oh sorry its an expression, it will not affect it's operation if you change the cpu for faster, say the double speed, and should not create problems for memory too
i say "should not" because as we know the motherboard could be picky
BUT many will say : it's aint broke don't do any change, but i would advise to clone your drive .... they die over time
And the dallas battery could die, and you would loose your VxWork configs, and the scope software will not boot
And do dust cleaning on the fans ...
copy the tektronix folders(s) and vxwork folder of the drive on a usb key, to be sure you keep your "CALcon" configs / values
and "not hurt" would mean, anti static counter measures and be precise and not fiddle where you're not supposed to ....
it's a PC and a Scope, but the PC comes 1st
THESES upgrades will ease the OS not the scope, and if you have some OS crap loaded, IE: some MSN outlook etc ... i did some services cleanup ...
It will not change how Tekscope runs (it may or could help a bit, shorten slightly the boot time of tekscope ...) but it will not run like a formula 1 car .... , and for the longer records etc ... you do have some options to enable, if they are not Ie: 2M option and a few others
you still rely on an old ide drive, some tried compact flash adapters or ide ssd with no trim support ... and shortened the boot time
i did all of this, on a 7404, sure it boot maybe 50% faster, but i could say it has more kick to run software(s), kinda more snappy, but i don't see tekscope running faster for acquisitions of time related features, the ssd was the latest addition after my comments about restarting a crashed 7404 ...
my 2 cents
hope you realize they are from an old era, 15-20-25 years ... don't expect to do modern things ... they are limited in a sense, and way outdated in some functions