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Not Pretty ≠ ![Broken! :-BROKE](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiliey_scope_broke.gif.pagespeed.ce.z9RuKVWKjY.gif)
WRT oscilloscopes and the "what test equipment got you going" thread... for me, a 531A that I got to use in my votech electronics class. I remember it so fondly that the first piece of non-essential (
non-essential is not a word in the TEA vocab, I know.
![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif.pagespeed.ce._hfWAz_QHO.gif)
) test gear I acquired was, yes, a 531A. This affirms that:
Nostalgia is a leading cause of TEAS (Test Equipment Acquisition Syndrome).
I don't know whether to save that ebay scope from the dump or buy one of the HP or Tek scopes that are down in Corvallis. So far I have resisted the siren call of "hey there, buy me, i'm cheap." But I am weakening.
In other news, the 2215 I got for shipping costs is in a sad sad state. Most of the knobs have been pried off, and the vertical attenuator assembly is missing. This looks like a parts mule. Of course, I don't own a
working 2215 but I am sure I will address that shortcoming in due course.
![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif.pagespeed.ce._hfWAz_QHO.gif)
And while we are talking about oscilloscopes. I fired up the 2465. Checks out well except for the fan, which sounds like it is on its last legs. Is that a thing with these scopes?