagem comprar este osciloscópio nos dias de hoje ????

If it only samples at 200Ms/s, then how can the bandwidth be 100Mhz? The rule of thumb is to divide the sample rate by 10 to get the analog bandwidth.

yay, no overmodulation this time

Me: oh good! I'll search for this on ebay Dave: add this to your watchlist Me: now i have 20.000 persons trying to do the same thing :(

Nice job of Rigol copying the "MegaZoom" logo and making their "UltraZoom" out of it ;) .

wow.that scope is still selling for a lot of dough on ebay..

Hello 54622D users. Here is a video where you can see noisy horizontal trace when scope is powered on. easyupload.io/0r9edv I have 2 of these scopes and i am worried if this is an issue or something normal? Thank you!

What for bandwidth have your Mickey Mouse voice?

😁❤

A hidden game of asteroids?LMAO