Re: Anybody with an oscilloscope as an Apple II display?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <eca20519-9b5f-45ca-adbb-4646646deb8e@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
nyder  <nyder.23@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have an Vacuum Tube Tektronix 585a, dual traces.
>
>Would it work better for this then a more modern one?
>
>I've always been interested in using an oscilloscope in this manner,
>since I read thats how they got the first game, space wars (forget
>it's name) displaying.
>
>Of course, i'm sort of scared to turn it on, since I don't want to
>lose any vacuum tubes.  It was working when i got it, so it should
>still be working.

If you turn it on, and a tube breaks and you're unable to replace
it, you'll have no use for your scope.

If you don't turn it on because you're afraid of breaking a tube, you'll
have no use for it either.

Therefore, you won't gain anything from not daring to turn on that
old oscilloscope.  If you do turn it on however, perhaps you won't lose
any tubes?  There's always a chance....

>really small display though.



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