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author: opa627bm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 12:44:40 am
content: I am a poor college student and I always wanted a good function gen. I Got this function gen from ebay for 170. In super mint condition, never get butchered, super clean panel.make a room for itModerator: Fixed oversized images. Please learn how to resize photos before you post more.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 12:48:18 am
content: Holy resolution, Batman!I don't even know what fungen you're talking about because I can hardly navigate the sea of pixels! All I see is a clear box labelled "LED" in approximately 1252-pt font.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 01:03:24 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on March 15, 2013, 12:48:18 amHang on a minute I'll send the pics over to the Sydney Cricket ground, the have a screen for the crowd that may be large enough for them

author: opa627bm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 01:05:21 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on March 15, 2013, 12:48:18 amsorry I dont know how to resize them....

author: ttp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 01:08:04 am
content: Test gear is relatively cheaper for poor college students in US than for employed hobbyist in AU

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 01:11:40 am
content: You have to resize these photos so others can actually see them.There must be resizing tools on the site where the photos are hosted or you can resize them before you upload them to that service.If you absolutely HAVE to post such large photos, post them as attachments, that way they'll be uploaded as thumbnails with a size shown and can be expanded by the user

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 01:12:42 am
content: Easiest way is to turn down the resolution on your camera before you take the picture. Notice how grainy they look up close, too - "megapixels fuck yeah!" doesn't make for better pictures. It's probably a good idea just for the sake of quality to turn it down a bit permanently, anyway.By the way, I eventually gave in and looked at them (right click -> Open Image in New Tab -> zoom to heart's content) and it looks nice. Love the look of the PCB with the clear mask. I have a generator with similar specs and it's a total piece of shit. The PCB is covered in bodge resistors and bodge capacitors, and the original design is so flawed that it doesn't workat allwith the bodges removed. Doesn't work very well with them either, though I improved it with a few of my own bodges. (Simpson 422, by the way. Avoid Simpson...) Nice to see one that's well designed.(I also have an 80's HP digital generator and it is a work of art, too.)

author: Spawn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 01:25:06 am
content: Sorry I don’t want to sound harsh, but you know how to upload pictures and post on a forum and don’t know how to resize them?If you are on windows try paint:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows7/resize-a-picture-using-paint

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 01:29:16 am
content: For those on Firefox use this extensionhttp://imagezoom.yellowgorilla.net/hold down right mouse button and either scroll to resize or left click to have it auto resize to what ever your window space is.

author: krish2487
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 06:15:16 am
content: QuoteAmen to that mate.Its been barely three months since I moved to the US of A and I was able to get my hand on a mint condition HP6206B for $20 and a tek2246 scope for $150.Something I would have never dreamed off back in India.

author: bingo600
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 12:39:11 pm
content: If the equipment on the first pic isn't the Uni's , then OP doesn't seem hat poor to me.That row of HP gear isn't cheap./Bingo

author: larry42
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 05:57:39 pm
content: Quote from: bingo600 on March 15, 2013, 12:39:11 pmHehe, my thoughts exactly

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 06:18:00 pm
content: Quote from: bingo600 on March 15, 2013, 12:39:11 pmThis is what I'm thinking as well.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 11:54:55 pm
content: Nice find! That's one of those great instruments I used in some company long ago, that I so badly wanted one of my own at the time. That was long before ebay, and then it was an impossible dream. By coincidence I saw one on ebay a few days ago and was tempted to buy it for old times sake.A very good freeware image viewing, resizing, adjusting, format conversion utility, from here:http://www.irfanview.net/

author: Telstar
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2013, 01:38:38 pm
content: Quote from: nanofrog on March 15, 2013, 06:18:00 pmme threeBTW nice generator. I'm so tempted to open my philips nowAnd amen to USA prices, it's the only place in the world (add canada ok) where old test equip is really cheap.